Wednesday Island Weather Forecast

Torres Strait Coastal Waters

Wind

Northwesterly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots offshore west of Cape York in the late morning and afternoon. Winds turning westerly in the early afternoon.

Seas

Below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres west of Cape York around midday.

1st Swell

Northwest to southwesterly below 1 metre.

Weather

Partly cloudy. 80% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.

Weather Situation

A trough extends off shore from North Tropical Coast with an embedded tropical low near the coast east of Cairns, and another embedded tropical low in the trough over the Coral Sea northeast of the Whitsunday Island. A high [1019 hPa] near New Zealand is maintaining a ridge over the remaining north Queensland waters and combining with the trough and lows to enhance onshore winds along the tropical coast over the next few days. The trough and embedded lows may drift back northward over this weekend and combine with a developing monsoon trough across the far northern Coral Sea.