Torres Strait to Cooktown forecast
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Issued at 3:05 pm EST on Saturday 4 February 2012
Weather Situation
At 12pm EST, a tropical low [990 hPa] was located over the Coral Sea approximately 250 nm east of Cairns and moving east at 5 knots. The low will continue to move east southeast away from the Queensland coast during the forecast period.
Peninsula Waters, Torres Strait to Cooktown:
A Strong Wind Warning has been cancelled.
Saturday until midnight: Winds: North of Cape Grenville: W to NW 20 to 25 knots. South of Cape Grenville: W to NW 15 to 25 knots. Seas: 2.2 to 3 metres outside the reef and to 1.7 metres inside the reef. Swell: NW 1.5 metres, increasing to 2 to 3 metres outside the reef south of Cape Grenville. Squally showers and thunderstorms.
Sunday: Winds: North of Cape Grenville: W to NW 20 to 25 knots. South of Cape Grenville: W to NW 15 to 20 knots, reaching 20 to 25 knots at times outside the reef during the morning. Seas: 2.2 metres outside the reef and 1.2 to 1.7 metres inside the reef. Swell: NW 2 metres outside the reef south of Cape Grenville.
Monday: Winds: W to NW 15 to 20 knots, reaching 20 to 25 knots north of Cape Grenville.
Tuesday: Winds: W to NW 10 to 15 knots, reaching 15 to 20 knots north of Cape Grenville in the morning.
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:35 am EST
