Barrow Island Weather Forecast

Cooktown Coastal Waters

Wind

East to southeasterly below 10 knots.

Seas

Below 0.5 metres.

1st Swell

Southeasterly around 1 metre outside the reef.

Weather

Mostly clear. The chance of a thunderstorm inshore.

Weather Situation

A trough extends over the Peninsula waters and will deepen and extend into the Cooktown waters on the weekend, developing into a monsoon trough from Sunday. Tropical low 29U may develop over the Coral Sea next week. A ridge extends over the waters south of Townsville.