Quoin Island Weather Forecast

Torres Strait Coastal Waters

Wind

Westerly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots offshore west of Cape York in the late afternoon. Winds turning northwesterly in the late evening.

Seas

1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing below 1 metre later in the evening.

1st Swell

Westerly around 1 metre west of Cape York.

Weather

Partly cloudy. 70% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.

Weather Situation

A trough lying across northern Cape York Peninsula is forecast to develop into the monsoon trough from Wednesday. Tropical Low 12U is forecast to form along the trough in the Coral Sea later today or on Wednesday, initially moving eastwards before turning back towards the north Queensland coast later this week. To the south of the trough, a ridge from a high [1021 hPa] near New Zealand is leading to a surge in southeasterly winds over the next several days.