Central QLD Forecaster Notes by Steve Shearer (updated on Wed Nov 20th)

This week and next week (Nov20-Nov 29)

Central QLD: Extended tradewind swell event ahead 

Rideable, with better days ahead.

Fun waves now on the menu for an extended period of time

A large but not especially strong (1029 hPa) high pressure cell is west of Tasmania and slowly moving E where it enters the Tasman and becomes very slow moving. That will be the dominant feature of our synoptic set-up for some time, which sees high pressure in the Tasman and a firm ridge up the sub-tropical coast and broad fetch of E-E/SE winds in the Coral Sea. 

Short range E/SE swell will be dominant into and over the weekend. 

Into next week we’ll see more rideable tradewind surf, possibly extending right through next week.

Another dominant high moving into the Tasman later next week suggests more tradewind swell extending into early December.

Check back Fri and we’ll see how that looks.

Seeya then.