Lower East Coast Forecast

View the current warnings for Tasmania

Forecast issued at 4:06 pm EST on Monday 6 May 2013.

Weather Situation

A high centred just to the east of Tasmania will move slowly northeastwards during the next couple of days, directing a relatively mild northerly airflow over Tasmania, A weakening cold front will approach from the southwest later on Wednesday, then move across the south and east of the state on Thursday. The front should then dissipate in the evening as a new high builds to the south and an intense low moves across waters south of Western Australia.

Forecast for Monday until midnight

No wind warning for Monday for Lower East Coast

Winds
Variable below 10 knots tending northwesterly up to 10 knots in the late evening.
Seas
Below 1 metre.
Swell
Southerly 0.5 to 1.5 metres.

Tuesday 7 May

No wind warning for Tuesday for Lower East Coast

Winds
North to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots becoming northerly 15 to 20 knots during the evening.
Seas
Below 1 metre increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres by early evening.
Swell
Southerly 0.5 to 1.5 metres.

Wednesday 8 May

Winds
Northerly 15 to 20 knots turning northwesterly 10 to 15 knots during the day.
Seas
Up to 1.5 metres.
Swell
South to southwesterly 1 to 2 metres.

Thursday 9 May

Winds
West to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots increasing to 20 knots before shifting east to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots during the day.
Seas
Up to 1.5 metres.
Swell
South to southwesterly 0.5 to 2 metres.

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.

Nearby Coastal Waters

Tas - BANKS STRAIGHT AND FRANKLIN SOUND Tas - CENTRAL NORTH COAST, Stanley to the Northern Tip of Flinders Is Tas - EAST OF FLINDERS ISLAND, Northern Tip of Flinders Is to St Helens Pt Tas - UPPER EAST COAST, St Helens Pt to Wineglass Bay Tas - LOWER EAST COAST, Wineglass Bay to Tasman Island Tas - SOUTHEAST COAST, Tasman Is to South East Cape Tas - SOUTHWEST COAST, South East Cape to Low Rocky Pt Tas - CENTRAL WEST COAST, Low Rocky Pt to Sandy Cape Tas - FAR NORTHWEST COAST, Sandy Cape to Stanley and King Island Vic - East Gippsland Coast - Coastal Waters Forecast Vic - Central Gippsland Coast - Coastal Waters Forecast Vic - Central Coast - Coastal Waters Forecast Vic - West Coast - Coastal Waters Forecast

The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:00 am EST Tuesday.

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