North East Island Weather Forecast

Mackay Costal Waters

Wind

Southeasterly 20 to 30 knots.

Seas

1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres offshore.

1st Swell

Easterly below 1 metre inshore, increasing to 1 to 2 metres offshore.

Weather

Partly cloudy. 50% chance of showers.

Weather Situation

A high in the Tasman Sea extends a firm ridge and fresh southeasterly winds along the tropical east coast. A trough in the Coral Sea may extend across the far northern Peninsula and Torres Strait during the early days of this week. An embedded tropical low [1000 hPa] in the far northeastern Coast is forecast to move westward over the next few days and may approaching the Far North Queensland Coast later this week.