Chicken Reef Weather Forecast

Townsville Coastal Waters

Wind

Easterly 20 to 25 knots, reaching up to 30 knots in the late morning and afternoon.

Seas

1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2.5 metres outside the reef.

1st Swell

East to northeasterly below 1 metre.

Weather

Cloudy. 90% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening.

Weather Situation

Onshore winds will continue converging around a trough that will shift slowly north along the coast between Proserpine and Cairns for the next few days. Tropical low 12U is likely develop along the trough in the north Coral Sea from Tuesday. The trough will deepen into the monsoon trough from around Wednesday.