No change to the wind outlook for the weekend- zonal fronts and weak high pressure to the west and well out in the Coral Sea supply W’ly ridging across Tasmania so more mod/fresh W tending NW winds across the weekend with minor S swells.
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Next week we should see a stronger system move NE into the Tasman potentially generating some sizier S swell
By mid next week we may see freshening N-NE flow off the South Coast into Bass Strait generate some NE windswell, possibly sizey.
We have a follow-up front and trough expected to push into the Tasman later Sat, this time backed by a monster high (1042 hPa) in the Bight. Steep pressure gradients will create near gales to gales in a proximate S’ly fetch and whip up plenty of sizey S swell later Sat.
We’ll see another complex of S swell trains make landfall from Mon. Mostly mid period S from the frontal intrusion into the Tasman but there will be come much longer period swells in there from polar sources.
Longer term we may see some long period S swell action as well as swells from the E-E/NE as winds from the strong high feed into an inland trough. Altogether a much more active outlook.
Late next week we’ll see a more significant system develop as a trough deepens into a low off the NSW South or Central Coast.
No major swells on the radar through the short or medium term but we should see some small episodic N’ly windswells.
The front brings a bog standard blast of winter/spring style S swell through the short term, with the high quickly moving into the Tasman
Gales out of Bass Strait get more of a NW tilt o/night into Sat morning which should generate another round of N’ly windswell.