Ellesons Rift Weather Forecast

Illawarra Coastal Waters

Wind

East to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots tending north to northeasterly 15 to 20 knots in the evening. Winds reaching up to 25 knots offshore north of Port Kembla in the evening.

Seas

Below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres north of Point Perpendicular by early evening.

1st Swell

Southerly around 1 metre.

Weather

Partly cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm north of Point Perpendicular 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.