MacArthur Islands Weather Forecast

Peninsula Coastal Waters

Wind

Northwesterly 15 to 25 knots, reaching up to 30 knots offshore in the late morning and afternoon.

Seas

1 to 2 metres.

1st Swell

Southeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres, tending northeast to southeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres by early evening.

Weather

Partly cloudy. 80% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm during the morning and afternoon.

Weather Situation

The monsoon trough lies across the northern Coral Sea. Tropical Low 12U [996 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 [1022 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.