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SOUTH OZ GETS SLAMMED.
In the Southern Hemisphere Late-Spring storm action is gearing up to send solid surf to Southern Australia.
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A fast way to see what is happening in a local area is to use the Regional Animation Map (The map, on the left-hand side, with the colored blobs moving around at 6-hour intervals). As the animation progresses further into the forecast the storm really starts to pump up, you can see a huge jump in wave heights around the 72-hour mark. This animation is a reflection of what is being shown on the 5-day forecast graph on the right. Looking at the animation it is easy to see why the LOLA 5-day Forecast is showing surf heights of nearly 25-feet but it is also easy to see that there may be some weather problems that may occur as the storm moves into the local area.

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