South West Island Weather Forecast

Roper Groote Coast

Wind

Northwesterly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots northeast of Groote Eylandt in the evening. Squalls above 40 knots possible.

Seas

Below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres east of Groote Eylandt.

1st Swell

North to northwesterly below 1 metre.

Weather

Partly cloudy.

Weather Situation

A tropical low lies in northwest Queensland near the Northern Territory border and southern Gulf coast, directing fresh monsoonal northwesterlies through Gulf waters. The low will slowly drift southwards over the next couple of days with its subsequent location and strength becoming uncertain late in the week. A trough through the central NT may freshen westerly winds in the western waters later this week.