The weather bureau is warning that approaching storms could be the most significant weather event in Victoria for the past 15 years.



www.windguru.cz/15753

Doesn,t look like this though


and i,m not sure about the 15 yr bit. I guess they forgot about Spotties day last year

sounds like just piss'n in the wind to me..............

Pffft, they would of been better off warning NZ of an earthquake..

Fill them sandbags boys

looks like the wind hitting just before the peak of high tide... but that doesnt stop some crazy people . Unfortunately I cant play this time

PS: the BOM are pretty good with their armageddon forecasting. They just want to give something to the media to create some drama and be noticed. "Hey we're the BOM! We're really important!!! So notice us! And be scared. Because. "

Translation: BOM: "Possible Hurricane strength winds from the N, S, E and West at times, with periods of rain, heavy at times, with the chance of damaging squalls, hail and thunderstorms"

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A couple of light showers and 8-15kts wind.

Some nice colors starting to appear on windguru Chris

When your done with this system can you send it our way so we too can have a play with it lol

Chris, are you sure you don't want to change your mind?

It looks like it might be a doozy! I'm sure you could milk 50 out of this!

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slowboat said...

looks like the wind hitting just before the peak of high tide... but that doesnt stop some crazy people . Unfortunately I cant play this time

PS: the BOM are pretty good with their armageddon forecasting. They just want to give something to the media to create some drama and be noticed. "Hey we're the BOM! We're really important!!! So notice us! And be scared. Because. "

Translation: BOM: "Possible Hurricane strength winds from the N, S, E and West at times, with periods of rain, heavy at times, with the chance of damaging squalls, hail and thunderstorms"

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A couple of light showers and 8-15kts wind.

surely their BOM isnt as F#&%ken useless as ours???
i wouldnt believe it could be possible

Been blowing 30+ knts here all day but just couldn't get motivated to get out infact no one went out, 20-30knt tomorrow so have to make the effort i spose

The raw wind looks like it will be there, but the tides will be a big challenge. High tide is at about 9am. With a big low pressure system the tide will probably be very high which means we may not be able to sail until a couple of hours after high. If the wind is still around by then, look out!

Its on its way, wind came in about 5pm here (Beachport) and is now gusting well over 40, looks like a wild night. hopefully you guys will have it in the morning..

Let the young bulls sprint around with no bank in 40kts till they're rooted...
then the old bulls can have a play in 35 on the low tide...

I hope it doesn't blow itself out before speed week! Looks like next Monday may be epic!

Ahh, it will probably slip into the night hours or it will be a super high tide or the inlet will be full of weed or.......... Ah don't mind me, I am still disappointed about yesterday which looked like it would be epic too, but the tide wrecked it. It was good fun for sure, but just not what we had hoped for.

What time is low tide next Monday , Andrew?

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sailquik said...

Ahh, it will probably slip into the night hours or it will be a super high tide or the inlet will be full of weed or.......... Ah don't mind me, I am still disappointed about yesterday which looked like it would be epic too, but the tide wrecked it. It was good fun for sure, but just not what we had hoped for.

Love the mobility in the charts (ecmwf) for you guys, a constant flow of high pressure and low pressure cells tracking west to east. reminds me of the good ol' days over here, with low after low streaming in off the atlantic towards Scotland.

Hope all the right boxes are ticked for your next blow,

It is also a bit of a moving feast. 2 hours after I posted the prediction image of 44-45 knot winds on Monday Windguru had changed its mind to predicting only 15 knots for Monday. Now 12 hrs later it is back up to 33 knots. So I guess we can say it will be somewhere between 15 and 45 knots

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yoyo said...

What time is low tide next Monday , Andrew?

about 10am.

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yoyo said...

It is also a bit of a moving feast. 2 hours after I posted the prediction image of 44-45 knot winds on Monday Windguru had changed its mind to predicting only 15 knots for Monday. Now 12 hrs later it is back up to 33 knots. So I guess we can say it will be somewhere between 15 and 45 knots

I told you so!
I might start to get excited if it is still looking good by friday.....

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yoyo said...

It is also a bit of a moving feast. 2 hours after I posted the prediction image of 44-45 knot winds on Monday Windguru had changed its mind to predicting only 15 knots for Monday. Now 12 hrs later it is back up to 33 knots. So I guess we can say it will be somewhere between 15 and 45 knots

I told you so!
I might start to get excited if it is still looking good by friday.....

Got an RDO on Monday and i,m supervising the sparky and solar guys ALL DAY so it will be epic [}:)] Bring on Speedfortnight

The wind gods are teasing us! [}:)]
It is not helping now that Kato has just about guaranteed it will be at least 'really good!'

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Kato said

Got an RDO on Monday and i,m supervising the sparky and solar guys ALL DAY so it will be epic [}:)] Bring on Speedfortnight

Looks like Tuesday may be the better day anyway Kato...

www.windguru.cz/15753

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yoyo said...

Kato said

Got an RDO on Monday and i,m supervising the sparky and solar guys ALL DAY so it will be epic [}:)] Bring on Speedfortnight

Looks like Tuesday may be the better day anyway Kato...

www.windguru.cz/15753

As per the run of fair play .. we expect West Kirby to go off soon after

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OPH said...

yoyo said...

Kato said

Got an RDO on Monday and i,m supervising the sparky and solar guys ALL DAY so it will be epic [}:)] Bring on Speedfortnight

Looks like Tuesday may be the better day anyway Kato...

www.windguru.cz/15753

As per the run of fair play .. we expect West Kirby to go off soon after

So boyz ... what are the odds of the PiT and WK going off next week, mid week thru to the weekend .... lol Are we due an inter planetary alignment or something?

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Kato said

Got an RDO on Monday and i,m supervising the sparky and solar guys ALL DAY so it will be epic [}:)] Bring on Speedfortnight

Looks like Tuesday may be the better day anyway Kato...

So much for Tuesday ...so much for forecasts!



Having said that , if Wed arvo and Thursday deliver what the bureau is predicting it should be pretty special.

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