Wind (10m) 090T/10-15KT, sig sea/swell 100T/2m, period 9 sec becoming 090T/10KT, 080T/1.5m x 8 sec during next 48 hours. Mostly cloudy with wind gusting to 20kts in passing squalls/showers.
In other words, the conditions are generally good and interspersed with ITCZ type convective winds and precipitation.
Hopefully, we will get some promising news from the BEA in the next day or two, as I suspect the search is moving into the southwest corner of the 40NM radius northern semi-circle. Objects sitting on the bottom, particularly large objects, will give themselves away due to the distinctive shadow area the sonar return leaves behind them. Similar to the radar return (or lack of it ) behind an active Cummulo Nimbus.
Happy hunting folks.
mm43