Turtle Islet Weather Forecast

Roper Groote Coast

Wind

Westerly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots offshore during the morning and early afternoon. Winds turning northwesterly in the early afternoon.

Seas

1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to 1 metre during the afternoon.

1st Swell

North to northwesterly below 1 metre.

Weather

Mostly sunny. The chance of a thunderstorm in the late morning and afternoon.

Weather Situation

A tropical low lies over northwest Queensland near the Northern Territory border and southern Gulf coast, directing fresh monsoonal northwesterlies through Gulf waters. The low lingers over Queensland for 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.