Thornton Beach Weather Forecast

Cairns Coastal Waters

Wind

South to southeasterly about 10 knots.

Seas

Below 0.5 metres.

1st Swell

Southeasterly around 1 metre outside the reef.

Weather

Partly cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm inshore.

Weather Situation

A weak trough extends across Cape York Peninsula into North Queensland Waters north of Cairns and may become more monsoon like by the middle of this week. A tropical low may form within the trough before moving into the northwestern Coral Sea from Wednesday or Thursday. A weak ridge will extend over northern Queensland waters south of the trough until Tuesday, with a weak pressure gradient persisting for the following few days.