"Stay happy and you'll be perfectly fine" - Jack Norris

The Goat’s First Surf Forecast for 2019

The Goat’s First Surf Forecast for 2019:

22nd year of TG’s Forecasts:

Seven day outlook for Sydney:

Some variations in wind direction ahead for the coming week to give you a little variety, and hopefully some small to medium rideable waves.

But this arvo, (an Aussie word whose meaning is unknown to all those foreign visitors, so use it at will just to confuse ’em), a gentle onshore breeze, warm sun and background music of cicadas provided the perfect opportunity to kick back in the shade, chill out and recuperate from days of surfing or paddling, and nights of refreshments and socialising.

It’s been congested in the ocean – one more area to add to the list – but hey kids, I think I just heard mum say you should take a few days off out of the sun now.

I will give those thousands of visitors a helpful tip (as apparently they aren’t aware)…

Barrenjoey Road to Palm Beach is a Dead End Road. It’s not a Through Road… It’s a Cul de Sac.

And there’s nowhere for thousands of visitors to park… anywhere..

Just so you know why you’ve been stopped or crawling in traffic from Mona Vale.

A Community Service Announcement by TG.

Water temp has been bouncing around from nice to freezing with consistent Noreasters dragging cold water up, to ? It should improve when the next southerly comes by.

Waves:

Friday: somewhere in the 1-2 metre range North East.. biggest at southern ends of beaches

Saturday: ditto

Sunday: ditto

Monday: around 1 metre or so Eastish

Tuesday: ditto to that

Wednesday: around 1 – 1+metres North East

Thursday: in the 1-2 metre range North East/ South East

Hope 2019 is good to us all!

TG.

Up in the Sky

MSLP Analysis for Thu Jan  3 00:00:00 2019 AUTC

Cloud/surface composite, Australia satellite image of Australia at Thu Jan  3 04:30:00 2019

Winds

https://www.windy.com/-33.855/151.216?-34.881,151.216,7,i:pressure,m:cIJaknc

Down in the Sea

Water temp offshore is around 22.  Variable inshore.

image

Tide

https://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/documents/maritime/usingwaterways/tides-weather/tide-tables-2018-2019.pdf

Weather from the Bureau

Forecast for the rest of Thursday

Summary
Max 28
Partly cloudy.
Chance of any rain: 5% 

Sydney area

Partly cloudy. Slight (30%) chance of a shower in the outer west, most likely in the afternoon and early evening. Near zero chance of rain elsewhere. Winds south to southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h becoming light in the middle of the day then becoming east to northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h in the late afternoon.

Fire Danger – High

Sun protection recommended from 8:30 am to 5:20 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 13 [Extreme]

7 day Town Forecasts

Precis Icon Location Min Max
Partly cloudy. Sydney 28
Possible shower. Penrith 34
Partly cloudy. Liverpool 32
Partly cloudy. Terrey Hills 28
Partly cloudy. Richmond 33
Partly cloudy. Parramatta 31
Partly cloudy. Campbelltown 31
Partly cloudy. Bondi 25

Friday 4 January

Summary
Min 22
Max 31
Mostly sunny.
Chance of any rain: 10% 

Sydney area

Mostly sunny. Winds north to northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h tending east to northeasterly 20 to 30 km/h in the middle of the day then becoming light in the late evening.

Sun protection recommended from 8:30 am to 5:20 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 14 [Extreme]

Saturday 5 January

Summary
Min 23
Max 33
Possible shower.
Possible rainfall: 0 to 1 mm
Chance of any rain: 40% 

Sydney area

Hot. Mostly sunny morning. Medium (40%) chance of showers, most likely in the afternoon and evening. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon. Winds northwest to northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h tending west to northwesterly during the day then shifting south to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h during the afternoon.

Sun protection recommended from 8:30 am to 5:20 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 13 [Extreme]

Sunday 6 January

Summary
Min 21
Max 25
Shower or two.
Possible rainfall: 0 to 1 mm
Chance of any rain: 50% 

Sydney area

Partly cloudy. Medium (50%) chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm in the morning and afternoon. Winds south to southeasterly 25 to 40 km/h.

Sun protection recommended from 8:40 am to 5:20 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 13 [Extreme]

Monday 7 January

Summary
Min 20
Max 25
Shower or two.
Possible rainfall: 0 to 2 mm
Chance of any rain: 50% 

Sydney area

Partly cloudy. Medium (50%) chance of showers. Winds southerly 15 to 20 km/h tending southeasterly during the morning.

Tuesday 8 January

Summary
Min 21
Max 28
Morning shower or two.
Possible rainfall: 0 to 2 mm
Chance of any rain: 50% 

Sydney area

Partly cloudy. Medium (50%) chance of showers, most likely during the morning. The chance of a thunderstorm. Light winds becoming northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h during the day.

Wednesday 9 January

Summary
Min 22
Max 29
Possible shower.
Possible rainfall: 0 to 2 mm
Chance of any rain: 40% 

Sydney area

Partly cloudy. Medium (50%) chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm. Light winds becoming south to southeasterly 15 to 25 km/h during the morning.