Hello Friends,
An easy day to give it a pass. Grey skies, gale force wind and heaving seas are not a recipe for fun. Tomorrow morning’s not looking any better, but maybe by late afternoon the wind will have backed off enough for the keen. Energy levels are predicted to tail off pretty quickly, so we might get a few fun ones Wednesday morning before it goes marginal on us for the remainder of the week.
Weather Situation
A trough of low pressure is anchoring about the central part of the coast, and looks set to move north as a low pressure system embedded within the trough moves toward the northern coast. The system is currently bringing strong to gale-force winds and large waves to the central and southern parts of the coast, and these conditions are forecast to extend to the northern coast as the system moves north. Conditions should gradually ease from early Tuesday as a high pressure ridge moves over the state. A front is then expected to enter the state on Wednesday, then slips to the south on Thursday.
Forecast for Monday until midnight
Gale Warning for Monday for Sydney Coast
- Winds
- South to southeasterly 25 to 35 knots, tending southerly 20 to 30 knots in the evening.
- Seas
- 2.5 to 4 metres.
- 1st Swell
- Southerly 2 to 3 metres.
- 2nd Swell
- East to southeasterly 2 to 2.5 metres.
- Weather
- Cloudy. 90% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm this morning.
- Caution
- Large and powerful surf conditions are expected to be hazardous for coastal activities such as crossing bars by boat and rock fishing.
Tuesday 11 August
- Winds
- Southerly 15 to 25 knots tending south to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots in the morning then becoming variable below 10 knots in the late afternoon.
- Seas
- 1.5 to 2.5 metres, decreasing below 1 metre around midday.
- 1st Swell
- Southerly 1.5 to 2.5 metres.
- 2nd Swell
- East to southeasterly 1.5 to 2 metres.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.
- Caution
- Large and powerful surf conditions in the morning are expected to be hazardous for coastal activities such as crossing bars by boat and rock fishing.
Wednesday 12 August
- Winds
- Northerly 10 to 15 knots tending northwesterly during the evening.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre.
- 1st Swell
- Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre during the morning.
- 2nd Swell
- Easterly 1.5 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre during the morning.
- Weather
- Cloudy. 50% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening.
