View the current warnings for Tasmania
Forecast issued at 10:00 pm EDT on Friday 3 April 2020.
Weather Situation
An approaching cold front directs a northerly flow over the state today. The front will approach the west this evening and cross Tasmania early Saturday morning, bringing a cold, strong and gusty west to southwesterly stream with a complex area of low pressure developing south of Tasmania. The next cold front will cross Tasmania during the day on Sunday as a low moves near the state. A high will build to the south of the Bight during Monday, directing an easing southwesterly stream across Tasmania on Monday and Tuesday.
Forecast for Friday until midnight
- Winds
- Northerly 15 to 20 knots.
- Weather
- Cloudy. 80% chance of showers.
Saturday 4 April
Strong Wind Warning for Saturday for Central Plateau Lakes
- Winds
- Northerly 20 to 30 knots shifting west to southwesterly 15 to 25 knots before dawn.
- Weather
- Cloudy. 95% chance of showers or snow.
Sunday 5 April
- Winds
- West to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots tending north to northwesterly early in the morning then turning westerly 15 to 20 knots in the middle of the day.
- Weather
- Cloudy. 80% chance of snow showers.
Monday 6 April
- Winds
- Westerly 10 to 15 knots turning southwesterly during the morning.
- Weather
- Cloudy. 50% chance of showers.
Tuesday 7 April
- Winds
- West to southwesterly below 10 knots.
- Weather
- Partly 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 5:00 am EDT Saturday.
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