Curly's daily summary of Savusavu weather forecasts;

Sunday 21 May 2017 Curly's Daily Summary of

Savusavu Weather Forecasts,

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 Sunday the 21st of May 2017

A STRONG WIND WARNING REMAINS IN FORCE ALL FIJI WATERS.

Situation:

A high pressure system to the far southwest of Fiji directs a moist

easterly wind flow over the group. Meanwhile, a trough is expected to

affect the group from Monday.

Forecast to midnight tonight for Fiji waters:

Easterly winds 20 to 25 knots. 

Rough seas. 

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

seas. 

2] Fiji Met's Public Savusavu Bulletin;

Savusavu today, Cloudy with some showers

.

Savusavu tomorrow; Occasional  showers. and few thunderstorms

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

at noon  each day.  

Sun       21 May 2017    15 ESE fine? overnight 15/20 E/ESE showers

Mon      22 May 2017     20 E/ESE rain overnight 20 ESE Hvy- Rain

Tues     23 May 2017     15 E Hvy rain   overnight  10/15 E showers

Wed      24 May 2017     10 ESE/ENE showers overnight 10 NNW/NNE showers

 

4] Grib files out 10 days  looking for Lows;-

 Now we all know Gribs over 4 days are alittle suspect but 

Gribs do often give us indications of adverse weather  past 

4 days and out to 10 days. Currently Savusavu may get some 

 Squally rain on Mon and Tues  from E/ESE  Mon night and Tues 

Rain is expected to be very heavy

5] Heavy Rain Warning;

See above heads up.

 6] Savusavu Tides-

Low  Tide                     0843    0.7m 

High Tide             1451    1.7m                         

7]Fiji Met Chart.