I have been watching this one for a few days now, there is a monsoonal trough that is occuring east of Cooktown with a developing tropical low on the monsoonal trough.
The Ocean Wind Warning from BOM is as quoted below
GALE WARNING FOR NORTH EASTERN AREA
SITUATION
A tropical low of 1002hpa near 16S 149E on the monsoonal trough and a ridge of
higher pressure along the QLD coast are expected to generate Gale force winds
off the east coast over the next 6 hours.
AREA AFFECTED
Area bounded by 19S 149E to 19S 157E to 21S 157E to 21S 150E to 19S 149E.
FORECAST
E/SE winds are expected to reach 34/40 knots with very rough over the next 6
hours.
As Jimmy Deguara said in the SA/VIC heatwave thread
Up until now, the discussion has centred on the current conditions and forecasts of extreme heat. I would like to add that this massive region of extensive and prolonged heating has to give to some monsoonal activity in my opinion as the atmosphere slowly begins to cool down. We'll see what February holds.
Up here in QLD it has been hot and very humid. Its building up. If not this low there are other systems approaching the east QLD coast, so It's a case of keeeping an eye on the Sats pics one of the sites is(
http://www.weatherzone.com.au/satellite.jsp?state=AUS). Tried freeze frame and save the pic but still learning. Another good site is
http://www.switchbanks.com.au/weatherworld.html. Just scroll down the page and there is so many features on this site.