No great change to the very dynamic Easter weekend f/cast. A mid-latitude low slips East of Tasmania overnight and deepens rapidly as it merges with an incoming frontal system. The front brings a strong W tending SW’ly flow through Sat which will herald the start of a major S swell episode.
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/reports/forecaster-notes/eastern-tasmania/2023/04/07/major-s-swell-episode-inbound-low-deepens-east
freeride76
Friday, 7 April 2023
/reports/forecaster-notes/eastern-tasmania/2023/04/05/dynamic-outlook-ahead-powerful-low-generating
freeride76
Wednesday, 5 April 2023
Easter Sunday should see a steady upwards trend in S swell, as a strong S swell cycle gathers steam, enough to blow out the cobwebs from our quiet start to Autumn.
/reports/forecaster-notes/eastern-tasmania/2023/04/03/plenty-swell-ahead-thurs-the-easter-weekend
freeride76
Monday, 3 April 2023
S swell then eases Good Friday and gets replaced by building NE windswell as the high develops a fetch of N/NE winds off the NSW Coast.
/reports/forecaster-notes/eastern-tasmania/2023/03/31/s-swell-spike-sat-dynamic-outlook-easter
freeride76
Friday, 31 March 2023
No great change to the weekend f/cast with a low east of the state moving away and a last cold front sweeping up past the state.
/reports/forecaster-notes/eastern-tasmania/2023/03/29/dynamic-short-term-low-drifts-past-the-east
freeride76
Wednesday, 29 March 2023
In the short run and the outlook is dynamic. The low sitting off the East coats maintains an E/NE-E infeed so E swell will hold in the 3ft range.
/reports/forecaster-notes/eastern-tasmania/2023/03/27/wed-looks-great-pumping-e-swell-and-offshore
freeride76
Monday, 27 March 2023
Weak, mobile high pressure in the Tasman gets reinforced by another rapidly weakening low well to the south of Tasmania tomorrow. A small trough of low pressure off the Gippsland coast moves south and aims a fetch of E’ly winds directly at East Coast Tasmania.
/reports/forecaster-notes/eastern-tasmania/2023/03/24/mostly-s-swell-next-week-very-uncertain-winds
freeride76
Friday, 24 March 2023
No great change to the weekend f/cast. A small trough of low pressure off the Gippsland coast brings S’ly winds Sat with small amounts of S swell wrap as a large frontal progression traverses waters below the state.
/reports/forecaster-notes/eastern-tasmania/2023/03/22/lots-s-swell-ahead-weekend
freeride76
Wednesday, 22 March 2023
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.
/reports/forecaster-notes/eastern-tasmania/2023/03/20/small-pulses-the-s-se-week-dynamic-winds
freeride76
Monday, 20 March 2023
A trough in advance of a strong high pressure cell and deeper Southern parent low is bringing a fresh S’ly flow to Eastern Tas today, with conditions rapidly shifting gears tomorrow as the large high drifts East of the state.
/reports/forecaster-notes/eastern-tasmania/2023/03/17/few-fun-options-next-week
freeride76
Friday, 17 March 2023
A high quickly slips E of Tas later Mon with NE winds developing and a potential NE windswell through Tues and Wed as winds feed into an inland trough.
