"THURSDAY"17 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 Thursday the 17th of September 2020
A DAMAGING HEAVY SWELL WARNING REMAINS IN FORCE
FOR THE SOUTHWEST VITI LEVU WATERS, MAMANUCA
WATERS AND KADAVU PASSAGE.
A STRONG WIND WARNING REMAINS IN FORCE FOR FIJI
WATERS.
Situation: An intensifying high pressure system to the southwest
of Fiji is directs a fresh to strong southeast wind flow over the
group. The high pressure system is moving east and is expected
to generate and direct heavy swells over the southwest waters of
the Fiji group from later today.
Forecast to midnight tonight for Fiji waters: For Southwest Viti
Levu waters, Mamanuca waters and Kadavu passage: Southeast
winds 20 to 30 knots. Rough to very rough seas. Damaging heavy
swells with heights upto 4.0m. Expect sea flooding along coastal
areas during high tides .
Further outlook: Southeast winds 20 to 30 knots. Rough to very
rough seas. Damaging heavy swells with heights upto 4.0m
For the rest of Fiji Waters: Southeast winds 20 to 30 knots.
Rough to very rough seas. Moderate southerly swells.
Further outlook: Southeast winds 20 to 30 knots. Rough to very
rough seas.
2] Fiji Met's Public Bulletin;-
Savusavu today Cloudy periods with brief showers. Cool at night.
Outlook for Friday : Cloudy periods with brief showers.
3] Savusavu Area Gribs ( Metvuw/zy Gribs )
Thu 17 Sept 2020 20/25 ESE some showers
Overnight 20+SE fine Fri 18 Sept 2020 15= SE fine
Overnight 15+ SE fine Sat 19 Sept 2020 10+ SSE some showers
Overnight 10 + SSE fine- some showers Sun 20 Sept 2020 10+ SE/E some showers
Overnight 10+ E fine with 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;; Mon 20 Sept 10/15
SE/ESE fine Tue 22 Sept 10+ENE/NE showers ;Wed 23 Sept 10 SSE/Efine; Thu 24 Sept 10 S/NE fine;Fri 25 Sept 10 SE/NE fine Sat 26 Sept 10 SE/NE fine. 5] Savusavu Tides;- High Tide was at 0628 1.6 Low Tide 1244 0.3
6] Fiji Met weather chart;-
