Whalebone Beach Weather Forecast

Cooktown Coastal Waters

Wind

South to southeasterly 20 to 30 knots tending southeast to southwesterly 20 to 25 knots in the late evening.

Seas

1 to 2 metres, increasing to 2 to 3 metres outside the reef.

1st Swell

Southeasterly 2 to 3 metres.

Weather

Cloudy. 80% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.

Weather Situation

The monsoon trough lies across the northern Coral Sea. Tropical Low 12U [995 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 [1021 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.