A classic Summer blocking pattern is now setting up with a slow moving high drifting well south of Victoria and a series of troughs interacting with a strong high pressure ridge which has reached Central NSW and is now building into more sub-tropical regions.
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/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2022/01/19/another-round
freeride76
Wednesday, 19 January 2022
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2022/01/17/more-ese-swell-ex
freeride76
Monday, 17 January 2022
Ex TC Cody slipped behind the North Island late this weekend and is now slowly drying up as a swell source. Due to the slow moving nature of the system as it approached the North Island there’s still some more solid surf to come, with a final pulse of E/SE swell expected Wed.
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2022/01/14/lots-size-ahead
freeride76
Friday, 14 January 2022
The low (Ex TC Cody) is drifting slowly south-southeastwards towards the North Island with an extensive swath of storm force (50knot) winds along the south-western flank. These storm forces winds are embedded in an expansive gale force wind field.
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2022/01/12/tc-cody-drifting
freeride76
Wednesday, 12 January 2022
Current ASCAT (satellite windspeed) passes show a healthy fetch of E’ly winds flanking TC Cody as drifts south/south-east of the area between Fiji and New Caledonia towards the North Island.
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2022/01/10/extended-ely
freeride76
Monday, 10 January 2022
Our current synoptic pattern is typical of the season and the La Nina end of the ENSO cycle. High pressure straddles New Zealand and a tropical low now drifting south from between Fiji and Vanuatu.
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2022/01/07/another-extended
freeride76
Friday, 7 January 2022
By Tues the wave climate will come more under the direct influence of the tropics, with a broad Tradewinds band being accelerated by a tropical low drifting South from area between Fiji and Vanuatu.
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2022/01/05/lots-more-ely
freeride76
Wednesday, 5 January 2022
The sub-tropical high pressure belt also extends Eastwards of New Zealand and the cradling effect of this belt along the low pressure zone is expected to create a long fetch of enhanced Tradewinds during next week.
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2022/01/03/slow-easing
freeride76
Monday, 3 January 2022
More action in the tropics next week. Later this week another tropical low is expected to form in the South Pacific- possibly between Fiji and Vanuatu.
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2021/12/31/pumping-surf-the
freeride76
Friday, 31 December 2021
A tropical hybrid low is now tracking SE down the Coral Sea, roughly parallel to the QLD coast. This will bring plenty of solid swell to the f/cast region over the short term
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2021/12/29/pumping-surf
freeride76
Wednesday, 29 December 2021
Surf prospects from this low are now confirmed as excellent with major weather models expecting the system to track parallel to the East Coast, spraying the region with swell as it does so and, possibly reforming as a significant extra-tropical storm in the lower Tasman Sea next week.
