Crazy long range Sydney Hobart forecast
Big NE start, smashing south westerly, Qld cyclone and plenty of spumeThe Sydney Hobart organisers, the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, will host the media launch of the Long Range Weather Forecast tomorrow (Tuesday December 22) at 10:00am live.
The Bureau of Meteorology will present the long range weather forecast for the race. John Cameron, the Commodore of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, and navigators from a variety of yachts will be providing their thoughts on the long range weather outlook.
Experts at the media event will include Michael Logan - Manager, Weather Services NSW, Bureau of Meteorology; Mike Broughton – navigator, Pretty Fly III; Adrienne Cahalan – navigator, Perpetual LOYAL; Stan Honey – navigator, Comanche; Juan Vila – navigator, Wild Oats XI; Jenifer Wells – navigator,
(December 21) was ringing alarm bells to the point today where Iain
Murray, the tactician aboard Bob and Sandy Oatley’s supermaxi
XI
proved correct.
The outlook for Bass Strait, which was the scene
of the tragedy in the 1998 Hobart Race, was, according to one of the
computer generated weather models, likely to see howling south-westerly
headwinds of up to 40 knots, and powerful, breaking seas.
By
late today that outlook was not as bad, but according to highly
respected yachting meteorologist, Roger Badham, nothing was certain; the
real prognosis would not be known until about 48 hours before the race
start on Boxing Day.
"The forecast is far from set in stone,"
Badham said. "Right now it has the appearance of the 1998 Hobart Race,
but not with the same intensity. There are many factors influencing the
outlook, including a cyclone that should form in the next day or so over
northern Queensland."
More to come...
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