The second half of the week looks a little more interesting. An approaching mid-latitude low in the Bight tightens the the pressure gradient along the western flank of the high in the Tasman, with an increase in N to NE winds off NSW coast.
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/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2021/10/11/better-options-towards-the-end-the-week
freeride76
Monday, 11 October 2021
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2021/10/08/ordinary-weekend-ahead-volatile-spring
freeride76
Friday, 8 October 2021
Highly dynamic week next week kicks off Mon with a NE/SW angled trough expected to form offshore from the top of the Hunter coast, or lower Mid North Coast.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2021/10/06/s-swells-continue-the-weekend-very
freeride76
Wednesday, 6 October 2021
We’re now well into the very mobile Spring pattern identified in Mon’s notes. Weak high pressure is currently over NSW and in the process of migrating into the Tasman sea and a series of fronts tied to a complex area of low pressure SE and SW of Tasmania are lined up to sweep across the SE of the continent and into the Tasman sea.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2021/10/04/spikes-in-s-swell-and-plenty-wind
freeride76
Monday, 4 October 2021
This week is looking much more like a classic spring pattern. The ingredients are weak, mobile high pressure at sub-tropical latitudes and a series of troughs and weaker fronts tied a complex area of low pressure in the Southern Tasman and near Southern Ocean.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2021/10/01/plenty-clean-surf-the-enene-weekend
freeride76
Friday, 1 October 2021
A trough and inland low located over Victoria is now in the process of moving offshore, shunting the N’ly winds further East and bringing a regime of more variable, tending W’ly winds.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2021/09/29/improving-ne-swell-the-end-the-week-and
freeride76
Wednesday, 29 September 2021
The fetch remains active over the weekend, although slightly weaker compared to earlier model runs. Compensating for lower windspeeds will be a broad coverage of wind from the Northern Tasman, up into the Southern Coral Sea.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2021/09/27/week-unstable-weather-and-ne-windswell
freeride76
Monday, 27 September 2021
This will see a regime of northerly winds adjacent to the coast and an unstable atmosphere on the coast and inland. NE to N winds feeding into the trough will see swell from that direction become dominant with a peak in size expected mid-week.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2021/09/24/mostly-the-s-and-windy-weekend-extended
freeride76
Friday, 24 September 2021
Another long period S swell pulse is expected in tomorrow morning, albeit a notch smaller than today, but you’ll have to get your skates on before the S’ly change hits.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2021/09/22/long-period-s-swell-pulses-ahead-windy
freeride76
Wednesday, 22 September 2021
Below the continent, a very active Southern storm track is continuing to generate large seas with a few pulses of long period swell expected from this source.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2021/09/20/robust-windy-s-swell-tueswed-eases
freeride76
Monday, 20 September 2021
A strong SW change is making it’s way up the coast as we speak but the coast-hugging low and subsequent over-sized S swell disappeared from model runs over the weekend. Models have swung back to the original EC resolution which sees a rapid-fire, coast-hugging fetch of strong to gale force SW to S winds through tomorrow..
