Saturday 17 March 2018 Curly's Daily Summary of Savusavu Weather Forecasts,TC 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 Saturday the 17th of March 2018 Situation: A southeast wind flow prevails over Fiji waters. Forecast to midnight tonight for Fiji waters: Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Moderate to rough seas Further outlook: Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Moderate to rough seas. 2] Fiji Met's Public Savusavu Bulletin; Savusavu Today; Cloudy periods with brief showers..
Savusavu tomorrow ; Brief showers.
3] Savusavu Area Gribs ( Metvuw/zy Gribs ) for next 4 days, at noon each
Sat 17 Mar 2018 10 SE fine overnight 10/15 SE fine
Sun 18 Mar 2018 10 SE some showers, hvy-afternoon/evening showers
overnight 10 ENE/NE showers
Mon 19 Mar 2018 10 ESE/ENE fine hvy afternoon /evening showers
overnight 10NNE/NNW showers
Tue 20 Mar 2018 05 S/NNW fine overnight 10 N/NNW showers
4] Grib files out 10 days looking for Lows that
effect Savusavu ;-
Now we all know Gribs over 4 days are alittle suspect
but Gribs do often indicate
possible bad weather , there doesn't appear to be any
weather to worry about out past 4-10 days forward, although
a circular system developes tp the WNE of New Cal on 25 Mar
then it moves ESE, should pass under Fiji.
From 5-10 days;- over day or night, or both expected
Wed 21 Mar fine; Thurs 22 Mar Fine ;Fri 23 Mar showers.;
Sat 24 Mar Hvy-showers; Sun 25 mar showers;Mon 26 Mar fine
5] Monitoring Lows in Tropical Cyclone breeding areas TROPICAL CYCLONE 3 -DAY OUTLOOK
Equator to 25S and 160E to 120W
Issue Time:0400 UTC Friday 16th March2018
Next Issue:0400 UTC Saturday 17thMarch2018
Issued By: Tropical Cyclone Centre, RSMC,
Nadi.
Existing Tropical Cyclones:
Nil.
Likelihood for tropical cycloneformationin the region in
each of the next three days is Very Low.
6] Savusavu Tides;
High Tide was at 0652 1.8
Low Tide 1240 0.7
7] Fiji Met Weather Chart;-
