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Coastal Weather
Broadcast after the news at 4am
from MetService
Issued at 16:55 on 12-03-2010. Valid until 00:00 on 14-03-2010
- Colville
- Southwest 30 knots, easing to southerly 15 knots in the morning. Rising to southwest 25 knots Saturday afternoon. Sea rough at times. Easterly swell 1 metre or less.
- Outlook following 3 days: Becoming Sunday afternoon variable 10 knots, tending Monday southwest 15 knots, rising Tuesday 25 knots with rough sea.
- Chalmers
- Southwest 35 knots, but 45 knots offshore. High sea offshore. Southwest swell rising to 5 metres for a time. Poor visibility in heavy showers.
- Outlook following 3 days: Southwest 35 knots, tending Monday northwest 20 knots, changing early Tuesday southwest 30 knots. Sea very rough for a time. Southwest swell, heavy for a time.
- Grey
- Southwest 40 knots easing to 30 knots in the morning. Very rough sea easing. Southwest swell rising to 5 metres for a time. Fair visibility in showers clearing this evening.
- Outlook following 3 days: Southwest easing Sunday morning 25 knots with rough sea. Moderate southwest swell.
- Portland
- Variable 10 knots, changing to southwest 35 knots this evening, then easing to 20 knots during the morning. Sea very rough for a time. Southwest swell rising to 3 metres. Easterly swell 1 metre dying out. Poor visibility in heavy showers this evening and overnight.
- Outlook following 3 days: Tending Sunday evening northwest 10 knots, becoming early Monday southerly 15 knots, tending late Monday northeast 15 knots, changing late Tuesday southwest 20 knots. Southwest swell, heavy for a time.
- Conway
- Southwest 45 knots, easing to 35 knots tonight then westerly 20 knots in the morning. High sea easing tonight. Southwest swell rising to 4 metres for a time offshore. Poor visibility in heavy rain and thunderstorms this evening.
- Outlook following 3 days: Becoming Sunday evening variable 10 knots, tending early Monday northeast 15 knots, changing Tuesday southwest 25 knots with rough sea. Southwest swell, heavy offshore for a time.
- Rangitata
- Southwest 30 knots, but 40 knots offshore. Easing everywhere to westerly 20 knots in the morning. Very rough sea offshore, easing. Southwest swell offshore rising to 4 metres for a time. Poor visibility in heavy showers clearing this evening.
- Outlook following 3 days: Southwest 15 knots, tending Monday northeast 10 knots, changing Tuesday southwest 20 knots. Moderate southwest swell.
- Foveaux
- Southwest rising to 45 knots in the morning. Sea becoming high. Southwest swell rising to 5 metres for a time. Poor visibility in showers.
- Outlook following 3 days: Southwest easing Sunday morning to 40 knots with very rough sea, easing Tuesday 25 knots. Southwest swell, heavy at times.
- Cook
- Southerly 45 knots easing to 35 knots this evening and dying out in the morning. Becoming northwest 20 knots by midday Saturday. High sea easing. Southerly swell rising to 3 metres for a time. Poor visibility in rain and thunderstorms easing tonight.
- Outlook following 3 days: Northwest rising Sunday afternoon 25 knots with rough sea, changing early Monday southerly 20 knots, tending late Monday northerly 20 knots, becoming Tuesday southerly 35 knots with very rough sea. Moderate southerly swell at times.
- Puysegur
- Southwest 40 knots, easing to 30 knots tonight, but briefly rising to 40 knots again around midday Saturday. Sea very rough at times. Swell rising to 5 metres for a time. Fair visibility in showers at times.
- Outlook following 3 days: Southwest easing Sunday morning 25 knots, tending Monday northwest 30 knots, changing early Tuesday southwest 30 knots. Sea rough. Southwest swell, heavy at times.
- Stephens
- West of a line Cape Farewell to Cape Egmont: Southwest 35 knots easing to 25 knots tonight. Elsewhere: Westerly 25 knots. Turning southerly 30 knots this evening and easing to 20 knots in the morning. Becoming Westerly 25 knots again Saturday afternoon. Very rough sea in the west, easing. Southwest swell in west, rising to 4 metres for a time. Northwest swell in east, rising to 2 metres for a time.Poor visibility in showers heavy and possible thundery for a time this evening, easing overnight.
- Outlook following 3 days: In the west, southwest 25 knots rising Tuesday 35 knots with very rough sea. In the east, northwest 20 knots, easing early Monday westerly 10 knots, rising Tuesday 25 knots with rough sea. Moderate southwest swell in west.
- Castlepoint
- Southwest 45 knots but northerly 15 knots north of Honeycomb Rock. Changing southwest 45 knots everywhere this evening then easing to 35 knots tonight and to westerly 20 knots in the morning. Sea becoming high everywhere for a time. Southwest swell rising to 4 metres for a time. Easterly swell 1 metre dying out. Poor visibility in rain and thunderstorms easing tonight.
- Outlook following 3 days: Tending Sunday evening northwest 20 knots, becoming early Monday southerly 15 knots, tending late Monday northeast 15 knots, becoming Tuesday southwest 25 knots with rough sea. Southwest swell, heavy for a time.
- Abel
- Southwest 30 knots. Becoming southerly 10 knots this evening, then tending southwest 20 knots late morning. Rough sea easing. Fair visibility in brief rain this evening.
- Outlook following 3 days: Southwest 20 knots, becoming Sunday morning variable 10 knots south of Separation Point, becoming Tuesday southwest 25 knots everywhere with rough sea.
- Brett
- Southwest 25 knots, easing to 15 knots for a time late morning and early Saturday afternoon. Sea rough at times. Easterly swell 1 metre or less.
- Outlook following 3 days: Becoming Sunday afternoon variable 10 knots, tending Tuesday southwest 20 knots.
- Plenty
- Southwest rising to 30 knots this evening. Easing to southerly 15 knots in the morning, but rising to southwest 25 knots again Saturday afternoon. Rough sea at times. Easterly swell 1 metre or less.
- Outlook following 3 days: Becoming Sunday afternoon variable 10 knots, tending Monday southwest 15 knots, rising Tuesday 25 knots with rough sea.
- Kaipara
- Southwest 30 knots easing to southerly 15 knots in the morning, then rising to southwest 25 knots Saturday afternoon. Rough sea at times. Southwest swell rising to 4 metres for a time. Fair visibility in showers.
- Outlook following 3 days: Southwest easing Sunday afternoon 15 knots, rising Tuesday 25 knots with rough sea. Moderate southwest swell.
- Raglan
- Southwest 30 knots easing to southerly 15 knots overnight, then rising to southwest 25 knots again late morning. Rough sea at times. Southwest swell rising to 4 metres for a time. Fair visibility in showers.
- Outlook following 3 days: Southwest easing Sunday afternoon 15 knots, rising Tuesday 25 knots with rough sea. Moderate southwest swell.
- Chatham Islands
- Westerly 25 knots, rising to southwest 35 knots overnight. Sea becoming very rough. Southwest swell rising to 5 metres. Southeast swell 2 metres easing. Poor visibility in heavy showers at times.
- Outlook following 3 days: Southwest 40 knots with very rough sea, easing late Monday 30 knots, tending Tuesday for a time northwest 20 knots. Heavy southwest swell.
- Milford
- Southwest 40 knots easing to 30 knots overnight. Very rough sea easing. Southwest swell rising to 5 metres for a time. Fair visibility in showers.
- Outlook following 3 days: Southwest easing Sunday morning 25 knots with rough sea. Moderate southwest swell.
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