Hello Friends,
What a difference a change in the weather makes to one’s attitude.
At 0800 the wind was coming lightly from the west, the Botany Bay waverider buoy was showing an east wind swell of 1.77 metres with a period of 9 seconds. The tide was running into the deep 1.84 m high at 1055 and the weather forecast was telling us to expect a high of 28, partly cloudy skies and the possibility of a shower in the afternoon.
Weather Situation
A low-pressure system lies near the southern New South Wales coast, supported by an upper-level low a little further west. This coastal low is providing forcing for further heavy rainfall along the south coast and gale-force winds over southern coastal waters. The coastal low is expected to be slow moving today, before moving east across the western Tasman Sea on Friday.
Forecast for Thursday until midnight
- Winds
- Northwesterly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots offshore during the morning and again in the late evening.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing below 1 metre around midday.
- Swell
- Northeasterly 1.5 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres around midday.
- Weather
- Sunny morning. The chance of a thunderstorm during this afternoon and evening.
Friday 1 December
- Winds
- Westerly 15 to 25 knots turning south to southwesterly in the late morning, and south to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots in the late afternoon.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- Swell
- South to southeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres during the morning.
- Weather
- Mostly sunny.
Saturday 2 December
- Winds
- Variable about 10 knots.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- Swell
- Southerly 1.5 to 2 metres, tending southeasterly 1.5 metres during the afternoon.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. 70% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.
