American River Weather Forecast

Investigator Strait Coastal Waters

Wind

South to southwesterly 15 to 20 knots, reaching up to 25 knots through the Backstairs Passage in the late morning. Winds decreasing to about 10 knots in the late evening.

Seas

1 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 metre by early evening.

1st Swell

West to southwesterly around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres inshore during the afternoon.

Weather

Partly cloudy.

Weather Situation

A low pressure system and associated trough continue moving over southern SA today and will move into the eastern states this evening. A high pressure system will move in from the west to be over SA on Wednesday. Another trough approaches the southwest during Thursday evening, and may linger about the western parts of SA before another high moves across the south over the weekend.