Inshore Island Weather Forecast

Esperance Coastal Waters

Wind

Northwest to northeasterly 15 to 20 knots tending west to northwesterly 15 to 25 knots before dawn then becoming westerly 20 to 30 knots in the middle of the day. Winds reaching up to 35 knots west of Hopetoun in the late afternoon.

Seas

1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2.5 metres during the morning.

1st Swell

Southwesterly 1.5 to 2.5 metres, increasing to 2 to 4 metres west of Esperance during the afternoon.

Weather

Partly cloudy. 80% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm west of Esperance in the morning and early afternoon.

Weather Situation

A cold front is moving east across the south coast today, followed by a couple more weak fronts brushing past the south coast on the weekend. A new ridge will form along the southwest coast on Sunday before weakening on Monday. A trough developing inland will move east along the south coast on Tuesday ahead of the next cold front.