Confidence in the outlook for Thursday has plummeted. Main reason being: Monday’s read on the synoptics had anticipated a broad, slow upwards trend trough today, plateauing into Thursday mooring, then easing from Friday.
A much more powerful front, steered by an active node of the Long Wave Trough, will push into our region early Saturday, delivering squally SW winds across the coast and a proper 3-5ft Mid Coast stormy throughout the day with small waves on the metro beaches.
The outlook for the rest of the week remains equally tricky and thus confidence is very low that we’ll see anything worthwhile.
Wednesday and Thursday will see persistent gales from the NW thru’ W, then W/SW thru’ SW.
We’re in the midst of a blustery synoptic pattern as a series of strong Southern Ocean fronts push through the Bight.
There’s been some interesting upgrades in the model guidance for this Far North Coast low over the last few days.
We've got a tricky week ahead with only flukey swell sources to work around.
It’s a great synoptic pattern for swell on the Mid Coast though we’ve obviously got a lot of onshore wind to deal with.
We’ve got a classic winter frontal progression bearing down on the southern states.
Look, we can delve into the nitty gritty of the outlook but the long and short is that we’ve got an extended period of craptacular conditions on the way, thanks to a sustained frontal progression across the southern half of the state. However, next weekend is looking potentially fantastic at this stage.
