28.9.20

Curly's daily summary of Savusavu weather forcasts;

"Tuesday"29 September 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 Tuesday the 29th of September 2020

A STRONG WIND WARNING REMAINS IN FORCE FOR

NORTHERN LAU WATERS, NORTHERN VANUA LEVU

WATERS, YASAWA WATERS, KADAVU AND VATU-I-RA

PASSAGES.

Situation: A high pressure system to the far southeast of the

group directs a fresh to strong easterly wind flow over the

group. Meanwhile, a trough of low pressure lies slow moving just

to the west of Fiji and associated cloud and rain is expected to

affect the country from later today.

Forecast to midnight tonight for Fiji waters: For Northern Lau

Waters, Northern Vanua Levu Waters, Yasawa Waters, Kadavu

and Vatu-I-Ra passages: Easterly winds 20 to 25 knots, wind

turning northeasterly and easing to 15 to 20 knots from later

today. Rough seas. Moderate southwesterly swells.

Further outlook: Northeasterly winds 15 to 20 knots. Moderate

to rough seas. Moderate southwesterly swells.

For the rest of Fiji: Easterly winds 15 to 20 knots, turning

northeasterly from later today. Moderate to rough seas.

Moderate southwesterly swells.

 Further Outlook: Northeasterly to southeasterly winds 15 to

 20 knots. Moderate to rough seas. Moderate southwesterly swells. 

 

2] Fiji Met's Public Bulletin;-

Savusavu today. Cloudy periods with some showers with isolated

heavy falls and thunderstorm.

Outlook for Wednesday : Occasional showers with isolated heavy falls and thunderstorms

 

3] Savusavu Area Gribs ( Metvuw/zy Gribs )                    

Tue 29 Sept 2020   15/20 E/ENE  showers-hvy in afternoon
Overnight 10/15 ENE/ESE  showers
 
Wed 30 Sept 2020   10 S/NNE showers hvy afternoon showers
Overnight 10 SSE/SSW  some showers
 
Thu 01 Oct 2020    10/20 SE some showers
Overnight 15/20 SE some showers
 
Fri 02 Oct 2020   15/20ESE some showers
Overnight20/25ESE 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 Sat 03 Oct 15/20 E
showers;Sun 04 Oct 05/10 SE/ESE fine with showers;Mon 05 Oct 
10 SSE/W some showers;Tues 06 Oct 10  ESE/ENE some showers;
Wed07 Oct 10 SSE/E some Showers.;Thu 08 Oct 10ESE fine..
 
 
5] Savusavu Tides;-
 
Low Tide                              1039      0.4
High Tide                             1656      1.5
 
 

6] Fiji Met weather chart;-