Monday 17 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 Monday the 17th of September 2018
A STRONG WIND WARNING REMAINS IN FORCE FOR KADAVU PASSAGE, KORO SEA
AND SOUTHERN LAU WATERS.
Situation:
An easterly wind flow prevails over Fiji waters.
Forecast to midnight tonight for Fiji waters:
For Kadavu passage, Koro Sea and Southern Lau waters:
Easterly winds 20 to 25 knots. Winds gradually easing tomorrow.
Rough seas.
Moderate southeasterly swells.
Further outlook: Easterly winds 15 to 20 knots. Moderate to rough
seas. Moderate southeasterly swells.
For the rest of Fiji Waters:
Easterly winds 15 to 20 knots. Moderate to rough seas. Moderate
southeasterly 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;- Fine apart from brief showers
Savusavu tomorrow;-. Brief showers.
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3] Savusavu Area Gribs ( Metvuw/zy Gribs ) for next 4 days
Mon 17 Sept 2018 15 ESE/ENE fine overnight 10 E Fine ??
Tue 18 Sept 2018 10 ENE/ESE fine overnight 10 E/ENE fine?
Wed 19 Sept 2018 10 SE/E fine overnight 10 ENE Showers
Thu 20 Sept 2018 10 SE fine hvy afternoon showers, overnight
10 ESEfine ???
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
no bad weather for Savusavu But there appears to be a tropical
low forming to the WNW of Fiji around the 25 Sept -Monitor.
From Fri 21 Sept 10/15 SE/ENE fine; Sat 22 Sept 10 SE/NE fine;
Sun 23 Sept 10 SE fine; Mon 24 Sept 10/15SE/ESE fine; Tues 25
Sept 15 ESE/ENE fine.
5] Savusavu Tides;
Low Tide was at 0649 0.6
High Tide 1308 1.5
Low Tide 1900 0.8
6] Fiji Met Weather Chart;-