Lower South East Coastal Waters Forecast: Cape Jaffa to SA-Vic Border

View the current warnings for South Australia

Forecast issued at 5:10 am CST on Monday 21 August 2017.

Weather Situation

A low pressure system just west of Kangaroo Island early on Monday morning will move northeastwards and weaken to be centred just south of Adelaide around midday and over the northwest of Victoria late afternoon. A high will develop near the western border later on Monday, before moving eastwards over northern parts of the State. A weak front will move across southern coasts Wednesday morning.

Forecast for Monday until midnight

Winds
Northeasterly 20 to 25 knots, decreasing to north to northeasterly 15 to 20 knots late morning, northerly 10 to 15 knots early afternoon and variable 5 to 10 knots mid afternoon.
Seas
1.5 to 2.5 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres around midday and below 1 metre late afternoon.
Swell
Southwesterly 2 to 2.5 metres.
Weather
Cloudy. 80% chance of showers.

Tuesday 22 August

Winds
Northwesterly 10 to 15 knots knots shifting westerly 15 to 20 knots early in the morning then increasing to west to northwesterly 20 to 25 knots during the afternoon.
Seas
1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres around midday.
Swell
Southwesterly 2.5 to 3 metres.
Weather
Cloudy. 60% chance of showers.

Wednesday 23 August

Winds
Westerly 15 to 20 knots turning southwesterly during the morning.
Seas
1 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 metre during the evening.
Swell
Southwesterly 3 metres.
Weather
Partly cloudy. 60% chance of showers.

Please be awareWind gusts can be 40 percent stronger than the averages given here, and maximum waves may be up to twice the height. Wind warnings are issued for today and tomorrow and describe the highest category of wind warning for that day.

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The next routine forecast will be issued at 3:50 pm CST Monday.

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