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Arafura Coast: Cape Don to Cape Wessel Forecast

Arafura Coast: Cape Don to Cape Wessel

Issued: Thursday, 24 September 8:30AM

Forecast for Thursday, 24 September

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Easterly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots inshore in the afternoon.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: Easterly around 1 metre.

Forecast for Friday, 25 September

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Easterly 15 to 20 knots.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: Easterly around 1 metre.

Forecast for Saturday, 26 September

Weather: Partly cloudy.

Winds: Easterly 15 to 20 knots.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: Easterly around 1 metre.

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Forecast for Thursday, 24 September

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Variable about 10 knots becoming west to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots in the early afternoon then tending west to southwesterly in the evening.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Westerly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Friday, 25 September

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: Variable about 10 knots becoming northwest to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots in the early afternoon. Winds reaching up to 20 knots inshore in the late afternoon.

Seas: Below 1 metre, increasing to around 1 metre south of Channel Point.

Swell: Westerly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Saturday, 26 September

Weather: Partly cloudy.

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 1 metre.

Swell: North to northeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Thursday, 24 September

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: East to northeasterly about 10 knots tending north to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots in the early afternoon then becoming variable about 10 knots in the evening.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Friday, 25 September

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Variable about 10 knots becoming northerly 10 to 15 knots in the early afternoon then becoming variable below 10 knots in the evening.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Saturday, 26 September

Weather: Partly cloudy.

Winds: East to northeasterly below 10 knots tending north to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots during the day then decreasing to about 10 knots during the evening.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Thursday, 24 September

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Easterly 15 to 20 knots.

Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to 1 metre by early evening.

Swell: Easterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Friday, 25 September

Weather: Partly cloudy.

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

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

Swell: Easterly around 1 metre.

Forecast for Saturday, 26 September

Weather: Partly cloudy.

Winds: Easterly 15 to 20 knots.

Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres.

Swell: Easterly around 1 metre.

Forecast for Thursday, 24 September

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Easterly 10 to 15 knots turning northeasterly in the evening.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: East to northeasterly around 1 metre.

Forecast for Friday, 25 September

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: Easterly 10 to 15 knots turning northeasterly in the evening.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: East to northeasterly around 1 metre.

Forecast for Saturday, 26 September

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Easterly 10 to 15 knots.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: East to northeasterly around 1 metre.

Forecast for Thursday, 24 September

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: Easterly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots northeast of Groote Eylandt during the morning. Winds decreasing to about 10 knots in the evening.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: East to northeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Friday, 25 September

Weather: Partly cloudy.

Winds: East to southeasterly below 10 knots increasing to 15 to 20 knots before dawn.

Seas: Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore north of Numbulwar during the morning.

Swell: East to northeasterly around 1 metre.

Forecast for Saturday, 26 September

Weather: Partly cloudy.

Winds: Southeasterly 10 to 15 knots tending easterly 15 to 20 knots during the morning.

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

Swell: Easterly around 1 metre.

Forecast for Thursday, 24 September

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: East to southeasterly about 10 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 Friday, 25 September

Weather: Sunny.

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

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Saturday, 26 September

Weather: Mostly sunny.

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

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Croker Island Airport

▲ N

9 kn NNE

· 31 °C

Warnings

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Temperature

Nw Peacock Island

↓ Cooling

Now: 31 °C

Tides

Nw Peacock Island

↑ Rising

Current: 1.59m

Weather Now for Nw Peacock Island

31 °C

Feels like 32 °C

Wind

9 kn NNE

Humidity

58%

Pressure

1017 hPa

At Croker Island Airport

Nearby Wind

50 km radius

Nw Peacock Island

9 kn NNE

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Sun

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Moon

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Arafura Coast: Cape Don to Cape Wessel Forecast