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SNN SURF CENTER
BY CHIEF SURFING OFFICER (CSO) GARY 'GQ' KEWLEY
645AM OAHU OBSERVATIONS: THURSDAY 5.8.08
7AM NORTHSHORE'S DOWN 0-1, WESTSHORE'S DOWN 0-1', EASTSIDE HOLDING AT 1-3+, .SANDYS is 1-3',TOP SOUTH SHORE SPOTS AT 0-2'; SEE SNN METEOROLOGIST MATT FOR 'WHAT'S THE WEATHER'
BIG PICTURE: THURSDAY
NORTH PAC....gets much better next week of the 12th. But, currently, the weather/wave model sees a broad area of high pressure covering the EPAC and creating 10-25 trades and solid 3' windswell some of which is refracting into SSE shores... NADA for the rest of this week...our last weak, small low showed up on 5/5 up near kamchatcka for small 2' NNW around Sunday....good news is the Jet stream models suggest an increased probability of a couple rounds of above average (from the season) NNW to N swells from mid next week.....on Monday,the 12th, the GFS models show a deepening large low right near the East Aleutians; it gets an extremely wide fetch area develop (35kts & 10-14' seas) on its SW flank by Tuesday as the system splits south...the 1st batch of winds should push out 3' NW waves late Tuesday and Wednesday. The real deal is the 2nd fetch which if models hold true could bring us 4-6' Thursday the 15th thru Friday! lastly, the storm off Japan is extected to recurve eastward pushing out some small west energy by Sunday the 18th..stayed tuned for fine and not-so-fine tuning...
SOUTH PAC tuesday the 29th had a wide fetch produced way down south...it was east of the date line with a big broad storm/fetch holding for 2 days....the result could be a 1-2+' S-SSE around Sat. the 10th..not great for the LONG RANGE but it give us rideable waves...models show mostly TAZ SEA storms with a long fetches last week and this week ...getting more than 'back ground' type waves is more iffy due to the shadowing from all the SPAC Islands as well as no heavy storms nor high seas...A big storm on the tip of New Z. pushes out some 20' seas but they have a long way to go...watch for some 1-2 max 3' SW swell around thurs. 5/15...We see a storm way down below New Z with a small area of winds creating 20' seas for a chance at Waist-chest (1-2.5' local) surf Mon 5/19...expect long adjustments on these long rangers ...
JET STREAMS:
NORTH PAC: not good...broken and far north...minor flows off and on near Kurils..it comes back together well in about 5 days from japan all the way past the dateline...SOUTH PAC: looking bad again with equatorial bound flows only in the TAZ SEA where heavy shadowing occurs
Check the Local Swell Tracker link for Video presentation of waves and weather.
NOTE:THE SPAC FORECAST IS SLOW FOR THE KICK OF THE FOSTERS #3 WCT: THE BILLABONG TAHITI PRO @ TEAHUPOO THIS THURSDAY 5/8
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