Shellharbour FAD (offshore) Weather Forecast

Illawarra Coastal Waters

Wind

North to northwesterly about 10 knots tending north to northeasterly 15 to 20 knots in the morning then tending north to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots in the late evening.

Seas

Below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres around midday.

1st Swell

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

Weather

Partly cloudy. 50% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm during this afternoon and evening.

Weather Situation

Northeasterly winds are being generated by a coastal trough along the north coast and a ridge of high pressure extending across the south. A cold front is forecast to move up the coast as a southerly change late Sunday into Monday behind which a new ridge of high pressure settled is forecast to settle bringing southeasterly winds through mid week.