Northeasterly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots offshore east of Barrow Island in the evening. Winds becoming variable about 10 knots in the late evening. East to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots, ...

A firm ridge will persist over the North Queensland Waters for the next several days, maintained by a high [1033 hPa] moving east across southern Australia and into the Tasman Sea by the weekend.