View the current warnings for Tasmania
Forecast issued at 4:06 pm EDT on Friday 13 December 2013.
Weather Situation
A high centred over the Bight will move slowly eastward and maintain a ridge of high pressure to the north of Tasmania during the next couple of days directing a mostly westerly airflow across the state. A relatively weak front is expected to move past southern Tasmania early on Sunday, with the ridge to then shift a little southward, before a new high forms over the Tasman Sea during Monday. Another weak front is likely to move past the south of the state during Tuesday with high centres persisting to the west and northeast of Tasmania.
Forecast for Friday until midnight
- Winds
- Westerly 15 to 25 knots, decreasing to 10 to 15 knots in the late evening.
- Seas
- Up to 2 metres.
Saturday 14 December
- Winds
- Westerly 10 to 20 knots turning northwesterly 10 to 15 knots in the evening.
- Seas
- Up to 1.5 metres, decreasing to 1 metre or less during the morning.
Sunday 15 December
- Winds
- West to northwesterly about 10 knots tending west to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots in the middle of the day then decreasing to about 10 knots in the evening.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre.
Monday 16 December
- Winds
- Variable about 10 knots.
- Seas
- Below 0.5 metres.
Tuesday 17 December
- Winds
- Variable about 10 knots becoming southwesterly 10 to 15 knots during the afternoon.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre.
Please be awareWind gusts can be 40 percent stronger than the averages given here, and maximum waves may be up to twice the height. Wind warnings are issued for today and tomorrow and describe the highest category of wind warning for that day.
The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:00 am EDT Saturday.
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