Gilmore Retains ASP Women's World No. 1 Spot with Roxy Pro Gold Coast WinSNAPPER ROCKS, Queensland/Australia (Saturday, March 6, 2010) - Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), 22, reigning three-time ASP Women’s World Champion and defending event winner, has taken out the 2010 Roxy Pro Gold Coast in punchy two-to-three foot (1 metre) waves at Snapper Rocks over fellow Finalist Melanie Bartels (HAW), 27.T ...»
Roxy Pro Gold Coast to Finish Today, Semifinals Start at 8:30amSNAPPER ROCKS, Queensland/Australia (Saturday, March 6, 2010) - The Roxy Pro Gold Coast, the opening event of the 2010 ASP ’World Tour season, is set to finish this morning, with the Semifinals heading out into the two-to-three foot (1 metre) righthanders of Snapper Rocks this morning at 8:30am."We are fortunate enough ...»
Here’s your first February surf installment - and it’s a BIG one. Right about now (Friday, Feb. 6) waves are above the advisory level criteria of 15 feet (crest to trough or 8 feet local scale).
BIG PICTURE for TUESDAY MARCH 9 OUT 7-10 DAYS KEY NOTES: ....BELOW LATE WINTER AVERAGES FOR NW SHORES & MOSTLY WINDY ENE TRADES; MUCH BETTER BY FRIDAY NPAC: the jet is still further North due to large strong blocking High pressures keeping trades up 2 more days with under small 2-4' NNW ground + wind swell...the good news is Wednesday 3/10 she drops again, consolidating past Hawaii and steers an amplified low off Japan for something promising about 10' filling early Monday 3/15; The next storm for sunday's swell has been downgraded (like the last dissappointment)... a low popped just west of the dateline Thursday 3/4 and tracked NE up into the Aleutians. Her SW flank saw a broadening batch of Gales in the 310-340 band for one day. Seas should reach 25+'... Guestimate size is about 5-7' max from the NW filling Sunday late 3/7 peaking after sun down into early Monday from the NNW. The NEXT STORM spawned Sat 3/6 off the Kurils builds and tracks east into Sunday. There's 20+' seas but it does dissapate at the dateline on Monday; surf from the NW should be at small 4' levels on thursday 3/11. Models suggest a powerful storm coming off Japan(above) thursday with a East track past Hawaii ~~1200 miles to the North by sunday 3/14. If models pan out we'll get at least advsry levels and likely above (say 10'). Hints of more average swell every few days as signs of a new (smaller) season are at hand. SPAC A storm built on the 5th with a wide fetch as the storm tracks east;it arises 3/4-6 SE of NZ for possible chest maybe head levels SSW's around Friday 12-14th. This storm is 'zonal' (west to east) thus limiting potential. EAST SWELLS: east side (makapu'u) is up above average levels thnks to Trades thru thursday. Dropping to 3' thru the wkend.
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**Honolulu Highs 80-83°F; Lows 66-69°F;Lows at Beaches 62-67°F**
Oahu Rainfall Outlook:
Today - Light (0.05 - .20") (W/M)
Wednesday - Light (0.05 - .10") (W/M)
Thursday - Light (0.05 - .10")(W/M)
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Satellite Discussion: Infrared imagery shows scattered low clouds migrate by from the NE in the trade flow. Water Vapor imagery shows conditions are stable across the state.
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Regional Discussion & Forecast
It's been a pretty good run of very active trades lately (going on 10+ days) and the run looks to continue today and probably tomorrow as well. However, by later in the week we'll probably have to say the run is over…certainly by Saturday as models show the trades completely shutting down and giving way to light land/sea breezes or even a brief spell of light konas ahead of a weakening shear line. In the mean time, yesterday it appeared the trades might relax a bit today, but not so says the current models and observations. Instead, it looks like another blustery day and probably fairly wet as well later this afternoon/evening as models show a "blob" of moisture being carried in on the back of the trades. The current high pressure cell north of the state churning out these robust trades is forecast to gradually weaken through the end of the week while shifting eastward in response to a trough moving across the North Pacific. This should finally result in the demise of the trades by Saturday. A front associated with the trough is forecast to approach the islands later this week but weaken and eventually just end up as a shear line. This shear line will drop down over the islands on Sunday with brisk northerlies in its wake along with some available moisture. After this afternoon/evening, shower activity should drop off for a few days only to increase again with the northerlies in the wake of the shear line early next week.
Hawaii Close-Up Infrared Satellite Dark Blue = Clear Skies Light Blue = Low Level Clouds Green = Middle Level Clouds Yellow & Red = High Clouds (Possible T-Storm)
GOES - Water Vapor Brown-Black = Dry, Sinking Air (Denies cloud growth) White-Blue = Moist, Rising Air (Allows cloud growth)
Pacific Surface Analysis Blue Triangle w/ Line = Cold Fronts Red Semicircle w/ Line = Warm Fronts Red & Blue = Stationary Front Purple Line = Occluded Front H = High Pressure, L = Low Pressure Black Lines = Isobars (Constant Pressure Lines)
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