Friday, February 20, 2009

A TYPICAL WEATHER FORECAST

RSA Morning!

Your friendly weather forecast from the weather office @ no 15 Welgemeend Street!
Gleaned from the NOAA Gov Radio Fax charts for the East Pacific @ 00h00 UTC up to Feb 3rd

The sea state should become more regular as the wave charts indicate only a SW swell with seas of 6-7

24 hours - Light winds from the NE 5 Knts
48 Hours - NE 5-6 Knots
72 hours - Varialble NE/SW very light

There is a Gale at 35N - 135 W which could effect the sea state.

The ITCZ is at about 5 N near S America then drops down to the Equator at 105 W moving up again at 140W to 5 N

The trades start at about at about 8S but are weak At 12S they are about 15 knots and more consistant