A broad high pressure system in the north-eastern Tasman Sea has a reasonable trade flow atop its northern flank.
A lingering coastal trough is expected to slowly evolve into a closed circulation through Saturday.
The current swell will fade into the end of the week with some new energy due on the weekend.
Metro locations will perform best over the coming days, with the South West cleaning up early next week.
The high is generating E’ly tradewinds in the Coral Sea with a fun sized surf running across CQ and expected to last into the weekend.
The low sweeps to the south this weekend while the trough buds off and forms a trough of low pressure off the NSW Central/South coast, bringing weather, onshore winds and large E’ly swells.
With the low near Bass Strait we should have an offshore outflow across most of the region- so offshore winds all day. A fun blend of S-S/SE and E/NE swells will be on hand.
The current swell will ease tomorrow as winds strengthen from the north-western quadrant, large and stormy Friday.
Under current modelling, by first light Sat morning a trough of low pressure will be deepening due east of the Illawarra.
