Central QLD Forecaster Notes by Steve Shearer (updated on Mon July 1st)

This week and next week (July1-July 12)

Central QLD: Extended surf pattern ahead

Tiny but plenty more to come, with more size

The synoptic pattern looks unseasonal with a huge, slow moving high in the Bight, expected to be reinforced by another cell to create a blocking pattern below the continent and maintain a long lasting ridge up the Eastern Seaboard this week with a healthy trade flow developing in the Coral Sea later this weekend.

A trough in the Coral Sea accentuates an unstable SE flow in the sub-tropics and adds a local source of SE-E/SE swell into the mix across CQ on Wed with surf to 2ft, easing through Fri.

Source of SE swell Wed

 The high will be dominant right through into next week, as it slowly drifts into the Tasman with a solid tradewind fetch setting up over the weekend and plenty of surfable days ahead next week with SE winds.

Healthy tradewind fetch from the weekend brings days of surf

Check back Wed for the latest.