Yorke Islands Weather Forecast

Torres Strait Coastal Waters

Wind

Variable about 10 knots.

Seas

Below 0.5 metres.

1st Swell

East to southeasterly below 1 metre, increasing to around 1 metre outside the reef.

Weather

Partly cloudy. 50% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm in the late afternoon and evening.

Weather Situation

A high in the Tasman Sea extends a ridge over the east of the state. Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle [979 hPa] in the northern Coral Sea is forecast to continue moving westwards while intensifying, entering the Cooktown and Peninsula waters on Thursday night and crossing the Far North Queensland coast on Friday morning.