Murray Point Weather Forecast

Cooktown Coastal Waters

Wind

East to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots tending east to southeasterly in the late afternoon. Winds reaching up to 20 knots offshore south of Cooktown in the late evening.

Seas

Below 1 metre.

1st Swell

North to northeasterly 1 to 2 metres outside the reef, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres by early evening.

Weather

Cloudy. 90% chance of rain. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening.

Weather Situation

A weak ridge will persist over the east coast for the next few days. Tropical Cyclone Narelle [988 hPa] is moving west over the Gulf of Carpentaria as a category 2 system this morning. Tropical Cyclone Narelle is expected to intensify to category 3 later today as it moves into Northern Territory waters.