Pethebridge Islets Reef Weather Forecast

Cooktown Coastal Waters

Wind

North to northwesterly 15 to 20 knots.

Seas

Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 2 metres outside the reef.

1st Swell

Southeasterly around 1 metre outside the reef.

Weather

Cloudy. 90% 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.