Howick Island Weather Forecast

Cooktown Coastal Waters

Wind

Variable about 10 knots becoming southeasterly 10 to 15 knots in the morning then tending easterly in the late afternoon.

Seas

Below 1 metre.

1st Swell

Southeasterly below 1 metre.

Weather

Partly cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm north of Cooktown late this afternoon and evening.

Weather Situation

A trough will move north across northern Queensland waters over the next few days, with a ridge of high pressure and southeasterly winds developing in the wake of the trough. The ridge of high pressure will strengthen throughout the week as a high [1027 hPa] over the Great Australian Bight moves east across the Tasman Sea.