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
- Northeasterly 10 to 15 knots.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. 80% chance of showers.
Saturday 4 April
- Winds
- Northeasterly 10 to 15 knots shifting west to southwesterly in the morning.
- Weather
- Cloudy. 95% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.
Sunday 5 April
- Winds
- Northwesterly 15 to 20 knots tending westerly 10 to 15 knots in the morning then increasing to 15 to 25 knots in the late afternoon.
- Weather
- Cloudy. 95% chance of showers.
Monday 6 April
- Winds
- West to southwesterly 15 to 20 knots decreasing to about 10 knots during the morning.
- Weather
- Cloudy. 90% chance of showers.
Tuesday 7 April
- Winds
- West to southwesterly below 10 knots.
- Weather
- Cloudy. 70% chance of showers.
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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