"Saturday"17 October 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 Saturday the 17th of October 2020
Situation: A trough of low pressure lies slow moving over the
group and gradually drifting eastwards. The associated cloud
and rain is expected to affect parts of the Fiji group till later
today.
Forecast to midnight tonight for Fiji waters: East to northerly
winds 15 to 20 knots. Moderate to rough seas. Poor visibility in
areas of heavy rain and thunderstorms.
Further outlook: Northerly to southerly winds 15 to 20 knots.
Moderate to rough seas. Moderate southerly swells.
2] Fiji Met's Public Bulletin;-
Savusavu Today:.. Some showers with afternoon or evening heavy
falls and thunderstorms.
Outlook for Sunday : Cloudy periods with some showers.
3] Savusavu Area Gribs ( Metvuw/zy Gribs )
Sat 17 Oct 2020 10+ W/NNE some showers
Overnight 15 SSW fine ??
Sun 18 Oct 2020 15 SSE/SSW fine
Overnight 15+SSE fine
Mon 19 Oct 2020 10/15 SE fine
Overnight 15/20 SE fine
Tue 20 Oct 2020 15/20ESE fine
Overnight 15/20 ESE fine
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;; Wed 21 Oct 15/20
ESE fine; Thu 22 Oct 15/20 ESE fine; Fri 23 Oct15/20+ SE fine-
With showers; Sat 24 Oct 15 E hvy showers/rain Sun 25 Oct 15/20
SEsome showers.;Mon 26 Oct 15/20 SE fine..
5] Savusavu Tides;-
High Tide was at 0651 1.6
Low Tide 1300 0.3
6] Fiji Met weather chart;-