Coconut Island Weather Forecast

Torres Strait Coastal Waters

Wind

Northwesterly 15 to 25 knots.

Seas

1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres west of Cape York.

1st Swell

West to northwesterly around 1 metre west of Cape York.

Weather

Partly cloudy. 70% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.

Weather Situation

A tropical low[1003 hPa] is embedded within the monsoon trough near the northeast tropical coast, and is expected to drift over land overland near the coast over the next day or two. A high [1024 hPa] in the southern Tasman Sea is maintaining a ridge over the remaining northern waters, and is combining with the trough and embedded low to enhance onshore winds along the tropical east coast.