Rykers Creek Entrance Weather Forecast

Cooktown Coastal Waters

Wind

Variable about 10 knots becoming east to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots in the late afternoon. Winds reaching up to 20 knots offshore south of Cooktown in the late evening.

Seas

Below 1 metre.

1st Swell

East to southeasterly around 1 metre outside the reef, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning, then tending southeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres later in the evening.

Weather

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

Weather Situation

The monsoon trough extends over the Peninsula waters and will push south into the Cooktown waters later today. Tropical low 29U is situated on the monsoon trough over the northern Coral Sea. The longer term movement and development of 29U remains uncertain, but is most likely to drift towards the coast from Wednesday. A ridge and southeasterly wind surge extends over the waters south of the monsoon trough.