Friday 14 December 2018
Curly's Daily Summary of Savusavu Weather Forecasts/Cyclone Watch!
We are now in the official 2018/2019 Cyclone Season, time to prepare your vessels, yourself and moorings!
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;
Marine Weather Bulletin Issued from the National Weather Forecasting Centre Nadi at 5:10am on Friday the 14th of December 2018 A STRONG WIND WARNING REMAINS IN FORCE FOR NORTHERN VANUA LEVU WATERS, YASAWA WATERS,
NORTHERN KORO SEA, KADAVU AND VATU-I-RA PASSAGES.
Situation: A trough of low pressure with associated cloud and showers remains slow moving over Fiji. Forecast to midnight tonight for Fiji waters: For Northern Vanua Levu Waters, Northern Lau Waters, Yasawa Waters, Northern Koro Sea, Southwest Viti Levu Waters, Kadavu and
Vatu-i-ra Passages: Northeast to southeast winds 20 to 25 knots easing later today. Rough seas gradually abating. Moderate southerly swells. Further outlook: Northeast winds 20 to 25 knots. Moderate to rough seas. For the rest of Fiji Waters: East to southeast winds 15to 20 knots. Moderate to rough seas. Further outlook: East to southeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Moderate to rough seas. 2] Fiji Met's Public Savusavu Bulletin; Savusavu Today;- Occasional showers and isolated heavy falls and thunderstorms in the afternoon or evening
Savusavu tomorrow;-Some showers and isolated afternoon or evening thunderstorms.
3] Savusavu Area Gribs ( Metvuw/zy Gribs ) for next 4 days Fri 14 Dec 2018 10/15 SSE/SSW some hvy-showers overnight 10
SE/ SSE showers
Sat 15 Dec 2018 10 SSE showers, hvy afternoon
showers, overnight 10 SE hvy-showers.
Sun 16 Dec 2018 10 SE fine , Overnight 10 NE showers
Mon 17 Dec 2018 5/10 SSE/NNE fine overnight10 NNW 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 does
not appear to be any troublesome weather out 10 days from Tue 18
Dec winds light,,but some showers on most days , fine on Wed 19 and
Sat 22 Dec...
5] Tropical Cyclone Watch; There does not appear to be any
Intense Tropical Lows nor Cyclonic activity that will effect Savsavu,out
10 days There has been weak lows coming and going around the
Solomons need to watch these lows.
7] Savusavu Tides;
High Tide 1203 1.6 Low Tide 1800 0.9 8] Weather Chart;- 
