View the current warnings for Tasmania
Forecast issued at 5:00 am EDT on Saturday 21 October 2017.
Weather Situation
A high over the Bight will remain almost stationary until Sunday, leaving Tasmania in a west to southwesterly flow, with a series of embedded fronts to brush past the state over the next few days. A second high centre will form near the New South Wales coast on Sunday, before becoming the dominant high on Monday as the high to the northwest weakens. A trough will move over Tasmania later Monday and remain near the north of the state on Tuesday as the high moves over the Tasman Sea.
Forecast for Saturday until midnight
- Winds
- Westerly 15 to 20 knots.
- Weather
- Cloudy. 90% chance of showers.
Sunday 22 October
- Winds
- Westerly 10 to 15 knots.
- Weather
- Cloudy. 90% chance of showers.
Monday 23 October
- Winds
- Westerly 10 to 15 knots decreasing to about 10 knots during the morning.
- Weather
- Cloudy. 80% chance of showers.
Tuesday 24 October
- Winds
- West to northwesterly about 10 knots.
- Weather
- Cloudy. 70% chance of showers.
Please be awareWind gusts can be 40 percent stronger than the averages given here. Wind warnings are issued for today and tomorrow and describe the highest category of wind warning for that day.
- This forecast is also available via scheduled broadcasts on marine radio.
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The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:05 pm EDT Saturday.
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