Daily Weather Bulletin - Tasmania
Bureau of Meteorology - Tasmania/Antarctica Regional Office
1500 (3pm) on Wednesday, 18 October 2017
(Produced 15:32 on Wednesday, 18 October 2017)
| STATIONS | C L D 8 ths |
WIND | WEATHER | TEMP (C) | RAIN mm |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dir spd km/h |
d r y |
d e w |
6h m a x |
9am m i n |
6 h | |||
| NORTHERN | ||||||||
| Bridport | 4 | NE 4 | Fine | 24 | 10 | 25 | ||
| Burnie | 11 | |||||||
| Cape Grim | ENE 35 | 19 | 13 | 20 | 12 | |||
| Cressy | NNW 19 | 26 | 9 | 27 | 5 | |||
| Devonport | NE 9 | 18 | 15 | 21 | 10 | |||
| Launceston | NNW 17 | 28 | 7 | 29 | 7 | |||
| Launceston AP | N 24 | 26 | 6 | 27 | 9 | |||
| Low Head | NE 11 | 17 | 14 | 19 | 10 | |||
| Luncheon Hill | N 26 | 26 | 10 | 27 | 15 | |||
| Marrawah | 14 | |||||||
| Scottsdale | NNW 17 | 26 | 7 | 27 | 12 | |||
| Sheffield | NNW 13 | 23 | 13 | 24 | 9 | |||
| Smithton | ENE 24 | 22 | 16 | 22 | 13 | |||
| Wynyard AP | ENE 11 | 18 | 14 | 20 | 7 | |||
| EAST COAST | ||||||||
| Bicheno | 11 | |||||||
| Eddystone | N 28 | 18 | 14 | 19 | 13 | 0.2 | ||
| Fingal Forestry | N 19 | 30 | -2 | 31 | 5 | |||
| Friendly Beach | NE 17 | 19 | 16 | 21 | 11 | |||
| Lake Leake | 7 | |||||||
| Maria Island | N 37 | 21 | 11 | 25 | 13 | |||
| Orford | 11 | |||||||
| Scamander | ||||||||
| St Helens AP | NNE 22 | 22 | 12 | 23 | 10 | |||
| Swan Island | N 9 | 18 | 14 | |||||
| Swansea | 9 | |||||||
| MIDLANDS | ||||||||
| Melton Mowbray | 9 | |||||||
| Ross | 7 | |||||||
| Tunnack | N 35 | 26 | 5 | 28 | 9 | |||
| SOUTH EAST | ||||||||
| Bull Bay | ||||||||
| Campania | N 28 | 31 | 10 | 33 | 11 | |||
| Cape Bruny AWS | N 17 | 29 | 8 | 30 | 12 | |||
| Dover | 11 | |||||||
| Geeveston Frst | ||||||||
| Grove | N 15 | 30 | 3 | 30 | 8 | |||
| Hartz Mountains | NNE 9 | 25 | 7 | 26 | 14 | |||
| Hobart | SSE 19 | 27 | 9 | 32 | 15 | |||
| Hobart AP | 7 | SSE 17 | Cloudy | 27 | 8 | 32 | 13 | |
| Mt Wellington | N 19 | 22 | 4 | 22 | 12 | |||
| Tasman Island | N 26 | 19 | 8 | 24 | 16 | |||
| Warra | ENE 7 | 27 | 8 | 27 | 11 | |||
| DERWENT VALLEY | ||||||||
| Bushy Park | NE 6 | 29 | 13 | 29 | 6 | |||
| Maydena | 5 | NW 9 | Cloudy | 29 | 9 | 29 | 7 | |
| Ouse | SSE 11 | 29 | 29 | 7 | ||||
| Tarraleah | ||||||||
| CENTRAL PLATEAU | ||||||||
| Butlers Gorge | N 11 | 26 | 3 | 26 | 6 | |||
| Lake St Clair | ||||||||
| Liawenee | NNW 17 | 21 | 2 | 23 | 6 | |||
| WEST COAST | ||||||||
| Maatsuyker Is | NNW 19 | 25 | 8 | 27 | 11 | |||
| Mount Read | N 26 | 22 | 7 | 23 | 11 | |||
| Scotts Peak | NNW 13 | Recent precip. | 29 | 8 | 13 | |||
| Strahan AP | 1 | NNW 26 | 29 | 9 | 32 | 14 | ||
| Strathgordon | ||||||||
| BASS STRAIT ISLANDS | ||||||||
| Flinders Island | SW 9 | 24 | 16 | 25 | 13 | |||
| King Is AP | NNE 24 | 27 | 15 | 28 | 14 | |||
| MACQUARIE ISLAND | ||||||||
| Macquarie Is | 8 | NW 39 | Mist | 7 | 5 | 7 | 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'.
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