Barnett Patches Weather Forecast

Cairns Coastal Waters

Wind

Southeast to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots tending northeast to southeasterly in the early afternoon. Winds reaching up to 30 knots offshore south of Innisfail in the late evening.

Seas

Below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres south of Innisfail by early evening.

1st Swell

Southeasterly around 1 metre outside the reef, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning.

Weather

Partly cloudy. 90% chance of showers. 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.