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Arafura Coast: Cape Don to Cape Wessel Forecast

Arafura Coast: Cape Don to Cape Wessel

Issued: Sunday, 20 September 8:30AM

Forecast for Sunday, 20 September

Weather: Partly cloudy.

Winds: Easterly 15 to 20 knots.

Seas: Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore.

Swell: Easterly below 1 metre inshore, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore.

Forecast for Monday, 21 September

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Easterly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots offshore west of Maningrida early in the morning.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: Easterly around 1 metre.

Forecast for Tuesday, 22 September

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Easterly 15 to 20 knots.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: Easterly below 1 metre.

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Forecast for Sunday, 20 September

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Northeast to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots tending northwest to southwesterly in the early afternoon then becoming variable about 10 knots in the evening.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Northeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Monday, 21 September

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: Variable about 10 knots becoming northwest to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots in the late afternoon.

Seas: Below 1 metre, increasing to around 1 metre inshore during the afternoon.

Swell: Westerly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Tuesday, 22 September

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Variable about 10 knots becoming northwest to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots during the day then tending west to northwesterly during the afternoon.

Seas: Below 0.5 metres, increasing to below 1 metre south of Channel Point.

Swell: Westerly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Sunday, 20 September

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: Easterly 10 to 15 knots shifting north to northwesterly below 10 knots in the late afternoon.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Monday, 21 September

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: East to northeasterly below 10 knots tending northerly 10 to 15 knots in the middle of the day then becoming variable about 10 knots in the late afternoon.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Tuesday, 22 September

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: North to northeasterly about 10 knots becoming northwesterly during the afternoon then becoming west to southwesterly during the evening.

Seas: Below 0.5 metres.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Sunday, 20 September

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Easterly 15 to 20 knots.

Seas: 1.5 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the afternoon.

Swell: Easterly around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres around midday, then decreasing to around 1 metre later in the evening.

Forecast for Monday, 21 September

Weather: Partly cloudy.

Winds: Easterly 15 to 20 knots.

Seas: Below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore.

Swell: Easterly around 1 metre.

Forecast for Tuesday, 22 September

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Easterly 15 to 20 knots.

Seas: Below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore.

Swell: Easterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Sunday, 20 September

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: East to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots.

Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing below 1 metre during the afternoon.

Swell: East to northeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre later in the evening.

Forecast for Monday, 21 September

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: East to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: East to northeasterly around 1 metre.

Forecast for Tuesday, 22 September

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: East to northeasterly about 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots during the evening.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: East to northeasterly around 1 metre.

Forecast for Sunday, 20 September

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Easterly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots north of Numbulwar during the morning and early afternoon. Winds becoming variable below 10 knots in the late evening.

Seas: 1 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 metre by early evening.

Swell: Easterly around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the afternoon, then tending east to northeasterly around 1 metre later in the evening.

Forecast for Monday, 21 September

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: Variable about 10 knots becoming easterly 10 to 15 knots in the morning then becoming variable about 10 knots in the evening.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: East to northeasterly around 1 metre.

Forecast for Tuesday, 22 September

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: Variable about 10 knots becoming easterly 10 to 15 knots during the morning then becoming variable about 10 knots during the evening.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: East to northeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Sunday, 20 September

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: East to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots turning north to northeasterly in the late morning and early afternoon.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Monday, 21 September

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: Easterly 10 to 15 knots tending northwest to northeasterly 15 to 20 knots in the early afternoon then becoming northeasterly 10 to 15 knots in the evening.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Tuesday, 22 September

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: East to northeasterly about 10 knots tending north to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots during the afternoon.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Cape Wessel

▲ N

17 kn E

· 29 °C

Warnings

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Temperature

Auster Point

↑ Warming

Now: 29 °C

Tides

Auster Point

↑ Rising

Current: 2.95m

Weather Now for Auster Point

29 °C

Feels like 27 °C

Wind

17 kn E

Humidity

63%

Pressure

1019 hPa

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Moon

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Arafura Coast: Cape Don to Cape Wessel Forecast