Thanks Dazza!
Ok , a tough one to call this one. The consensus of forecast data would indicate that the wind will veer early Tuesday morring behind the cold from from a SW'ly to a West to WNW'ly crica F7-F8 gusts in access of F9.
Now the difficult bit (not helped by no Mesoscale graphic on the wind angle). A true WNW is approx 293 degrees which translates as about 140 degrees sailing angle down the wall. Broad but not too broad, and accompanied by the killer chop build. We have sailed the wall in superbroad conditions 145 degrees+ with Farrel getting well dialed with 47+ peaks in 30-40 kts of wind back in 2009 / 2010.
The expection, based on an assessment of current available stats from the Met and GFS forecast based sites (XC/ WindG etc) is 280-290 degrees for morning (dawn raid to be sure of maximising the sailing window) and going 300+ in the afternoon and thus too broad.
The morning session has excellent potential for high speeds both vmax's and 10s runs, 500's may be limited due to big rolling chop around the 250-300m+ mark.
High tide @ 8.3 m around 10'ish would normally not breach the wall, however with a big push in off the irish, some breach may be inevitable ... this one will not flood the carpark though!
Bear in mind the above information is based on current forecast data, which, at the end of the day is just a forecast and not set in stone, as late changes to the pressure patterns and resultant flow can affect the flow enough to push teh wind round too broad right from the outset.
Updates to follow accordingly.
Good wind and speed to all.
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