Hello Friends,
A summery day coming up for Sydney. Wind was light as the day got started and we still have a trickle of waist to chest high mainly east wind swell coming in at about 8 seconds apart. The wind is set to gradually pick up to light sea breeze strength from the NE later. Should be a few little fun ones around if you’ve got the time. Tide may be an issue because it isn’t high until 0930.
From the shape of the forecasts this morning, we should have ok little waves over the next few days. Nothing too big or powerful you understand, but kinda soft and summery mainly NE wind waves nonetheless. The pattern is for the wind to get more intense earlier in the day over the next 72 hours or so. With luck we should have something or other to mess around with during the mornings for the next week at least.
Get in if you can and have yourself a top Wednesday!
Forecast issued at 4:10 am EDT on Wednesday 20 November 2013.
Weather Situation
A broad low pressure trough has recently appeared over the far southwestern New South Wales while a weak high pressure ridge extending from the southern Tasman Sea affects the remainder of the state with generally light onshore airstream. Over the course of the next few days the trough is expected to expand gradually east and become established across most of the state. The airstream along New South Wales coast will turn northeasterly and occasionally strengthen in the south by the end of the business week. A southerly change is expected to affect the coast during the weekend.
Forecast for Wednesday until midnight
Winds
Variable about 10 knots becoming east to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots in the late afternoon then decreasing to about 10 knots in the late evening.
Seas
Below 1 metre.
Swell
Easterly 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre during the afternoon.
Weather
Isolated thunderstorms offshore in the morning and early afternoon.
Thursday 21 November
Winds
Northeasterly below 10 knots, increasing to 20 to 25 knots in the late evening.
Seas
Around 1 metre, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres around midday.
Swell
Easterly around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres around midday.
Weather
The chance of thunderstorms until evening.
Friday 22 November
Winds
Northeasterly 20 to 30 knots turning northerly during the evening.
Seas
2 to 2.5 metres.
Swell
Easterly 1 to 1.5 metres.
Weather
Possible thunderstorms.
