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Arafura Coast: Cape Don to Cape Wessel Forecast

Arafura Coast: Cape Don to Cape Wessel

Issued: Thursday, 11 June 8:30PM

Forecast for Thursday, 11 June

Weather: Partly cloudy.

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 Friday, 12 June

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

Winds: 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 Saturday, 13 June

Weather: Partly cloudy.

Winds: Southeasterly 15 to 20 knots.

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

Swell: Easterly around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres in the far north.

Forecast for Sunday, 14 June

Weather: Partly cloudy. 50% chance of showers.

Winds: East to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots.

Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres.

Swell: Easterly 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre during the morning.

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Forecast for Thursday, 11 June

Weather: Clear.

Winds: Variable below 10 knots.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Northeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Friday, 12 June

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 late afternoon.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: Northeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Saturday, 13 June

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: Variable about 10 knots becoming east to southeasterly 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 Sunday, 14 June

Weather: Sunny.

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

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Northeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Thursday, 11 June

Weather: Mostly clear.

Winds: Variable below 10 knots.

Seas: Below 0.5 metres.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Friday, 12 June

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: East to southeasterly about 10 knots becoming north to northeasterly in the middle of the day then becoming east to southeasterly in the late evening.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Saturday, 13 June

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: East to southeasterly below 10 knots becoming north to northeasterly in the early afternoon then becoming east to southeasterly in the late evening.

Seas: Below 0.5 metres.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Sunday, 14 June

Weather: Mostly sunny.

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

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Thursday, 11 June

Weather: Partly cloudy.

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

Seas: 1.5 metres.

Swell: Southeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Friday, 12 June

Weather: Partly cloudy. 50% chance of showers.

Winds: East to southeasterly 15 to 25 knots.

Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres offshore.

Swell: East to southeasterly around 1 metre.

Forecast for Saturday, 13 June

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: East to southeasterly 15 to 25 knots.

Seas: 1 to 2 metres.

Swell: Easterly around 1 metre.

Forecast for Sunday, 14 June

Weather: Partly cloudy. 60% chance of showers.

Winds: East to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots.

Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1 to 2 metres offshore south of Cape Wessel during the morning.

Swell: Easterly around 1 metre.

Forecast for Thursday, 11 June

Weather: Clear.

Winds: Easterly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots offshore in the evening.

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

Swell: East to northeasterly around 1 metre.

Forecast for Friday, 12 June

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: Easterly 15 to 20 knots.

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

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

Forecast for Saturday, 13 June

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: East to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots.

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

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

Forecast for Sunday, 14 June

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Easterly 15 to 20 knots.

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

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

Forecast for Thursday, 11 June

Weather: Clear.

Winds: Southeasterly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots northeast of Groote Eylandt in the evening.

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

Swell: Easterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Friday, 12 June

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: East to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots.

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

Swell: Easterly around 1 metre.

Forecast for Saturday, 13 June

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Southeasterly 15 to 20 knots.

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

Swell: East to northeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Sunday, 14 June

Weather: Partly cloudy.

Winds: East to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots.

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

Swell: Northeast to southeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Thursday, 11 June

Weather: Clear.

Winds: East to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Friday, 12 June

Weather: Sunny.

Winds: East to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots becoming variable about 10 knots in the early afternoon then becoming east to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots in the late afternoon.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Saturday, 13 June

Weather: Sunny.

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

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Forecast for Sunday, 14 June

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: East to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots tending east to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots during the afternoon.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: Below 0.5 metres.

Murganella Airstrip

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· 24 °C

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Now: 24 °C

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Current: 1.77m

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Wind

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Humidity

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Pressure

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Arafura Coast: Cape Don to Cape Wessel Forecast