Cold & rainy morning
Hello Friends,
Pictures from late this morning at Queensie and Dee Why.
Kinda sloppy and fat looking, but surface conditions were smooth for those keen enough to ignore the cold air and rainy skies.
Great morning for the garden, but too rainy for a picture of the beach. So, maybe later on that front. Interestingly, despite the forecast talking about S-SE wind, it was WNW at Fort Denison when I checked around 0900. The MHL buoy was showing 2.5 metres of 9-second energy from the dead south. Air temp was sitting on 8 C at RealSurf HQ as of 0900.
If none of that puts you off, there should be shoulder plusses at south exposures – for as long as the southerly wind holds off.
As for the weekend and beyond, may I refer you to the Goat’s latest prognostications.
Go well!
Weather Situation
A trough will develop along the north coast today. The trough will deepen to a complex coastal low pressure system off the north coast during the weekend, bringing vigorous south to southeasterly winds and large powerful waves along the northern and central parts of the coast, before slowly moving offshore during Monday.
Forecast for Friday until midnight
- Winds
- South to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots tending east to southeasterly during the day.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre.
- Swell
- Southerly 2 to 2.5 metres, tending southeasterly 2 metres by early evening.
- Weather
- Cloudy. 95% chance of rain. The chance of a thunderstorm.
Saturday 2 August
Strong Wind Warning for Saturday for Sydney Coast
- Winds
- Southeasterly 15 to 20 knots increasing to 20 to 25 knots in the middle of the day. Winds reaching up to 30 knots during the afternoon and evening.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre, increasing to 1.5 to 2.5 metres during the morning.
- 1st Swell
- Southeasterly 2 to 3 metres.
- 2nd Swell
- Easterly around 1 metre, increasing to 2 to 3 metres by early evening.
- Weather
- Cloudy. 95% chance of rain. The chance of a thunderstorm from the late morning.
Sunday 3 August
- Winds
- Southeasterly 20 to 30 knots decreasing to 15 to 20 knots during the afternoon.
- Seas
- 1.5 to 2.5 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the evening.
- 1st Swell
- East to southeasterly 2.5 to 3 metres inshore, increasing to 3 to 4 metres offshore.
- 2nd Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 2 metres during the morning.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. 90% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm in the morning.
- Caution
- Large and powerful surf conditions are expected to be hazardous for coastal activities such as crossing bars by boat and rock fishing.