14.9.18

Curly's Daily summary of Savusavu weather forecasts;-

Saturday 15 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 Saturday the 15th 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 east to southeast wind flow over the group. Meanwhile, a
trough of low pressure is expected to lie over the southwest of Fiji
from later today and gradually move towards the group. It is expected
to affect the country till later Sunday.
Forecast to midnight tonight for Fiji waters:
East to southeast winds 20 to 25 knots.
Rough seas. 
Moderate southerly swells.
Further outlook:  Easterly winds 15 to 20 knots. Moderate to 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

Sat 15 Sept 2018           15ESE some showers  Overnight 10/15 E/ENE

some showers

Sun 16 Sept 2018       10/15 ESE/ENE hvy showers overnight 10/15

ENE/E fine?

Mon 17 Sept 2018        10 ESE/ENE  fine overnight  10/15 E/ENE

showers

Tue 18 Sept 2018         10/15 E/ESE fine overnight 10 ESE some

showers

     

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  there is

little bad weather for  Savusavu., only hvy showers on Sun 16 Sept

 From  Wed 19 Sept 10/15 Se fine; Thurs 20 Sept 15 SE showers; 
Fri 20 Sept 10/15 SE showers; Sat 22 Sept 10 SE/NE fine?; Sun 23 
Sept 10 S/SW fine; Mon 24 Sept 10 S/SSE fine
 
 
5] Savusavu Tides;
 
High Tide                   1105    1.7
Low Tide                    1706    0.6
 
 
 
6] Fiji Met Weather Chart;-