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 THURSDAY MARCH 11 OUT 7-10 DAYS KEY NOTES: ....WAY BELOW LATE WINTER AVERAGES FOR NW SHORES TILL MONDAY WHEN IT'S GAME ON AGAIN NPAC: the last swell barely materialized...Oh well. The jetstream is still further North due to large strong blocking High pressures keeping trades up into Friday then they back down for the wkend...the good news is Wednesday 3/10 she dropped again, consolidating past Hawaii and steering an amplified low off Japan for something promising a long lasting event reaching at least 10' by early Monday 3/15; this storm starts as a WNW in the 290-310 band and tracks east moving into the 320-340 band under the Aleutians (NNW) by Saturday; it intensifies with storm force winds pushing us back up over 10' tuesday with an easing trend into Thursday 3/18.... LASTLY, a broad storm spawns near Kamchatka sunday and is expected to have the same E to ENE track but stay above the Aleutians; a Gale fetch is modelled in the 310-320 band Monday and sweep nearer to us but weaken; the end results could be 5-7' filling thursday 3/18. Lets 'wait & see'... SPAC 14 second, waist high SSW energy should start to be felt Friday midday and peak over the weekend with chest high sets; Creator:a storm built on Friday 3/5 with a wide fetch as the storm tracks east;it arose 3/4-6 SE of NZ; This storm was 'zonal' (west to east) thus limiting potential. the forecasts start to improve Wednesday 3/10 frm the TAZ Sea cranking out at least 10' for Fiji but we lose so much from distance and blockage...we may see 2+ SW swells filling thursday 3/18. this massive storm gets some fetch out to the east coast of NZ so lets see how that goes. A strong storm spawns and hovers Wed 3/10-12 to the south of Tahiti; watch for 2-4' SSE on thursday>>Sat 3/18-3/20. LAST BUT NOT LEAST: a powerful low to the SE of NZ is modelled to track NE with a flow towards us Sat/Sun 3/13-14; this should lead to 2-4' filling Sat 3/20. (also going to keep an eye on the GFS models hinting at more a few days later. Could this be another banner year? EAST SWELLS: east side (makapu'u) is up 6'...way above average levels thnks to gale Trades thru thursday. Dropping to 3' thru the wkend.
JOKERS ● President Obama has signed a bill to increase tourism to the United States. Tourism is down, which is surprising. You would think people from foreign countries would want to come here to see where their American jobs originated.
● Democratic Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid says that it’s good news that only 36,000 jobs were lost in February. Think of how happy he’ll be in November when he loses his job.
● Radio host Rush Limbaugh says that he will leave the United States if healthcare reform passes. Well, if that doesn’t get the Democrats to rally, nothing will.
● As you know, the Toyota Prius is a hybrid — half gas engine, half runaway racehorse.
Gusty trades continuing but beginning to weaken today with morning showers.
**Honolulu Highs 80-83°F; Lows 66-69°F;Lows at Beaches 62-67°F**
Oahu Rainfall Outlook:
Today - Light (0.05 - .10") (W/M)
Friday - Light (0.05 - .10") (W/M)
Saturday - Light (0.05 - .10")(W/M)
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Satellite Discussion: Infrared imagery shows scattered low clouds migrate by from the east in the trade flow. Water Vapor imagery shows conditions are stable across the state.
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Regional Discussion & Forecast
The current high pressure cell north of the state is still ushering in robust trades but 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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