View the current warnings for Tasmania
Forecast issued at 5:00 am EDT on Wednesday 1 December 2021.
Weather Situation
A high pressure system to the east of Tasmania continues to weaken today with warm to locally hot northeasterlies ahead of a weak trough crossing in the afternoon and early evening. The high to the east remains dominant on Thursday, with northeasterlies prevailing ahead of a trough bringing a westerly change over Tasmania in the afternoon and evening. A cold front is expected to cross early Friday with a trough to linger about the northeast in the afternoon and into Saturday morning before a high pressure system moves over the state during the afternoon.
Forecast for Wednesday until midnight
- Winds
- North to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots decreasing to about 10 knots in the afternoon.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. 50% chance of showers in the afternoon and early evening. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and early evening with hail.
Thursday 2 December
- Winds
- Northerly 10 to 15 knots turning west to northwesterly below 10 knots in the evening.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. 60% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening.
Friday 3 December
- Winds
- Variable about 10 knots becoming southwesterly 10 to 15 knots during the evening.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. 50% chance of showers.
Saturday 4 December
- Winds
- West to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots tending south to southwesterly during the day.
- Weather
- Cloudy.
Please be awareWind forecasts are averages. Wind gusts can be 40 per cent stronger than the forecast, and stronger still in squalls and thunderstorms.
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The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:05 pm EDT Wednesday.
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