Storm Cay Weather Forecast

Great Barrier Reef Offshore Waters

Wind

Southeasterly 20 to 30 knots decreasing to 20 to 25 knots in the evening.

Seas

1.5 to 2 metres.

1st Swell

Southeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres through the Capricorn Channel.

Weather

Partly cloudy.

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.