Bob Blog 22 Dec

WEATHERGRAM

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Compiled Sun 22 Dec 2019

Bob McDavitt’s ideas for sailing around the South Pacific.

Disclaimer: Weather is a mix of pattern and chaos; these ideas are from the patterned world.

On the 19th Dec, Australia has its hottest day for a second straight day as area face ‘catastrophic” fire conditions

See www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/12/19/australia-has-its-hottest-day-second-straight-day-areas-face-catastrophic-fire-conditions/

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The Tropics

The latest cyclone activity report is at tropic.ssec.wisc.edu and TCFP tropical Cyclone Formation Potential at www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/TCFP/index.html

 TC PANFONE is at 999hPa traveling west-northwest just to north of Palau, towards Philippines

There is high potential for cyclone formation to NW of Fiji this week.

 

SPCZ=South Pacific Convergence zone.

The SPCZ is situated from PNG to Samoa and then fades off to the SE.

It is activating this week and expected to form tropical lows NW of Samoa and north of Fiji.

One of these is likely to deepen into a cycle by Friday and has 50% chance (1 model out of 2) to move to the Fiji area by the weekend.

SPCZ stretches into a trough /convergence zone over the Niue to Tahiti area,

So, it’s not a week for sailing around the South Pacific.

 

Subtropical ridge (STR)

HIGH in the south Tasman Sea on Monday should stay there this week and send smaller Highs across the South Island and central NZ on Wednesday and again next Monday.

Tasman Sea /NZ/Aus

Low to NE of North Island on Monday expected to go off to SE by end of Tuesday.

Trough expected to travel NE across the country on Thursday and Friday followed by a SW flow.

Outlook for next week is for High to stay put feeding more troughs and SW winds to NZ.

 

For Noumea to Aus: With a blocked High in the Tasman sea, should be OK with SE winds for this route this week .

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