View the current warnings for Tasmania
Forecast issued at 4:05 pm EST on Sunday 20 September 2026.
Weather Situation
A cold front will cross Tasmania this evening, with winds to tend colder southwesterly early Monday morning. A high will establish over the Bight later Monday, with the high expected to move to the north of Tasmania on Tuesday morning and lie over the northern Tasman Sea during Wednesday and Thursday.
Forecast for Sunday until midnight
Strong Wind Warning for Sunday for Frederick Henry Bay and Norfolk Bay
- Winds
- Northwesterly 20 to 30 knots turning westerly 20 to 25 knots in the evening. Squalls possible.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.
Monday 21 September
- Winds
- Westerly 15 to 25 knots decreasing to 10 to 15 knots in the late evening.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to 1 metre during the morning.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.
Tuesday 22 September
- Winds
- West to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots tending northeast to southeasterly in the early afternoon then becoming north to northwesterly below 10 knots in the evening.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.
Wednesday 23 September
- Winds
- North to northwesterly about 10 knots becoming east to northeasterly during the afternoon.
- Seas
- Below 0.5 metres.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.
Thursday 24 September
- Winds
- North to northwesterly below 10 knots tending northeasterly 10 to 15 knots during the day then becoming northerly about 10 knots during the evening.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.
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.
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The next routine forecast will be issued at 10:00 pm EST Sunday.
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