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The highs and lows of a summer southeasterly in NSW
Craig McIntosh, Friday February 5, 2016 - 14:33 AEDT
Many people living along the coast of NSW must be wondering what happened to summer as strong winds and showers take a firm grip.
The dominant weather system affecting coastal NSW has been a fairly strong low pressure system out over the Tasman Sea, more reminiscent of Autumn than Summer. Combining with the low is a building high pressure ridge from a system moving very slowly over the Great Australian Bight. These two systems combined have produced the southeasterly winds that have been tracking up the coast since Thursday. Strong wind warnings are in place from the Illawarra Coast all the way up to the Byron Coast today. Moisture brought in from offshore with these winds are also producing scattered showers.
Nowra's maximum temperature for Thursday and Friday, 24 degrees, is two below average. 10mm of rain has fallen to add to the lacklustre couple of days. Southerly wind gusts of over 40 km/h were felt throughout Nowra this morning.
Sydney has been sitting on about average temperatures yesterday and today, however the wind makes it feel a couple of degrees cooler. Gusts of up to 61 km/h have been recorded at the Airport and 15mm of rain has been collected for the city over the two days.
The North Coast has not escaped the blustery conditions. Temperatures in Ballina have been around the February average of 28 degrees yesterday and today, however the wind is factoring into how it feels. Gusts of 50 km/h have hit Ballina today, Evans Head felt 59 km/h gusts and Cape Byron has broken the sixty mark, recording a 61 km/h gust just after lunch.
Never fear, the low in the Tasman will move away over the coming days and allow the ridge to strengthen, helping the sun to show its face a bit more. Temperatures should gradually rise, a few showers may persist along the North Coast, but generally returning to more summer-like conditions from Sunday and into next week.
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