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Arafura Coast: Cape Don to Cape Wessel Forecast

Arafura Coast: Cape Don to Cape Wessel

Issued: Tuesday, 4 August 8:30PM

Forecast for Tuesday, 4 August

Weather: Mostly clear.

Winds: East to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots.

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

Swell: Easterly around 1 metre.

Forecast for Wednesday, 5 August

Weather: Partly cloudy. 50% chance of showers offshore, near zero chance elsewhere.

Winds: East to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots.

Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres.

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

Forecast for Thursday, 6 August

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: East to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots.

Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to 1 metre during the morning, then increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the afternoon.

Swell: Easterly around 1 metre.

Forecast for Friday, 7 August

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: East to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots.

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

Swell: Easterly below 1 metre.

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Forecast for Tuesday, 4 August

Weather: Clear.

Winds: Variable about 10 knots.

Seas: Below 0.5 metres.

Swell: Northeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Wednesday, 5 August

Weather: Sunny.

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

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Northeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Thursday, 6 August

Weather: Sunny.

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

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Northeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Friday, 7 August

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: Variable about 10 knots becoming northeast to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots during the morning then becoming variable about 10 knots during the afternoon.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Tuesday, 4 August

Weather: Clear.

Winds: Variable below 10 knots.

Seas: Below 0.5 metres.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Wednesday, 5 August

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: East to southeasterly below 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the morning then becoming variable about 10 knots in the middle of the day.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Thursday, 6 August

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: East to southeasterly below 10 knots becoming north to northwesterly in the early afternoon then becoming west to southwesterly in the evening.

Seas: Below 0.5 metres.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Friday, 7 August

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: East to northeasterly about 10 knots tending northerly 10 to 15 knots during the afternoon then becoming variable below 10 knots during the evening.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Tuesday, 4 August

Weather: Partly cloudy.

Winds: East to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots, reaching up to 25 knots in the far northeast in the evening.

Seas: 1.5 metres.

Swell: Easterly around 1 metre.

Forecast for Wednesday, 5 August

Weather: Mostly sunny. 50% chance of showers.

Winds: East to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots, reaching up to 25 knots in the far northeast early in the morning.

Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1 to 2 metres offshore north of Cape Wessel.

Swell: Easterly around 1 metre.

Forecast for Thursday, 6 August

Weather: Partly cloudy.

Winds: East to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots.

Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres.

Swell: Easterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Friday, 7 August

Weather: Partly cloudy.

Winds: East to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots.

Seas: Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore north of Cape Wessel.

Swell: Easterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Tuesday, 4 August

Weather: Clear.

Winds: Easterly 10 to 15 knots.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

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

Forecast for Wednesday, 5 August

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: Easterly 15 to 20 knots.

Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to 1 metre around midday.

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

Forecast for Thursday, 6 August

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Easterly 15 to 20 knots decreasing to about 10 knots in the late evening.

Seas: Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning, then decreasing below 1 metre around midday.

Swell: East to northeasterly below 1 metre inshore, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore around midday.

Forecast for Friday, 7 August

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Easterly 10 to 15 knots.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: East to northeasterly around 1 metre.

Forecast for Tuesday, 4 August

Weather: Clear.

Winds: East to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots inshore in the evening.

Seas: Below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres north of Numbulwar.

Swell: Easterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Wednesday, 5 August

Weather: Mostly sunny. The chance of morning fog south of Groote Eylandt with reduced visibility.

Winds: East to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots east of Groote Eylandt during the morning and early afternoon.

Seas: Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres northeast of Groote Eylandt.

Swell: East to northeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Thursday, 6 August

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: East to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots tending south to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots before dawn then tending east to southeasterly in the morning.

Seas: Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres northeast of Groote Eylandt during the morning.

Swell: East to northeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Friday, 7 August

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: South to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots tending east to southeasterly during the day.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: East to northeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Tuesday, 4 August

Weather: Clear.

Winds: Northeasterly 10 to 15 knots.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Wednesday, 5 August

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: Easterly 10 to 15 knots turning north to northeasterly in the early afternoon then tending east to northeasterly in the late evening.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Thursday, 6 August

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: Easterly 10 to 15 knots turning north to northeasterly in the early afternoon then becoming east to northeasterly about 10 knots in the late evening.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Friday, 7 August

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: Easterly 10 to 15 knots tending northwest to northeasterly during the afternoon then tending northeasterly during the evening.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Mccluer Island

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20 kn E

· 25 °C

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Now: 25 °C

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Current: 0.96m

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25 °C

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Wind

20 kn E

Humidity

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Pressure

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Arafura Coast: Cape Don to Cape Wessel Forecast