View the current warnings for Tasmania
Forecast updated at 11:54 am EDT on Saturday 10 October 2026.
Weather Situation
A cold front approaches from the west moving across the state today delivering a westerly flow to in its wake. The airstream shifts northwesterly on Sunday ahead of further more vigours cold fronts moving over Tasmania Monday morning and on Tuesday, that will bring cold, wintry conditions in a southerly airstream that will follow.
Forecast for Saturday until midnight
Strong Wind Warning for Saturday for Derwent Estuary
- Winds
- Northwesterly 15 to 20 knots increasing to 20 to 30 knots in the middle of the day then decreasing to 15 to 25 knots in the late afternoon.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.
Sunday 11 October
- Winds
- Northwesterly below 10 knots tending northerly 10 to 15 knots before dawn.
- Seas
- Below 0.5 metres.
- Weather
- Cloudy.
Monday 12 October
- Winds
- Northerly 10 to 15 knots turning westerly during the morning then tending northwesterly during the evening.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. 90% chance of showers.
Tuesday 13 October
- Winds
- Northwesterly 10 to 15 knots turning west to southwesterly 15 to 20 knots during the morning.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. 90% chance of showers, with possible small hail.
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 EDT Saturday.
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