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Forecast issued at 3:50 pm CDT on Thursday 20 January 2022.
Weather Situation
An upper level low pressure system and associated surface trough is developing over the west of the State. The surface low is expected to deepen Friday and then move only slowly eastwards over the weekend. Another upper system reintensifies the surface trough mid next week.
Forecast for Thursday until midnight
- Winds
- Southerly 10 to 15 knots, reaching 15 to 20 knots offshore in the evening.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre.
- Swell
- Southeasterly 1.5 metres.
- Weather
- Mostly clear. The chance of a thunderstorm later tonight.
Friday 21 January
- Winds
- Southerly 10 to 15 knots becoming variable about 10 knots in the morning then becoming south to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots in the middle of the day. Winds reaching 15 to 20 knots offshore in the west in the late afternoon and early evening.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre.
- 1st Swell
- Southeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres.
- 2nd Swell
- Southwesterly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm.
Saturday 22 January
- Winds
- Southwesterly 10 to 15 knots.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- 1st Swell
- Southwesterly around 1 metre inshore, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore.
- 2nd Swell
- Southeasterly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Cloudy.
Sunday 23 January
- Winds
- West to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots tending south to southwesterly during the day.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- Swell
- Southwesterly around 1 metre inshore, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore.
- Weather
- Cloudy.
Please be awareWind and wave forecasts are averages. Wind gusts can be 40 per cent stronger than the forecast, and stronger still in squalls and thunderstorms. Maximum waves can be twice the forecast height.
Nearby Coastal Waters
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The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:10 am CDT Friday.
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