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tides for Cairns

High Wed 06:42 EST (2.6m)
Low Wed 12:58 EST (0.5m)
High Wed 19:33 EST (2.8m)
Low Thu 01:26 EST (1.0m)

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SE 15/20 knots, decreasing to 10/15 knots by the evening. Seas: 1.2/1.7 metres outside the reef, 0.7/1.2 metres inside the reef. Swell: Less than 1.5 metres. Isolated showers. Outlook Thursday: SE 10/15 knots. Seas: 1.2 metres. Swell: Less than 1.5 metres. Isolated showers. Outlook Friday: S to SE 10/15 knots. Winds increasing to 15/20 knots from the south from mid morning, reaching Torres Strait by evening. Winds south of Lockhart River reaching 20/25 knots from late afternoon.

Issued Wed 04:35 EST

Seas: Up to 1.7m
Swell: Up to 1.5m

forecast winds

Wednesday: SE 15/20 kts
Thursday: SE 10/15 kts
Friday: S/SE 20/25 kts

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Heavy May rainfall breaks records in the NT, WA and SA

19:36 EST Over the past 24 hours, a northwest cloud band has delivered some spectacular rain from the northwest WA to the inland SA and the NT.

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