View the current warnings for Tasmania
Forecast issued at 4:05 pm EST on Friday 11 September 2026.
Weather Situation
A high pressure system over southern Victoria is forecast to move over the Tasman Sea by early Saturday and continue to slowly move east. A weak trough is expected to cross Tasmania late Sunday. A cold front is then expected to approach the state from the west on Monday, directing the flow northwesterly before crossing Tasmania overnight into early Tuesday. A southwesterly flow will establish over the state in its wake.
Forecast for Friday until midnight
- Winds
- South to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots tending west to southwesterly in the evening then decreasing to below 10 knots in the late evening.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- Weather
- Clear.
Saturday 12 September
- Winds
- Variable below 10 knots becoming east to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots in the late afternoon then becoming north to northeasterly below 10 knots in the evening.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- Weather
- Sunny.
Sunday 13 September
- Winds
- Northerly about 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the early afternoon.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.
Monday 14 September
- Winds
- Northerly 10 to 15 knots turning west to northwesterly during the morning.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.
Tuesday 15 September
- Winds
- Westerly 15 to 20 knots tending southwesterly 15 to 25 knots during the day.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the afternoon.
- Weather
- Cloudy. 95% chance of showers, with possible small hail.
Please be awareWind and wave forecasts are averages. Wind gusts can be 40 per cent stronger than the forecast, and stronger still in squalls and thunderstorms. Maximum waves can be twice the forecast height.
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The next routine forecast will be issued at 10:00 pm EST Friday.
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