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Re: Winter: La Nina refuses to leave the building.

Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2012 12:37 pm
by Donweather
steve shearer wrote:And Northern Luzon/Taiwan .......I know a secret left reef that would be off chops.
I saw this the other day and thought, feck there would have to be a myriad of breaks up in the NW Pacific that would be firing on all cylinders from the back to back storms/typhoons they're having up there. Jumped on google maps and was blown away by some of the setups I saw!!! If only one had a boat and an endless supply of fuel!!!

Re: Winter: La Nina refuses to leave the building.

Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2012 12:38 pm
by Donweather
Steve, what's your long term prognosis now for Spring on the east coast? Please give me some good news!!!

Re: Winter: La Nina refuses to leave the building.

Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2012 12:58 pm
by steve shearer
I predict we'll go from the worst winter in recent memory to an equally tragic spring.

Hopefully, one last strong blast of southern energy to at fire during Sep.

I'm looking forwards to Jan/Feb for the next quality wave and the hopes of a classic autumn on the El Nino rebound.

Re: Winter: La Nina refuses to leave the building.

Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2012 12:59 pm
by Donweather
Thanks Steve.

Bugger....that's not the news I wanted to here. OS Surfari here I come!!!

Re: Winter: La Nina refuses to leave the building.

Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2012 8:40 pm
by Donweather
Whilst La Nina has definitely left the building now, there's some amazing stats from the two successive La Nina's just past.

http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/enso/hist ... 12/?ref=ad

Re: Winter: La Nina refuses to leave the building.

Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 2:24 pm
by steve shearer
dismal.

Re: Winter: La Nina refuses to leave the building.

Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 3:13 pm
by alakaboo
though okay for cyclone season?
Someone mentioned in passing that this much energy in the Phillos is a good omen?

Re: Winter: La Nina refuses to leave the building.

Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 3:15 pm
by steve shearer
Yeah for the North Pac.
Not here.

Re: Winter: La Nina refuses to leave the building.

Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 3:35 pm
by alakaboo
Firstly admits to be stretching here...

The comment, possibly misinterpreted (both by me and the person conveying it), was more about the IPO trend, so probably disregard the link to the NW Pac.

Take home message for me was that the storms tend to lag the switch to negative IPO by about 4 years, so we're overdue for a big cyclone season.

Not necessarily a wet summer, possibly even a dry one, but one with bouts of intense storminess.

Re: Winter: La Nina refuses to leave the building.

Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 3:46 pm
by Donweather
steve shearer wrote:dismal.
Please explain? As I have no idea what this comment was reference too?

Re: Winter: La Nina refuses to leave the building.

Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 5:38 pm
by steve shearer
just a cry of despair Don.

Re: Winter: La Nina refuses to leave the building.

Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 8:35 pm
by Donweather
steve shearer wrote:just a cry of despair Don.
LOL. Love ya work Steve!!!! :D

Re: Winter: La Nina refuses to leave the building.

Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 9:13 pm
by OddaP
Appallingly, abysmally, depressingly poor. And rub salt into the wounds its still too cold to get the flatties moving. I pray that your prediction of this representing spring is wrong. :evil:

Thankfully dissapearing soon to get some quality, but this ain't helping the paddle fitness.

Re: Winter: La Nina refuses to leave the building.

Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 1:48 pm
by steve shearer
Looking more interesting next week.

Re: Winter: La Nina refuses to leave the building.

Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 8:19 pm
by Donweather
steve shearer wrote:Looking more interesting next week.
Please explain, cause I ain't seeing diddly on the charts for next week at the moment?

Re: Winter: La Nina refuses to leave the building.

Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 8:28 pm
by steve shearer
yeah...thought that little low near the North Is and cold front low on the weekend were looking marginally better but ......no, they are both hoaxes./

just slightly better than it was this week.

think I've surfed once in three weeks.

Re: Winter: La Nina refuses to leave the building.

Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 8:36 pm
by Donweather
The one near the north island tonight should send something surfable our way on the weekend.....probably be the best it's been in a few weeks, but feck that shit as the crowds will be a fecking joke considering it's the Sat before Father's Day and we haven't had any swell for almost 3 weeks now.

I still reckon that low near the south island late in the weekend/early next week has some potential.....but it currently a series of embedded low pressure systems in the trough fecking things up, instead of a single low pressure system and a high pressure system adjoining it's SW flank!!!!

Oh well, one can only pray and hope to Huey!!!

What's your take on the trough of low pressure up in the SPCZ showing up on the charts in about a week's time? Whilst not a swell producing system it's certainly showing some serious wet weather up/out there for so early in the season IMO??

Re: Winter: La Nina refuses to leave the building.

Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 8:39 pm
by steve shearer
Donweather wrote:The one near the north island tonight should send something surfable our way on the weekend.....probably be the best it's been in a few weeks, but feck that shit as the crowds will be a fecking joke considering it's the Sat before Father's Day and we haven't had any swell for almost 3 weeks now.

I still reckon that low near the south island late in the weekend/early next week has some potential.....but it currently a series of embedded low pressure systems in the trough fecking things up, instead of a single low pressure system and a high pressure system adjoining it's SW flank!!!!

Oh well, one can only pray and hope to Huey!!!

Actually ASCAT pass doesn't look too bad for that North Island low. Can't remember if I've forgotten how to surf.