Hello Friends,
After a rainy night, Sydney awoke to a mostly sunny Friday morning with a light NW breeze along the coast. Out at sea a 1.2 m 8-second ENE wind swell was making its way shoreward to deliver set wave faces in the waist to chest high range. Weather outlook is for a rain-free, mostly sunny day with a high of 23C. Beachwatch rates water quality at beaches south of Avalon as mostly “pollution possible” apart from the Manly stretch and the lagoon mouths which are “pollution likely”. Water temp is still on 18 and the first tide of the day is a 1.5 m high at 1215.
Outlook is for ho-hum to blergh surf into the middle of next week. Spring’s fickle surf prospects are upon us.
Go well with your day everyone and stay safe!
Weather Situation
Fresh northerly winds across much of coastal New South Wales ahead of a cold front which brings a brief westerly change during today. Behind this, a second cold front is forecast to sweep across the state during Saturday, generating windy conditions along most of the coast. During Sunday and Monday, a new high pressure system is expected to become dominant in the region.
Forecast for Friday until midnight
- Winds
- Northwesterly winds 15 to 25 knots, decreasing to 15 to 20 knots during the afternoon.
- Seas
- 1 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 metre during the afternoon.
- Swell
- Northeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres during the morning, then decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres later in the evening.
- Weather
- The chance of a thunderstorm this morning. Sunny afternoon.
Saturday 17 September
- Winds
- North to northwesterly 15 to 20 knots tending west to northwesterly in the late morning and early afternoon. Winds increasing to 20 to 25 knots offshore in the late evening.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1 to 2 metres offshore.
- Swell
- Northeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre during the morning.
- Weather
- Mostly sunny morning. The chance of a thunderstorm offshore in the late afternoon and evening.
Sunday 18 September
- Winds
- Westerly 15 to 25 knots turning northwesterly 15 to 20 knots during the day.
- Seas
- 1 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning.
- Swell
- Northeasterly below 1 metre.
- Weather
- Mostly sunny.
