Tasmania Forecast

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Forecast issued at 5:00 am EST on Thursday 15 May 2025.

Weather Situation

A west to northwesterly airstream will persist over Tasmania during Thursday. Another cold front is forecast to move over the state from the southwest during the day on Friday, with a southwesterly flow setting in behind it. On Saturday and Sunday. a high pressure system over the Bight is forecast to move slowly east, building a ridge over Tasmania.

Forecast for the rest of Thursday

Showers about the west, far south and Bass Strait Islands. Fine elsewhere, after patchy morning frost and fog about the north. West to northwesterly winds.

Friday 16 May

Showers about the west and Bass Strait Islands, extending to the far south in the evening. Mainly fine elsewhere. Snow falling to 900 metres in the south in the late evening. West to northwesterly winds, tending west to southwesterly in the evening.

Saturday 17 May

Showers about the west, south and far northeast, falling as snow to near 500 metres. Mainly fine elsewhere. Patchy morning frost and fog about the north. Southwesterly winds.

Sunday 18 May

Showers about the far south in the early morning, mainly fine elsewhere. Widespread morning frost. West to southwesterly winds.

The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EST Thursday.

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