Sphinx Islet Weather Forecast

Mackay Costal Waters

Wind

Easterly 20 to 30 knots.

Seas

1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2.5 metres offshore.

1st Swell

Easterly below 1 metre.

Weather

Cloudy. 90% chance of showers. Rain heavy at times north of Hamilton Island. 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.