Saunders Beach Weather Forecast

Townsville Coastal Waters

Wind

East to southeasterly 15 to 25 knots. Winds south of Cape Bowling Green may reach up to 30 knots from the late morning until late afternoon.

Seas

1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1 to 2 metres outside the reef by early evening.

1st Swell

Easterly around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the afternoon.

Weather

Cloudy. 95% chance of rain. The chance of a thunderstorm, possibly severe.

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.