Daily Weather Bulletin - Tasmania
Bureau of Meteorology - Tasmania/Antarctica Regional Office
1500 (3pm) on Monday, 21 August 2017
(Produced 16:00 on Monday, 21 August 2017)
| STATIONS | C L D 8 ths |
WIND | WEATHER | TEMP (C) | RAIN mm |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dir spd km/h |
d r y |
d e w |
6h m a x |
9am m i n |
6 h | |||
| NORTHERN | ||||||||
| Bridport | 6 | CALM | Cloudy | 11 | 6 | 13 | 3 | |
| Burnie | 3 | |||||||
| Cape Grim | NNE 9 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 6 | |||
| Cressy | NNW 30 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 0 | |||
| Devonport | 8 | NNE 9 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 1 | ||
| Launceston | N 13 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0.4 | ||
| Launceston AP | 6 | NNW 17 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 1 | ||
| Low Head | NE 13 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 3 | |||
| Luncheon Hill | NNE 13 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 4 | |||
| Marrawah | 5 | |||||||
| Scottsdale | WNW 4 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 1 | |||
| Sheffield | NNW 9 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 0 | |||
| Smithton | E 9 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 3 | |||
| Wynyard AP | 8 | ENE 13 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1 | |
| EAST COAST | ||||||||
| Bicheno | 5 | |||||||
| Eddystone | NNW 20 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 5 | |||
| Fingal Forestry | WNW 7 | 11 | 1 | 11 | -4 | |||
| Friendly Beach | W 6 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 3 | |||
| Lake Leake | -3 | |||||||
| Maria Island | E 6 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 7 | |||
| Orford | 3 | |||||||
| Scamander | ||||||||
| St Helens AP | 3 | WNW 13 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 2 | ||
| Swan Island | NNW 17 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 0.6 | ||
| Swansea | 2 | |||||||
| MIDLANDS | ||||||||
| Melton Mowbray | 1 | |||||||
| Ross | 0 | |||||||
| Tunnack | WSW 15 | 9 | 0 | 10 | -1 | |||
| SOUTH EAST | ||||||||
| Bull Bay | ||||||||
| Campania | WNW 7 | 13 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 0.2 | ||
| Cape Bruny AWS | NNE 11 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 5 | |||
| Dover | 1 | |||||||
| Geeveston Frst | ||||||||
| Grove | SSW 6 | 12 | 2 | 13 | -2 | |||
| Hartz Mountains | WNW 19 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Hobart | N 7 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 3 | |||
| Hobart AP | 5 | SSW 7 | 12 | -1 | 14 | 5 | ||
| Mt Wellington | SW 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | |||
| Tasman Island | SSW 6 | 8 | 3 | 11 | ||||
| Warra | W 2 | 7 | 4 | 9 | -1 | |||
| DERWENT VALLEY | ||||||||
| Bushy Park | NNW 9 | 12 | 2 | 13 | -2 | |||
| Maydena | 8 | WNW 9 | Overcast | 10 | 3 | 11 | 0 | |
| Ouse | SW 4 | 12 | 4 | 12 | -3 | |||
| Tarraleah | ||||||||
| CENTRAL PLATEAU | ||||||||
| Butlers Gorge | N 9 | 7 | 1 | 9 | -3 | |||
| Lake St Clair | -3 | |||||||
| Liawenee | W 19 | 5 | 1 | 6 | -6 | |||
| WEST COAST | ||||||||
| Maatsuyker Is | NNW 24 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 7 | |||
| Mount Read | N 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 5 | ||
| Scotts Peak | NNW 15 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 2 | |||
| Strahan AP | N 13 | 12 | 5 | 14 | 3 | |||
| Strathgordon | ||||||||
| BASS STRAIT ISLANDS | ||||||||
| Flinders Island | 8 | WSW 13 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 2 | ||
| King Is AP | 6 | N 22 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 0.2 | |
| MACQUARIE ISLAND | ||||||||
| Macquarie Is | 6 | WNW 48 | Cloudy | 5 | -1 | 6 | 4 | |
The observed parameters are, in order:
CLOUD - cloud amount in Octas, 0 octas indicating clear sky conditions and
8 octas overcast conditions. '#' indicates sky obscured.
WIND - wind direction at 10 metres is reported in 16 points of the compass,
indicating the direction from which the wind is blowing. Wind speed is given
in kilometres per hour.
DRY - Screen temperature at 1.2 metres in degrees Celsius.
DEW - Dewpoint temperature at 1.2 metres in degrees Celsius.
MAX - Maximum temperature over the previous 6 hours.
MIN - Minimum temperature for the previous 24 hours (reported at 9am only).
RAIN - Rainfall in millimetres (mm) over the previous 6 hours. Rainfall above
1mm is reported in whole millimetres, while rainfall below 1mm is reported to
the nearest 0.2mm. Rainfall amounts below 0.1mm are indicated by "Trace".
Rainfall totals for periods greater than 24 hours are indicated with a "/n"
where 'n' is the period in days.
In station names 'AWS' means 'Automatic Weather Station', and 'AP' means 'Airport'.
Product Code: IDT60028