Beagle Bonaparte Gulf Forecast: WA-NT Border to Cape Fourcroy

View the current warnings for the Northern Territory

Forecast issued at 4:45 am CST on Saturday 23 September 2023.

Weather Situation

A weak trough lies across the Kimberley. A high [1032 hPa] over southeast Australia will strengthen a ridge over the Gulf of Carpentaria over the next few days.

Forecast for Saturday until midnight

Winds
Variable about 10 knots becoming west to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots in the middle of the day then becoming west to northwesterly about 10 knots in the evening. Winds reaching up to 20 knots inshore in the late afternoon.
Seas
Below 1 metre.
Swell
Below 0.5 metres.
Weather
Sunny.

Sunday 24 September

Winds
Variable about 10 knots becoming northwesterly 10 to 15 knots in the early afternoon then decreasing to about 10 knots in the late evening.
Seas
Below 1 metre.
Swell
Westerly below 1 metre.
Weather
Mostly sunny.

Monday 25 September

Winds
Variable about 10 knots becoming west to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots during the afternoon then becoming west to northwesterly below 10 knots during the evening.
Seas
Below 1 metre.
Swell
Westerly below 1 metre.
Weather
Sunny.

Please be awareWind and wave forecasts are averages. Wind gusts can be 40 per cent stronger than the forecast, and stronger still in squalls and thunderstorms. Maximum waves can be twice the forecast height.

Nearby Coastal Waters

QLD - Torres Strait - Coastal Waters Forecast QLD - North East Gulf of Carpentaria - Coastal Waters Forecast QLD - South East Gulf of Carpentaria - Coastal Waters Forecast WA- North Kimberley - Coastal Waters Forecast Roper Groote Coast Forecast Gove Peninsula Coast Forecast Arafura Coast Forecast Van Diemen Gulf Forecast North Tiwi Coast Forecast Beagle Bonaparte Gulf Forecast

The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:00 pm CST Saturday.

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