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Forecast issued at 4:05 pm EST on Thursday 18 April 2019.
Weather Situation
A strong high pressure system over New Zealand is maintaining a ridge towards New South Wales today, resulting in southeast to northeasterly winds in coastal areas. A cold front will skim across southeast Australia today, with an associated trough bringing a southerly change to waters south of about Newcastle. Behind this, a new high is expected to move over the Tasman Sea at the end of the week, and should remain dominant through the weekend. Another trough and southerly change are likely early in the new week.
Forecast for Thursday until midnight
- Winds
- Southerly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots south of Port Kembla in the evening.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres by early evening.
- Swell
- Easterly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.
Friday 19 April
- Winds
- Southeast to southwesterly 15 to 20 knots becoming variable about 10 knots early in the morning.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing below 1 metre during the morning.
- Swell
- Easterly around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.
Saturday 20 April
- Winds
- Variable below 10 knots becoming northeasterly 10 to 15 knots in the evening.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- Swell
- Easterly 1.5 metres.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm offshore north of Port Kembla in the morning.
Sunday 21 April
- Winds
- North to northeasterly 15 to 20 knots.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres south of Port Kembla during the evening.
- Swell
- Easterly 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre during the evening.
- Weather
- Mostly sunny day. The chance of a thunderstorm in the evening.
Please be awareWind gusts can be 40 percent stronger than the averages given here, and maximum waves may be up to twice the height.
Nearby Coastal Waters
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The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:10 am EST Friday.
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