Current Conditions:
ASCAT is showing Easterly winds 6-12kts. Pressure 1016 mb. Satellite imagery is showing relatively clear conditions with some areas of midlevel clouds. Currents are disorganized and weak (RTOFS), 0-.75 kits, ESE. Wave heights around 2-3 m, peak direction from the North.
Short term forecast:
Over next 24 hours wave heights will remain around 2-3 m, peak direction changing from Northerly to Northwesterly. Currents will remain weak over the next 6-12 hours, and then may pick up a little from 12-24 hours to 1.5-2kts. Around 12 hours from now, cloud cover will become a little more significant to the West, but more clearing to the East. Winds will remain weak over the next 12 hours, around 5-9kts from NNE, and will become more northeasterly from 18-24 hours and be around 9-12kts.
Long Term Forecast:
Over the next few days currents will become a little less disorganized and may increase slightly to around 2 kts and tend to be more easterly. Cloud cover will increase over the next 24 hours, but around 30 hours it should become clearer. The front associated with the low pressure center shouldn’t have much of an effect on your weather conditions; it is further to your North and passing.
Next 12 hours:
Winds: NNE, 5-9kts
Waves: Heights 2-3m, peak direction from North becoming Northwesterly
Currents: Easterly, but slightly disorganized. Weak, around 0.5-1kts
Clouds: Clearer conditions to the East, 40-50% cloud cover
12-18 hours:
Winds: NE, 6-9kts
Waves: Heights 2-3m (closer to 3), peak direction from Northwest
Currents: Easterly, but still disorganized, 1-1.5 kts
Clouds: More clouds coming in, a few breaks, ~60%cloud cover
18-24 hours:
Winds: NE, 9-12kts
Waves: Heights 2-3m, peak direction from Northwest
Currents: Becoming Southeasterly, 1.5-2kts
Clouds: Larger cloud mass to your East, but starting to break up above you, cloud breaks/scattered clouds closer to 24 hours, ~50-60% cloud cover.
Forecaster Chaplin