HMAS Creswell Weather Forecast

Illawarra Coastal Waters

Wind

Variable about 10 knots becoming northeast to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots in the early afternoon then tending southeast to southwesterly in the evening.

Seas

Below 1 metre, increasing to around 1 metre offshore north of Port Kembla.

1st Swell

Northeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre during the afternoon.

Weather

Partly cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm inshore in the afternoon and early evening.

Weather Situation

A high pressure system over the Tasman Sea extends a ridge over northern part of the coast, bringing moderate to fresh northeasterly winds to the northern and central parts of the coast, while a trough extends from northwestern NSW through to the southern coast, bringing easterly winds to the southern part of the coast. Winds will tend northeasterly along the whole coast again from Sunday as the trough contracts away slightly from the coast, before another southerly change moves along southern and central parts of the coast Monday and Tuesday as the trough moves into the Tasman sea and a new ridge builds over the coast.