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Cape Preston to Northwest Cape Marine Weather Overview

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marine forecast summary forecast

Northwest to northeasterly 10/15 knots becoming variable about 10 knots in the evening. Seas: Around 1 metre. Swell: Northeasterly below 1 metre inshore, increasing to 1/1.5 metres offshore by early evening. Outlook Friday: East to southeasterly 15/20 knots, reaching up to 30 knots east of Barrow Island during the morning. Winds tending east to northeasterly in the middle of the day then becoming variable about 10 knots in the evening. Seas: Below 1 metre, increasing to 1/2 metres during the morning, then decreasing below 1 metre by early evening. Swell: East to northeasterly around 1 metre, increasing to 1/1.5 metres during the afternoon. Outlook Saturday: East to southeasterly 15/25 knots tending easterly 20/30 knots during the morning then tending east to northeasterly 15/25 knots in the middle of the day. Seas: Around 1 metre, increasing to 1/2 metres offshore during the morning. Swell: North to northeasterly 1/1.5 metres, tending east to northeasterly around 1 metre during the morning. Outlook Sunday: East to southeasterly 15/20 knots tending east to northeasterly during the day then becoming variable about 10 knots during the evening. Seas: Below 1 metre, increasing to 1/1.5 metres offshore during the morning. Swell: West to southwesterly around 1 metre offshore, increasing to 1/1.5 metres during the afternoon or evening.

Issued Thu 16:00 WST

Seas: Up to 1.0m
Swell: Up to 1.5m, NE

forecast winds

Thursday: NW/NE 10/15 kts
Friday: E/SE 30 kts
Saturday: E 20/30 kts
Sunday: E/SE 15/20 kts

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06:11 WST
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06:33 WST
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18:04 WST
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18:26 WST
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02:29 WST
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15:32 WST
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Apr 24
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Generation gone with the wind

13:20 AEST A weeklong stretch of low wind power was broken on Wednesday evening, as a weak cold front marched across southern Australia.  The chart below shows that the National Electricity Market (NEM) has endured a weeklong stretch of low wind generation, with wind power providing around 6% of the NEM’s electricity, down from last year’s average of 13.1% (Mon, April 15 to Wed, April 17).

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