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Arafura Coast: Cape Don to Cape Wessel Forecast

Arafura Coast: Cape Don to Cape Wessel

Issued: Tuesday, 26 May 8:30PM

Forecast for Tuesday, 26 May

Weather: Partly cloudy.

Winds: East to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots offshore east of Maningrida in the evening.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Wednesday, 27 May

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Southeasterly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots offshore early in the morning.

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

Swell: East to southeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Thursday, 28 May

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: Southeasterly 10 to 15 knots.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: East to southeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Friday, 29 May

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Southeasterly 10 to 15 knots.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: East to southeasterly below 1 metre.

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Forecast for Tuesday, 26 May

Weather: Clear.

Winds: Southerly 10 to 15 knots.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Wednesday, 27 May

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: Southeasterly 15 to 20 knots becoming variable about 10 knots in the early afternoon.

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

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Thursday, 28 May

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: Southeasterly 10 to 15 knots becoming variable about 10 knots in the early afternoon.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Friday, 29 May

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: Southeasterly 10 to 15 knots becoming variable about 10 knots during the afternoon.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Westerly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Tuesday, 26 May

Weather: Clear.

Winds: South to southeasterly below 10 knots.

Seas: Below 0.5 metres.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Wednesday, 27 May

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: South to southeasterly about 10 knots tending east to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots in the morning then becoming variable below 10 knots in the early afternoon.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Thursday, 28 May

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: South to southeasterly about 10 knots tending east to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots in the morning then becoming variable below 10 knots in the evening.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Friday, 29 May

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: South to southeasterly about 10 knots becoming east to northeasterly during the day then becoming south to southeasterly during the evening.

Seas: Below 0.5 metres.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Tuesday, 26 May

Weather: Mostly clear.

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

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Wednesday, 27 May

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Southeasterly 10 to 15 knots.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: South to southeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Thursday, 28 May

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: South to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: South to southeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Friday, 29 May

Weather: Partly cloudy.

Winds: Southeasterly 10 to 15 knots.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: South to southeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Tuesday, 26 May

Weather: Mostly clear.

Winds: East to southeasterly about 10 knots.

Seas: Below 0.5 metres, increasing to below 1 metre offshore.

Swell: Easterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Wednesday, 27 May

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: East to southeasterly about 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the morning then decreasing to about 10 knots in the evening.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Easterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Thursday, 28 May

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: Southeasterly about 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the morning.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: East to northeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Friday, 29 May

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: East to southeasterly about 10 knots.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Westerly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Tuesday, 26 May

Weather: Mostly clear.

Winds: Southeasterly 10 to 15 knots.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Wednesday, 27 May

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: Southeasterly 10 to 15 knots.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: Northeast to southeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Thursday, 28 May

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: South to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots.

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

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Friday, 29 May

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: Southeasterly 10 to 15 knots decreasing to about 10 knots during the evening.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Tuesday, 26 May

Weather: Mostly clear.

Winds: Variable below 10 knots.

Seas: Below 0.5 metres.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Wednesday, 27 May

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Variable below 10 knots becoming east to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots before dawn then becoming variable about 10 knots in the middle of the day.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Thursday, 28 May

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: Variable about 10 knots becoming southeasterly 10 to 15 knots before dawn then becoming variable about 10 knots in the early afternoon.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Friday, 29 May

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: East to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots becoming variable about 10 knots during the afternoon.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Murganella Airstrip

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Calm E

· 20 °C

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Temperature

Cape Cockburn

↓ Cooling

Now: 20 °C

Tides

Cape Cockburn

↑ Rising

Current: 2.08m

Weather Now for Cape Cockburn

20 °C

Feels like 24 °C

Wind

Calm E

Humidity

100%

Pressure

1013 hPa

At Murganella Airstrip

Nearby Wind

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Arafura Coast: Cape Don to Cape Wessel Forecast