Slow moving synoptic pattern sees ESE-SE winds and small/mod pulses

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Slow moving synoptic pattern sees ESE-SE winds and small/mod pulses

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No great change to the slow moving pattern which is seeing a blocking high (1034 HPa) well to the SW of the state maintain a ridge of high-pressure across the SW with an inland trough enhancing ESE-SE winds through the morning. This stuck pattern looks to remain in place right through the end of this week and over the weekend, and even into early next week.

Lots of S swell ahead from this weekend

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Lots of S swell ahead from this weekend

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In the south a small trough of low pressure off the Gippsland coast is aiding a N-NE flow through temperate NSW with a S’ly change on the radar for tomorrow. The remnants of a low near the South Island are now dissipating after a final flare up yesterday. 

Small, clean options ahead and over the weekend with plenty on the radar for next week

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Small, clean options ahead and over the weekend with plenty on the radar for next week

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In the Coral Sea a monsoon trough remains active with a persistent but unspectacular trade-wind flow maintaining a small fun E swell signal north from Port Macquarie. The remnants of a low near the South Island are now dissipating after a final flare up yesterday.