Sunferries Magnetic Island Race Week Day One Weather



11:07 PM Fri 4 Sep 2009 GMT
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Sunferries Magnetic Island Race Week Day One. Another gloriously warm spring day on Cleveland Bay.

Seabreezes are expected this afternoon; this morning the gradient breeze is quite weak, so the land breeze draining is still dominant.

The fleet is likely to be held ashore for a little while with a race start is anticipated around 11am.

Here is the Bureau of Met. data

Townsville Met Office
Cleveland Bay Forecast Issued 05/09/09
Saturday 05/09/09 - (Gradient Wind E 5 - NE 10)

TOWNSVILLEAIRPORT
CLEVELANDBAY
Time
Wind
Direction*
Wind
Speed (Kt)
Wind Gust (Kt)
Wind
Direction*
Wind
Speed (Kt)
09
080
07
12
110
07
10
060
11
15
080
10
11
050
12
17
070
12
12
050
14
17
060
12
13
040
15
18
040
13
14
050
16
19
030
13
15
060
15
19
030
13
16
050
14
17
020
12
17
050
12
15
020
12
18
040
11
14
020
11
19
040
08
10
030
09

*Wind Direction expressed in Degrees Magnetic

Weather
Fine, sunny
Min T
19C
Max T
30C

Time
Height
Tides
Low
0315
0.96
Townsville
High
0851
2.70
Low
1442
0.82
High
2113
3.06

Wind Outlooks

Sunday 6/9
Monday 7/9
Tuesday 8/9
Time
Wind (Dir) Spd(Kt)
Wind (Dir) Spd(Kt)
Wind (Dir) Spd(Kt)
09
050 08
360 07
010 08
10
060 09
360 08
360 10
11
060 10
360 08
350 10
12
050 12
350 10
360 10
13
050 12
010 11
350 10
14
040 12
360 12
360 12
15
050 14
010 12
010 12
16
060 14
010 11
010 12
17
030 10
360 11
360 11
18
040 08
360 10
360 09
19
040 08
010 08
350 07
Gradient Wind
NE 5 morning
NE 10 evening
N 10 morning
N 15 evening
NW 10 morning
N 10 evening




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