Curly's daily summary of Savusavu weather forecasts PLUS Tropical Cyclone Watch;-

Tuesday 18 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;

Issued from the National Weather Forecasting Centre Nadi at 

5:30am on Tuesday the 18th of December 2018 

Situation: A weak trough of low pressure remains slow moving

over Vanua Levu. Associated cloud and showers affects the 

northern parts of the country. 

Forecast to midnight tonight for Fiji waters: South to northwest

winds 10 to 15 knots. Moderate seas. Moderate southeast swells. 

Further outlook: Southerly winds 10 to 15 knots. Moderate seas. Moderate southeast swells.. 

2] Fiji Met's Public Savusavu Bulletin; 

Savusavu Today;- Cloudy periods with some showers and 

isolated afternoon or evening thunderstorms. 

Outlook for Wednesday : Some showers and thunderstorms.

3]  Savusavu Area Gribs ( Metvuw/zy Gribs )  for next 4 days

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Tue 18 Dec 2018      10 WSW showers hvy-in afternoon

Overnight 10 WNW fine

Wed 19 Dec 2018    10 S/SSW fine -hvy-showers in afternoon

Overnight 10 WNW fine.

Thu 20 Dec 2018     10 SE hvy-shower Overnight 10 SE showers

Fri 21 Dec 2018       10 SE fine Overnight  10 ESE 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  real troublesome weather BUT it

appears we may have a Wet  Christmas day, from Sat 22 Dec

winds 15/20 ,Showers,hvy showers, fine days Wed 26 boxing

day , fingers crossed that weather will improve for

Christmas day !!!

 

5] Tropical Cyclone Watch; There does not appear to be

any Intense Tropical Lows nor Cyclonic activity that will effect

Savsavu,out 10 days , keep an eye on Lows forming near the

Solomon Islands

 

 7] Savusavu Tides;

Low Tide                   0846   0.7

High Tide                  1518   1.8 

8] Weather Chart;-