Hello Friends,
Back to cloudy skies and 20-30 kt S-SSW wind for Thursday morning. Swell and seas are 1.7m and 2.8m respectively. The juicy 10+ second stuff we were seeing yesterday has been replaced by 4-5 second period chop. There’s a 95% chance of precipitation in the 20-35mm range. So, not really a morning for a surf, even though the SSW wind was leaving the south corners relatively smooth.
Weather Situation
A trough and associated cold front has moved along the southern NSW coast overnight bringing a vigorous southerly change that will continuing through central and northern areas today. A low forming in the trough later today will enhance the southerly flow overnight, however the low will quickly move away to the east on Friday. Another front looks set to skim across far southern coastal waters early Saturday after which the next high will extend a ridge along the coast during the weekend.
Forecast for Thursday until midnight
Gale Warning for Thursday for Sydney Coast
Winds
Southerly 15 to 25 knots increasing to 20 to 30 knots in the morning. Winds reaching up to 40 knots during the afternoon and evening.
Seas
1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 2 to 4 metres during the morning.
1st Swell
Southeasterly below 0.5 metres, tending southerly 1.5 to 2.5 metres during the morning.
2nd Swell
Easterly around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning, then tending east to southeasterly around 1 metre during the afternoon.
Weather
Cloudy. 95% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm offshore this evening.
Friday 6 November
Gale Warning for Friday for Sydney Coast
Winds
Southerly 30 to 40 knots decreasing to 20 to 30 knots before dawn then decreasing to 15 to 25 knots in the early afternoon.
Seas
3 to 4 metres, decreasing to 2 to 3 metres around midday.
Swell
Southerly 2 to 3 metres, decreasing to 1.5 to 2 metres during the afternoon.
Weather
Partly cloudy.
Saturday 7 November
Winds
Southerly 20 to 30 knots.
Seas
Around 1 metre, increasing to 1.5 to 2.5 metres during the afternoon.
1st Swell
Southeasterly 1.5 to 2 metres, tending southerly 1.5 to 2 metres during the afternoon.
2nd Swell
Easterly around 1 metre.
Weather
Partly cloudy. 50% chance of showers.
