Arab Reef Weather Forecast

Townsville Coastal Waters

Wind

Easterly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots offshore south of Cape Bowling Green.

Seas

Around 1 metre.

1st Swell

Easterly around 1 metre outside the reef.

Weather

Partly cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm.

Weather Situation

A weak trough extends across the Peninsula waters and will move over the Torres Strait on Thursday evening. The trough will move south on Saturday. A ridge of high pressure extends over the rest of the north Queensland waters. The ridge will slowly strengthen over the next couple of days as a high [1022 hPa] over the Tasman Sea moves slowly northeast.