Howick Island Weather Forecast

Cooktown Coastal Waters

Wind

Offshore: dependent on movement and development of Tropical Low. Elsewhere west to southwesterly 15 to 25 knots becoming southwesterly 20 to 30 knots in the early morning then turning west to northwesterly 15 to 25 knots in the early morning.

Seas

1 to 1.5 metres.

1st Swell

Below 0.5 metres.

Weather

Partly cloudy. 80% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.

Weather Situation

The monsoon trough lies across the northern Coral Sea. Tropical Low 12U [995 hPa] has developed along has along the trough east of Cooktown, and is forecast to move southwest and cross the northeast Queensland coast early Sunday as a category 1 tropical cyclone. A squeeze between 12U and a ridge of high pressure from a high [1021 hPa] over the Tasman Sea will lead to vigorous southeasterly winds south of the trough over the next several days. Meanwhile, a vigorous northwesterly monsoon flow will persist across Torres Strait during the next few days.