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Point Danger to Wooli

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Issued at 4:45 am EST on Wednesday 1 September 2010

Synoptic Situation
A high pressure system over the northern Tasman Sea will move slowly to the east over the next couple of days. A cold front is expected to reach the southern part of the coast on Wednesday, bringing a southerly wind change that will make it to the Mid North Coast on Thursday before weakening. A low pressure system will deepen over South Australia on Friday as a high pressure ridge extends over Tasmania directing southeast to northeast flow over NSW coastal waters.


Far North Coastal Waters, Point Danger to Wooli and 60nm seawards:
Wednesday until midnight: Wind: North to northwesterly 15 to 20 knots. Sea: 1 to 1.5 metres increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres by early evening. Swell: Southeasterly 1 metre. n
Thursday: Wind: North to northwesterly 10 to 20 knots. Sea: 1 to 2 metres. Swell: Easterly to southeasterly 0.5 to 1 metre.
Friday: Wind: Northwesterly 10 to 15 knots tending southwesterly during the morning then tending south to southeasterly during the afternoon. Winds easterly during the evening.

The next routine forecast will be issued at 3:52 pm EST Wednesday.

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Sunrise Sunset Moon rise Moon set Moon phase New moon First quarter Full moon Last quarter
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11:46AM
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Sep 08
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Sep 15
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Sep 23
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Oct 01


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Location Date/Time Wind (knots) Temp Barometer Rain (mm)
Dir Spd Gust (deg C) (hpa) 9am 10pm
Anemometer Location: 
On clifftop.
95m above sea level.
On the coast.
 Cape Byron 03/01:00 NNW 10 12 18.3 1017.7 - 0
Anemometer Location: 
Airport.
1m above sea level.
4km from coast.
 Ballina 03/01:00 NE 3 4 14.3 1017.1 0 0
Anemometer Location: 
On sand hill.
63m above sea level.
1km from coast.
 Evans Head 03/01:00 WNW 6 10 21 1016.9 0 0
Anemometer Location: 
On headland.
29m above sea level.
On the coast.
 Yamba 03/01:00 WSW 5 7 19.7 1016.8 0 0

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