View the current warnings for Tasmania
Forecast issued at 10:00 am EST on Tuesday 19 May 2026.
Weather Situation
A weak cold front will cross Tasmania today. A ridge will then extend over the State from a high in the northern Bight from Wednesday. The high is forecast to move across Tasmania during Friday.
Forecast for Tuesday until midnight
- Winds
- Variable below 10 knots becoming southwesterly 10 to 15 knots in the late afternoon then becoming westerly about 10 knots in the late evening.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- Weather
- Mostly sunny.
Wednesday 20 May
- Winds
- West to northwesterly about 10 knots tending west to southwesterly 15 to 20 knots in the morning.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.
Thursday 21 May
- Winds
- North to northwesterly about 10 knots.
- Seas
- Below 0.5 metres.
- Weather
- Mostly sunny.
Friday 22 May
- Winds
- North to northwesterly below 10 knots becoming northeasterly during the afternoon.
- Seas
- Below 0.5 metres.
- Weather
- Mostly 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.
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The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:05 pm EST Tuesday.
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