Hello Friends,
The forecast was calling for heaps of wind this morning, but as of 0845, it was just about calm. Swell was coming out of the SSE and was about 2 metres with a 9 second period. It seemed to be inconsistent when I checked around 0845, but there were sets into the chest high range at the beach. The Bureau says it should bump up by at least another metre later in the day. Swell down at Batemans Bay briefly hit 5 metres around midnight and Port Kembla’s popped up to nearly 4 metres in the last hour or so. Should be here very soon…
The wind is expected to kick up dramatically too with the Bureau warning that some spots may see up to 50 knots of S-SWly later… but, it’s light now and the tide is dropping to a low at 1120, so not a bad combo if you don’t mind the cold and grey drizzly day.
I’d say we’ll have waves tomorrow morning too and with luck the wind won’t be too nutty.
Have yourself a top old Friday.
Weather Situation
A low pressure system is deepening off the Illawarra coast and tracking slowly north to northeastwards. Gale to storm force south to southwesterly winds and large seas are expected near and to the south of this system, which is expected to be off the Sydney coast by later in the morning, then the northern Hunter/southern Macquarie coast by late afternoon/early evening. This low will move away to the east later today. A high pressure centre is forecast to lie over the Bight today and is expected to extend a ridge of high pressure into western New South Wales by later in the day before moving across NSW over the weekend.
Forecast for Friday until midnight
Winds
Westerly 20 to 30 knots, tending south to southwesterly 30 to 45 knots during the morning or early afternoon, possibly reaching 50 knots at times, then decreasing to 25 to 30 knots later in the evening.
Seas
Up to 6 metres.
Swell
Southeasterly 2 to 4 metres.
Weather
Scattered thunderstorms from the late morning until late afternoon. Large swells breaking dangerously close inshore.
Saturday 13 October
Winds
Southwesterly 20 to 30 knots turning southerly 10 to 15 knots during the day.
Seas
Up to 3 metres decreasing below 1.5 metres around midday.
Swell
Southerly 3 to 4 metres decreasing to 2 to 3 metres from midday.
Weather
Large swells breaking dangerously close inshore.
Sunday 14 October
Winds
Southerly about 10 knots, tending easterly in the afternoon.
Seas
Below 1 metre.
Swell
Southeasterly about 2 metres.
