No great change to the weekend f/cast. S swells will be the dominant force in the water through tomorrow, mostly mid period stuff whipped up by a proximate fetch of S-SSW winds generated by a front and trough of low pressure forming in the Tasman.
We've got improving conditions that will suit the beaches on the weekend, with moderate sized westerly swells for next week with varying winds.
Slow ahead of a good S/SW groundswell episode from Tuesday next week.
An onshore change tomorrow afternoon will bring with it some new swell, peaking Friday but still onshore. The weekend will be smaller but cleaner.
The troughy pattern is about to disrupt the tradewind flow in the Coral Sea, with a South Pacific trough moving south very quickly as it forms up tomorrow. The net result will be easing surf for CQ through tomorrow, likely tiny/flat by Fri and into the weekend.
Return flow off the back of a retreating high is feeding N’ly winds into the trough line. We’re expecting a front to interact with the trough overnight Thurs to form a low pressure trough in the Tasman. This trough then absorbs another trough of low pressure moving south from the South Pacific islands to form a large area of low pressure near New Zealand
This trough then absorbs another trough of low pressure moving south from the South Pacific islands to form a large area of low pressure near New Zealand. Compared to Mondays notes the components of this complex pattern all look a little weaker and more mobile with reduced swell generating potential, but we will still see some useful pulses from the various incarnations of the broad pattern.
Clean conditions and fun sized surf are worth capitalising on in the South West ahead of a return to large, onshore swells.
We've got lots of swell on the way, large out of the W/SW early next week with winds out of the western quadrant.
There’s a troughy pattern in play at present, with a long trough snaking from inland QLD down to the Central/Southern NSW Coast. Return flow off the back of a retreating high is feeding N’ly winds into the trough line. We’re expecting a front to interact with the trough overnight Thurs to form a low pressure trough in the Tasman.
