13.9.18

Curly's daily summary of Savusavu weather forecasts;-

Friday 14 September 2018 Welcome to Savusavu's 2018 Cruising Season,

 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] Marine Weather Forecast;
 
Issued from the National Weather Forecasting Centre Nadi
at 5:30am on Friday the 14th of September 2018
 
A STRONG WIND WARNING REMAINS IN FORCE FOR FIJI WATERS
Situation:
A high pressure system to the far south of Fiji directs a fresh to
strong southeast wind flow over the group. Meanwhile, a trough of low
pressure is expected to lie over the southwest of Fiji on Saturday
and gradually move towards the group.
Forecast to midnight tonight for Fiji waters:
Southeast winds 20 to 25 knots.
Rough seas. 
Moderate southerly swells.
Further outlook:  Southeast winds 20 to 25 knots. Rough seas.
Moderate southeasterly swells.
 
 
 
2] Fiji Met's Public Savusavu Bulletin; 
Savusavu Today;- Cloudy periods with some showers
Savusavu tomorrow;-. Cloudy periods with some showers.  
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3]  Savusavu Area Gribs ( Metvuw/zy Gribs )  for next 4 days

Fri 14 Sept 2018            20 ESE showers continues

 thru day overnight 15/20 ESE  hvy-showers

Sat 15 Sept 2018           15/20 E/ESE showers some hvy-afternoon

showers  Overnight 15 ENE showers

Sun 16 Sept 2018       10/15 E hvy showers overnight 10/15

ENE/NE fine

Mon 17 Sept 2018        10 ESE/ENE showers hvy-afternoon

Showers overnight 10/15 NE fine???

     

4] Grib files out 10 days  looking for Lows/bad weather that

will effect Savusavu ;-Now we all know Gribs over 4 days are alittle

suspect but Gribs do often indicate possible bad weather ,apart from

 next few days as listed above  there is alittle bad weather for  Savusavu.

 From Tues18 Sept 10 E/SE showers; Wed 19 Sept 10/15 SE fine; 
Thurs 20 Sept 15 SE fine, Fri  21 Sept 10/15 ESEsome showers; 
Sat 22 Sept 10 SSE fine, Sun 23 Sept 10 S/SSW fine 
 
 
5] Savusavu Tides;
 
High Tide                   1010    1.8
Low Tide                    1615    0.6
 
 
 
6] Fiji Met Weather Chart;-