South Island Weather Forecast

Mackay Costal Waters

Wind

Easterly 20 to 25 knots, reaching up to 30 knots north of Hamilton Island.

Seas

1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres offshore south of Mackay.

1st Swell

Below 0.5 metres.

Weather

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

Weather Situation

A trough extends offshore over northern waters towards the Whitsundays, with an embedded tropical low east of Cairns. A high [1021 hPa] near New Zealand 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 coast over the next few days. The trough and embedded low may combine with a developing monsoon trough across the far northern Coral Sea over the weekend.