Daily Weather Bulletin - Tasmania
Bureau of Meteorology - Tasmania/Antarctica Regional Office
0900 (9am) on Saturday, 20 October 2018
(Produced 10:00 on Saturday, 20 October 2018)
| STATIONS | C L D 8 ths |
WIND | WEATHER | TEMP (C) | RAIN mm |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dir spd km/h |
d r y |
d e w |
m a x |
m i n |
24hr /days | |||
| NORTHERN | ||||||||
| Bridport | ||||||||
| Burnie | ||||||||
| Cape Grim | WSW 33 | 12 | 7 | 18 | 11 | 3 | ||
| Cressy | N 17 | Rain | 13 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 5 | |
| Devonport | 7 | WNW 28 | Drizzle | 13 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 3 |
| Launceston | CALM | Rain | 14 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 4 | |
| Launceston AP | 7 | N 11 | Rain | 13 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 5 |
| Low Head | WNW 33 | Recent precip. | 13 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 4 | |
| Luncheon Hill | WSW 11 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 3 | ||
| Marrawah | 7 | W 19 | Cloudy | 12 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 3 |
| Scottsdale | 8 | W 11 | Showers | 13 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 4 |
| Sheffield | N 6 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 6 | ||
| Smithton | WSW 17 | 13 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 4 | ||
| Wynyard AP | 8 | W 24 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 3 | |
| EAST COAST | ||||||||
| Bicheno | 8 | NNW 30 | Overcast | 15 | 13 | 21 | 14 | |
| Eddystone | W 35 | Rain | 15 | 14 | 20 | 13 | 1 | |
| Fingal Forestry | SW 4 | 14 | 10 | 21 | 10 | |||
| Friendly Beach | WSW 6 | 16 | 12 | 22 | 13 | |||
| Lake Leake | 8 | WNW 28 | Overcast | 12 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 0.4 |
| Maria Island | NNW 33 | 17 | 12 | 20 | 15 | |||
| Orford | 8 | NW 4 | Overcast | 17 | 14 | 22 | 14 | |
| Scamander | ||||||||
| St Helens AP | 7 | W 19 | Rain | 17 | 13 | 21 | 12 | |
| Swan Island | W 26 | Recent precip. | 15 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 2 | |
| Swansea | 8 | NW 26 | Overcast | 18 | 12 | 21 | 13 | |
| MIDLANDS | ||||||||
| Melton Mowbray | 8 | CALM | Distant precip. | 13 | 10 | 22 | 12 | 2 |
| Ross | 8 | NNE 15 | Showers | 13 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 1 |
| Tunnack | NW 6 | Recent precip. | 13 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 1 | |
| SOUTH EAST | ||||||||
| Bull Bay | ||||||||
| Campania | NNW 24 | 15 | 10 | 22 | 14 | 1 | ||
| Cape Bruny AWS | W 41 | 13 | 7 | 19 | 12 | 0.2 | ||
| Dover | 7 | NW 33 | Distant precip. | 14 | 8 | 21 | 11 | |
| Geeveston Frst | ||||||||
| Grove | 8 | WSW 22 | Overcast | 15 | 6 | 22 | 11 | 0.2 |
| Hartz Mountains | W 56 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 5 | |||
| Hobart | N 24 | 16 | 10 | 22 | 15 | 0.2 | ||
| Hobart AP | 7 | NNW 20 | Recent precip. | 16 | 12 | 22 | 15 | 0.2 |
| Mt Wellington | NW 52 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 6 | |||
| Tasman Island | SW 9 | 16 | 10 | 18 | 12 | 0.2 | ||
| Warra | WNW 20 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 9 | 0.2 | ||
| DERWENT VALLEY | ||||||||
| Bushy Park | SSW 15 | 14 | 9 | 0.6 | ||||
| Maydena | 8 | WNW 9 | Overcast | 10 | 7 | 22 | 10 | 1 |
| Ouse | WNW 11 | 13 | 10 | 24 | 11 | 1 | ||
| Tarraleah | ||||||||
| CENTRAL PLATEAU | ||||||||
| Butlers Gorge | W 13 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 7 | 5 | ||
| Lake St Clair | 8 | WSW 4 | Recent precip. | 8 | 6 | 19 | 8 | 10 |
| Liawenee | N 17 | Recent precip. | 9 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 4 | |
| WEST COAST | ||||||||
| Maatsuyker Is | 7 | NW 57 | Distant precip. | 11 | 7 | 19 | 11 | 0.6 |
| Mount Read | WNW 24 | Recent precip. | 3 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 10 | |
| Scotts Peak | WNW 19 | 9 | 7 | 21 | 8 | 0.4 | ||
| Strahan AP | 7 | NW 22 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 11 | 1 | |
| Strathgordon | ||||||||
| BASS STRAIT ISLANDS | ||||||||
| Flinders Island | 8 | W 19 | Recent precip. | 15 | 15 | 21 | 14 | 0.4 |
| King Is AP | 7 | W 22 | 13 | 8 | 20 | 11 | 2 | |
| MACQUARIE ISLAND | ||||||||
| Macquarie Is | 8 | NNW 26 | Drizzle | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0.2 |
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 24 hours.
MIN - Minimum temperature for the previous 24 hours (reported at 9am only).
RAIN - Rainfall in millimetres (mm) over the previous 24 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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