Bob Blog 29

 

Bob Blog 29 Dec 2019

WEATHERGRAM

YOTREPS

 

Compiled Sun 29 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 Friday 27 Dec tropical cyclone SARAI went south past the west of Fiji

 

Using windy.com we can view the temperature/rain/wind and barometric pressure at the Nadi Airport observing station, showing the rise and fall and rise again of the wind as SARAI passed by. Peak gust 58 knots. (See illustrated edition). .

 

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The Tropics

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

 

TC PANFONE brought destruction to Philippines early last week

TC SARAI is currently heading for Nuku’alofa in Tonga but may swing left and go northeast.

There is high potential for TC formation between Guam and Palau this week

 

WATHER ZONES

SPCZ=South Pacific Convergence zone.

The SPCZ is mainly located from TC SARAI to Samoa to Southern Cooks his week.

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

 

Subtropical ridge (STR)

HIGH in the central to north Tasman Sea is blocked this week and will be reinforced by a new High over the south Tasman sea on Friday.

 

Tasman Sea /NZ/Aus

Some deep lows are expected east of NZ this week , blocking a High is the Tasman Sea and maintaining a SW flow over NZ.

These SW/S winds may often reach to 25S this week. Better to get to NZ next week.

 

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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