McIntyre Reef Weather Forecast

Great Barrier Reef Offshore Waters

Wind

Easterly 15 to 25 knots increasing to 20 to 30 knots in the morning then decreasing to 15 to 25 knots in the morning.

Seas

1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1 to 2 metres north of Creal Reef.

1st Swell

Easterly around 1 metre.

Weather

Partly cloudy. near 100% chance of rain north of Creal Reef, 50% chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm north of Creal Reef.

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.