"Friday" 14 August 2020
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
( Curly ) if the forecasts are wrong the area of Savusavu –Fiji Islands, do not complain to the messenger
1] Fiji Met's Marine Weather Forecast;-
Issued from the National Weather Forecasting Centre Nadi at
5:30am on Friday the 14th of August 2020
A STRONG WIND WARNING REMAINS IN FORCE FOR
SOUTHWEST VITI LEVU WATERS, YASAWA AND MAMANUCA
WATERS, KADAVU AND VATU-I-RA PASSAGES.
Situation: A weak trough of low pressure to the southwest of the
group is expected to move across the country from the west later
today. Meanwhile, a high pressure system to the far southwest of
Fiji directs a fresh to strong east to southeast wind flow over Fiji
waters.
Forecast to midnight tonight for Fiji waters: For Southwest Viti
Levu Waters, Yasawa and Mamanuca waters, Kadavu and
Vatu-i-ra passages: Southeast winds 20 to 25 knots. Rough
seas. Moderate southerly swells.
Further outlook: Southeast winds 20 to 25 knots Rough seas.
Moderate southerly swells.
For the rest of Fiji Waters: Easterly winds 10 to 15 knots.
Winds becoming southeast 15 to 20 knots later today.
Moderate to rough seas. Moderate southerly swells.
2] Fiji Met's Public Bulletin;-
Savusavu today Cloudy periods with some showers. Cool nights.
Outlook for Saturday : Mainly fine.
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3] Savusavu Area Gribs ( Metvuw/zy Gribs )
Fri 14 Aug 2020 10 SE/SSE fine Overnight 20 SSE some showers Sat 15 Aug 2020 15 SSE fine
Overnight 15+ SE fine Sun 16 Aug 2020 10/15+ SE fine
Overnight 15 ESE fine Mon 17 Aug 2020 15+ ESE fine
Overnight15/20 SE 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,in the future;Tues 18 Aug 20 E showers;Wed 19 Aug 20 ENE fine- Showers;Thu 20 Aug 1o SSE NE fine- showers; Fri 21Aug 10+SE/E fine; Sat 22 Aug 10/15 SE ESE some showers;Sun 23 Aug 15 E fine . 5] Savusavu Tides; Low tide 0915 0.5
High tide 1525 1.4
6] Fiji Met Weather Chart
