Curly's daily summary of Savusavu weather forecasts, plus tropical Cyclone watch.

Friday 21 April 2017 Curly's Daily Summary of

Savusavu Weather Forecasts, Tropical Cyclone Watch!!

The following is Curly's  brief collective summary of Weather after reviewing all or part of the following;-

.Fiji Met Forecasts, Sopac, GFS gribs ,,MetVuw, ZY Gribs; US Navy –Pearl Harbor and  other sources for

the area of Savusavu –Fiji Islands,  do not complain to  the messenger ( Curly ) if the forecasts are wrong 

 1] Fiji Marine Weather Bulletin

Issued from the National Weather Forecasting Centre Nadi

at 5:30am on Friday the 21st of April 2017

A STRONG WIND WARNING REMAINS IN FORCE FOR YASAWA WATERS, SOUTHWEST

VITI LEVU WATERS, VATU-I-RA  AND KADAVU PASSAGES. 

Situation:

A southeast wind flow prevails over Fiji.

Forecast to midnight tonight for Fiji waters:

FOR YASAWA WATERS, SOUTHWEST VITI LEVU WATERS, KADAVU AND VATU-I-RA

PASSAGES :

Southeast winds 20 to 25 knots, becoming easterly later today.

Rough seas.

Moderate southerly swells.

Further outlook:  Easterly winds 15 to 20 knots. Moderate to rough

seas. Moderate southeast swells.

For the rest of Fiji Waters:

Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots, becoming easterly later today. 

Moderate to rough seas.  Moderate southeast swells.

Further outlook:   Easterly winds 15 to 20 knots. Moderate to rough

seas. Moderate southeast swells

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  2] Fiji Met's Public Savusavu Bulletin;

Savusavu today  Fine apart from  brief showers, cool tonight

Savusavu tomorrow;  . Cloudy periods some showers

3]  Savusavu Area Gribs ( Metvuw/zy Gribs )  for next 4 days,

at noon  each day.    

Fri        21 Apr 2017       15  ESE fine overnight 10 ENE fine

Sat       22 Apr 2017       10 ESE/ENE fine  overnight 10 ENE fine

Sun      23 Apr 2017       10 SE/ESE sowers overnight 10 SE ESE showers     

 Mon     24 Apr 2017      10 Se showers overnight 10 SE showers

 4]  Tropical Cyclone-3 day Outlook,EQUATOR-25s, 160E-120W;-

TROPICAL CYCLONE 3 - DAY OUTLOOK

Equator to 25S and 160E to 120W

Issue Time:0400 UTC Thursday 20thApril 2017

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Next Issue:0400 UTC Friday 21^st April 2017

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Issued By: Tropical Cyclone Centre, RSMC, Nadi

Existing Tropical Cyclones: nil

Likelihood of a tropical cyclone in the region in the

next three days is very low 

 TROPICAL DISTURBANCE SUMMARY

NO SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL DISTURBANCE ANALYSED 

OR FORECAST IN THE AREA.

 Grib files out 10 days re TC or Tropical Lows;-

 Whilst the accuracy of Grib files over 3-4 days is questionable

Tropical systems normally do present some indicators.TD19F

 Iis unlikely  to present a problem for Savusavu  at this point.

 There is no other activity which effects Savusavu.

5] Heavy Rain Warning;

There are no current warnings 

 6] Savusavu Tides-

Low Tide                          0812     0.6m

High Tide                         1444     1.6m

 

7]Fiji Met Chart