Smoky Tuesday
Hello Friends,
I had to dial up the haze filter for today’s picture (see below for an unfiltered example). Looking at the regional air quality data, it would seem that the worst conditions are along the coast today. Surf conditions are in line with expectations, which is to say, it’s very small, but not flat. Dee Why is looking pretty marginal, but given that the swell was 1.4 metres from the NE at 7 seconds, better exposures should be seeing the odd waist- to chest-high wave faces. Wind was coming lightly from the west as of 0800, but it’s going to swing to the SE as it picks up to 15-20 kts.
From tomorrow we’ll be back to cloudy and southerly conditions. By Thursday the forecast is for showery weather, south wind and SE wind swell. Friday currently looks slightly more hopeful as the models show a 1.5 metre, 12 second east swell arriving. The wind call is for light onshores and the weather should still be rainy, so it’s not exactly re-jig the schedule quality. Some of the modelling for Saturday indicates partly cloudy weather and light offshores with 10-second east swell…
Catch you again tomorrow!
Weather Situation
A ridge is strengthening over coastal areas in the wake of a front, before a trough brushes central and southern parts of the coast later today and on Wednesday, bringing a southerly change with it. High pressure will build in the Tasman Sea later in the week, bringing east to northeasterly winds to coastal waters.
Forecast for Tuesday until midnight
Strong Wind Warning for Tuesday for Sydney Coast
- Winds
- Northerly 10 to 15 knots shifting south to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots in the late afternoon. Winds reaching up to 30 knots inshore in the late evening.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to 1 metre during the morning.
- Swell
- Northeasterly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Sunny.
Wednesday 10 December
- Winds
- South to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots, reaching up to 25 knots inshore early in the morning. Winds becoming variable about 10 knots in the late afternoon.
- Seas
- 1 to 2 metres, decreasing below 1 metre around midday.
- Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm in the evening.
Thursday 11 December
- Winds
- Southeasterly 10 to 15 knots increasing to 20 knots before turning easterly 10 to 15 knots during the afternoon.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre.
- Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Cloudy. 80% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening.