Issued at 4:26 pm EST on Monday 1 March 2021
Tuesday ridge along the coast from Wednesday.
Weipa 32Palmerville 33Thursday Island 31
Wednesday Partly cloudy. Medium (60%) chance of showers north of Coen, slight (30%)
chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds west to southwesterly 20
to 30 km/h increasing to 25 to 40 km/h early in the morning then tending south
to southwesterly in the evening. Damaging wind gusts exceeding 90 km/h possible
depending on movement and development of Tropical Low. Overnight temperatures
falling to the low to mid 20s with daytime temperatures reaching the low to mid
30s.
Thursday Partly cloudy. Medium (50%) chance of showers north of Coen, slight (20%)
chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds south to southwesterly 25
to 40 km/h tending west to southwesterly during the morning then tending
northwest to southwesterly 20 to 30 km/h during the evening. Damaging wind
gusts exceeding 90 km/h possible depending on movement and development of
Tropical Low. Overnight temperatures falling to the low to mid 20s with daytime
temperatures reaching 31 to 36.
Friday 31 Partly cloudy. Slight (30%) chance of a shower, most likely in the afternoon
and evening. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds west to southwesterly 20 to 30
km/h tending west to northwesterly 15 to 20 km/h during the afternoon.
Overnight temperatures falling to the low to mid 20s with daytime temperatures
reaching the low to mid 30s.