VTFQ02 NZCL 300130
EGC 2,1,24,41S173E600,01,0
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FORECAST FOR NEW ZEALAND SOUTH ISLAND COASTAL WATERS VALID UNTIL 1200
NZST 31-AUG-2024 WITH OUTLOOK FOR FOLLOWING 3 DAYS. ISSUED BY
METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE OF NZ LTD 1330 NZST 30-AUG-2024
A WESTERLY FLOW LIES ACROSS AOTEAROA/NEW ZEALAND TODAY, BUT
NORTHWESTERLIES STRENGTHEN OVER THE SOUTH ISLAND TODAY AHEAD OF A
FRONT MOVING ONTO THE LOWER SOUTH ISLAND THIS EVENING. TOMORROW THE
FRONT AND NORTHWESTERLIES MOVES NORTH UP THE COUNTRY, SPREADING ONTO
THE NORTH ISLAND LATER TOMORROW. ON SUNDAY, THE FRONT OVER THE NORTH
ISLAND MOVES OFF TO THE EAST, WHILE ANOTHER FRONT MOVES ONTO THE
LOWER SOUTH ISLAND. ON MONDAY, NORTHWESTERLIES STRENGTHEN AGAIN AHEAD
OF A COMPLEX TROUGH APPROACHING FROM THE TASMAN SEA, BRINGING HEAVY
RAIN TO WESTERN PARTS OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. THIS FRONT SPREADS
NORTHWARDS ACROSS THE NORTH ISLAND ON TUESDAY, WHILE THE WIND FLOW
AROUND THE COUNTRY TURNS SOUTHWESTERLY.
ABEL
FRIDAY: NORTHWEST 15 KNOTS BUT WESTERLY 25 KNOTS NORTH OF SEPARATION
POINT.BECOMING NORTHWEST 15 KNOTS EVERYWHERE IN THE EVENING. ROUGH
SEA IN THE NORTH, EASING. NORTHERLY SWELL 1 METRE,EASING. POOR
VISIBILITY IN A FEW SHOWERS WITH THUNDER AND HAIL POSSIBLE NORTH OF
SEPARATION POINT, EASING IN THE AFTERNOON.
SATURDAY: NORTHWEST 15 KNOTS RISING TO 30 KNOTS IN THE MORNING. SEA
BECOMING ROUGH.NORTHERLY SWELL 1 METRE DEVELOPING. POOR VISIBILITY IN
A FEW SHOWERS AND THEN RAIN DEVELOPING IN THE EVENING, HEAVY AT TIMES.
SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT.
OUTLOOK FOLLOWING 3 DAYS
SUNDAY: NORTHWEST 30 KNOTS, BECOMING NORTHWEST 15 KNOTS BUT 25 KNOTS
NORTH OF SEPARATION POINT IN THE MORNING. ROUGH SEA, EASING IN THE
SOUTH.
MONDAY: BECOMING NORTHWEST 15 KNOTS EVERYWHERE EARLY, RISING TO 25
KNOTS LATER. ROUGH SEA EASING FOR A TIME.
TUESDAY: NORTHERLY 25 KNOTS,BECOMING WESTERLY 15 KNOTS BUT 25 KNOTS
NORTH OF SEPARATION POINT EARLY. SEA ROUGH.
GREY GALE WARNING IN FORCE
FRIDAY: WESTERLY 25 KNOTS EASING TO 15 KNOTS EARLY AFTERNOON.
CHANGING NORTHERLY 20 KNOTS, BUT 30 KNOTS SOUTH OF ABUT HEAD, IN THE
EVENING.SEA ROUGH AT TIMES. LONG PERIOD SOUTHWEST SWELL 5 METRES,
EASING.NORTHERLY SWELL 1 METRE DEVELOPING. POOR VISIBILITY IN
AFTERNOON SHOWERS WITH THUNDER AND HAIL POSSIBLE, AND THEN LATER IN
EVENING RAIN.
SATURDAY: NORTHERLY 20 KNOTS BUT 30 KNOTS SOUTH OF ABUT HEAD.RISING
TO NORTHERLY 35 KNOTS EVERYWHERE IN THE MORNING. CHANGING NORTHWEST
15 KNOTS SOUTH OF ABUT HEAD IN THE AFTERNOON. BECOMING WESTERLY 25
KNOTS BUT 15 KNOTS IN THE SOUTH IN THE EVENING. SEA BECOMING VERY
ROUGH FOR A TIME. LONG PERIOD SOUTHWEST SWELL 4 METRES,EASING.
NORTHERLY SWELL RISING TO 2 METRES FOR A TIME. POOR VISIBILITY IN
RAIN, HEAVY AT TIMES. EVENING THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE NORTH OF GREY
RIVER.
OUTLOOK FOLLOWING 3 DAYS
SUNDAY: WESTERLY 20 KNOTS, BECOMING NORTHWEST 15 KNOTS BUT 25 KNOTS
SOUTH OF ABUT HEAD IN THE AFTERNOON.SEA BECOMING ROUGH IN THE SOUTH.
SOUTHWEST SWELL BECOMING HEAVY.
MONDAY:BECOMING NORTHERLY 15 KNOTS EVERYWHERE EARLY,RISING TO 30
KNOTS LATER.ROUGH SEA EASING FOR A TIME.HEAVY WESTERLY SWELL.MODERATE
NORTHERLY SWELL DEVELOPING.
TUESDAY:NORTHWEST RISING TO 35 KNOTS EARLY,THEN TURNING SOUTHWEST 25
KNOTS.SEA BECOMING VERY ROUGH FOR A TIME.HEAVY WESTERLY SWELL.
MODERATE NORTHERLY SWELL EASING.
MILFORD GALE WARNING IN FORCE
FRIDAY: WESTERLY 20 KNOTS TURNING NORTHERLY 25 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON.
RISING TO NORTHEAST 40 KNOTS IN THE EVENING. SEA BECOMING VERY ROUGH.
LONG PERIOD WESTERLY SWELL 6 METRES, EASING. NORTHERLY SWELL 2 METRES
DEVELOPING. POOR VISIBILITY IN DEVE
