Central QLD Forecaster Notes by Steve Shearer (issued on Wed 25th May)
This weekend and next week (May25-June3)
Central QLD: Get in while you can. Surf easing to tiny/flat by the weekend
Last days of an incredible run of E swell ahead, so get in if you can.
It's been an incredible run of surf, coming to an end this weekend
Sub-tropical troughs and the remnants of TC Gina near New Caledonia are maintaining a deep E’ly flow through the Coral Sea, which has seen plenty of surf across the CQ coast.
Through the weekend, short range ESE swell from the tradewind fetch will supply the dominant swell trains, especially in CQLD.
Following that an active tradewind pattern in the Coral Sea supplies another round of E swell for the region, with a trough of low pressure expected to form off the Capricorn Coast and energise further the E/SE winds off the CQ coast.
More E swell and SE winds into the medium term as the high sets up another trade flow through the Coral Sea. This will see increasing surf through the CQ region from Fri becoming chunky next week.
Pumping surf across the region since the last f/cast with more to come over the weekend.
A trough forms a surface low later today off the NQLD coast, drifting south through Thurs and Friday before fading out and tracking back NE towards New Caledonia.
Further north an interior upper trough and potential coastal trough/surface low will combine to drive an intense E/NE to NE wind flow through the Coral and Northern Tasman Sea, generating a large swell for the CQ coast.
High pressure is sitting over the interior of Central NSW, leading to SE wind conditions, with a trade flow in the South Pacific supplying a steady drumbeat of fun, mid-sized E’ly swell.
These expanded and increased Tradewinds are set to directly benefit the CQ coast over the next few days and into next week.
