Weather warnings everywhere!!!

Update: Ok, so it’s Sunday morning and for some ungodly known reason Johnsee and I are at work. I arrived at 0700 he at 0730. It’s blowing about 35 knots and p*#$ing down, but the show must go on and in about 1/2 hour we’ll welcome 30 little Lemmings to the Sailing School to enjoy what the lovely Queensland weather has to offer. At the moment the current wind speed at the “Inner Beacon” is 37 knots gusting to 44. Everything else at the Squadron has been cancelled or postponed, but the Sailing School continues in force toughening up the yachting youth and next generation of thrill seekers. (Why do I do this!!??)

It all turns nasty on Moreton Bay today!!! And the forecast for the weekend doesn’t look good…

Sailing School boats suffer a tragic blow…

Storm Warning
Sandy Cape to Cape Moreton
SE winds 45/50 knots over offshore waters, gradually easing to 34/40 knots Saturday evening. Seas and an E’ly swell 5 to 6 metres.

Gale Warning
Cape Moreton to Coolangatta, including Moreton Bay
Expect SE winds 34/45 knots, easing to 30/40 knots Saturday evening. Seas and an E’ly swell 4 to 5 metres.

[Issued 1610 Friday]
FORECAST FOR MORETON BAY – A gale warning is current.
Friday until midnight: SE winds 25/35 knots. Seas to 1.6 metres in open waters. Dangerous bar conditions. Rain areas and squally thunderstorms.
Saturday: S/SE winds 25/35 knots. Seas to 1.6 metres in open waters. Rain easing to showers. Isolated thunderstorms.
Sunday: SE/NE winds 15/20 knots.

Monday: NE/N winds 10/15 knots.

[Issued 1506 Friday]
DOUBLE ISLAND POINT TO COOLANGATTA – A storm warning has been issued north of Cape Moreton.
Friday until midnight: SE winds 30/40 knots, increasing to 40/50 knots
offshore, north of Cape Moreton. Seas and E’ly swell 4 to 5 metres. Dangerous bar conditions. Rain areas and squally thunderstorms.
Saturday: SE/E winds 30/40 knots. Seas and E’ly swell 4/5 metres dropping to
3/4 metres in northern waters. Dangerous bar conditions. Showers. Some rain areas in the south. Isolated thunderstorms.
Sunday: SE/NE winds 10/15 knots, increasing to 15/25 knots E/SE winds south of Cape Moreton.
Monday: NE/N winds 10/15 knots

All data from the Australian Government Bureau of Meteorolgy website.

The above is all in our area where we sail every weekend!!! Except for the photo… That was taken this time last year just as I was sailing into Fiji… But that’s another story for another time…