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BIG PICTURE for THURSDAY MARCH 18 OUT 7-10 DAYS
KEY NOTES:  ....  NNE WINDS WHIPPING IT WITH AN UGLY STICK...3'  N ANGLED SWELL  & WEAK SSE, BUT REAL SOUTH SWELLS ON THE WAY FILLING SATURDAY NPAC: Delay on the next NW swell that fills in tonight and peaks near 10' Friday with poor sideshore NE trades. currently the jet is low & getting split and pushed around and up by large High pressures that are moving moving in from the West Pac (signs of Spring); this has been  keeping trades up more often now but they do back down as the swell producing Lows brush their trailing fronts near the Islands;The jetstream has been off and on zonal moving  storms quickly from west to east;some  meridional flows in the large upper air current have allowed for closer storms and therefore fetches; the current swell came from  an amplified low off originated off Japan for a long lasting event which peaked near 15'  Monday afternoon; the storm intensified with storm force winds reinforcing us back up to 10+' tuesday afternoon; now we're in an easing trend;  a new NW event starts Thursday afternoon 3/18 and peaking near 10' Friday!  This one comes from a broad storm spawning near Kamchatka Sunday and is expected to have the same E to ENE track; a Gale fetch is modelled in the 310-320 band Monday and will sweep to  within 1000 away and weaken; due to proximity size we will be above advsry levels (est 18' faces). last Monday, a new High cames off Japan again and the jet flow bounces up and over by Wednesday with its nose diving right on top of us bringing the current weird voggy weather and veering winds and North angled swell. The Jet movemnt off Japan  promises more NW  ground swell production starting Monday. In fact, models have just come together suggesting a powerful storm pop on the 180 dateline Sunday some outer reef potential next week Tuesday 3/23!  So the NW shores have more in store. The GIANT ones are pau for the season but dont forget that we just had one of thee top 4 biggest most consistent winters in over 40 years.   SPAC the current  SSE swell was marginal overall ; a strong storm spawned and hovered Wed 3/10-12 to the south of Tahiti but then moved south & weakened.  Next: a powerful large low to the SE of NZ is modelled to track ENE with some flow towards us (meridional or equator bound) Sun 3/14; this should bring AT LEAST 2-4' SSW filling Saturday, peaking Sunday 3/21 peaking Monday & Tuesday  possibly 5' or marginal advsry levels (we be keepin' an eye on the  models hinting at another smaller low a few days later for some more SSW swell around Friday 3/26. Note: since it's their El Nino down under...could this be another banner season?  EAST SWELLS: east side (makapu'u) is cranking 6' North wrap and fading to average levels again this Friday onward.

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51002 SW HAWAII 215 NM SSW of Hilo
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www.accesssurfhawaii.org
www.iyor.org/ (International Year of the Reef 2008)
www.surfrider.org/oahu
www.aspworldtour.com/2007/criteria.asp
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