Pencil Bay Weather Forecast

Townsville Coastal Waters

Wind

Variable about 10 knots, reaching up to 20 knots offshore early in the morning.

Seas

Around 1 metre.

1st Swell

Easterly below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres outside the reef.

Weather

The chance of a thunderstorm north of Cape Bowling Green early this morning. Sunny afternoon.

Weather Situation

A tropical low lies in the Coral Sea, well offshore of the Mackay Coast, and is extending a trough to its northwest. The low is forecast to continue to southeastwards over the next few days, though the trough extending to the northwest of the low will remain over northern coastal waters over coming days, slowly drifting northwards. A new ridge will start to strengthen along the north Queensland coast from mid-week as a high moves into the Tasman Sea, with a southeasterly wind surge reaching the Mackay and Townsville coastal waters on Wednesday.