Daily Weather Bulletin - Tasmania
Bureau of Meteorology - Tasmania/Antarctica Regional Office
1500 (3pm) on Thursday, 20 August 2026
(Produced 15:30 on Thursday, 20 August 2026)
| 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 | ||||||||
| Kennaook/Cape Grim | 8 | W 22 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 11 | ||
| Cressy | NNW 33 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 9 | |||
| Devonport | NW 32 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 0.2 | ||
| Launceston | N 26 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 0.4 | ||
| Launceston AP | 8 | NNW 37 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 9 | ||
| Low Head | NW 32 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 0.2 | ||
| Luncheon Hill | NW 28 | Rain | 12 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 1 | |
| Scottsdale | NW 20 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 0.8 | ||
| Sheffield | NNW 13 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 1 | ||
| Smithton | WNW 24 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 0.4 | ||
| Wynyard AP | 8 | W 19 | Recent precip. | 15 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 0.2 |
| EAST COAST | ||||||||
| Eddystone | NW 28 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 13 | |||
| Fingal Forestry | W 11 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 11 | |||
| Friendly Beach | WNW 15 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 12 | |||
| Maria Island | N 24 | 16 | 11 | 17 | 13 | |||
| St Helens AP | 8 | WNW 17 | 15 | 9 | 17 | 12 | ||
| Swan Island | WNW 30 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 13 | |||
| MIDLANDS | ||||||||
| Tunnack | WNW 17 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 9 | |||
| SOUTH EAST | ||||||||
| Campania | WNW 19 | 17 | 8 | 19 | 7 | |||
| Cape Bruny AWS | W 26 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 0.2 | ||
| Grove | W 9 | 17 | 8 | 18 | 7 | |||
| Hartz Mountains | W 39 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 0.4 | ||
| Hobart | NNW 26 | 18 | 7 | 19 | 9 | |||
| Hobart AP | 7 | WNW 20 | 19 | 8 | 19 | 8 | ||
| Mt Wellington | W 32 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 4 | |||
| Tasman Island | W 11 | Recent precip. | 15 | 8 | 17 | 12 | 0.2 | |
| Warra | NNE 6 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 8 | |||
| DERWENT VALLEY | ||||||||
| Bushy Park | WSW 13 | 16 | 9 | 19 | 5 | |||
| Ouse | WNW 13 | 17 | 8 | 19 | 3 | |||
| CENTRAL PLATEAU | ||||||||
| Butlers Gorge | W 13 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 0.2 | ||
| Liawenee | NW 20 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 5 | |||
| WEST COAST | ||||||||
| Maatsuyker Is | NW 48 | 11 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| Mount Read | NNW 20 | Rain | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 11 | |
| Scotts Peak | NNW 28 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1 | ||
| Strahan AP | 8 | NW 28 | Rain | 13 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 2 |
| BASS STRAIT ISLANDS | ||||||||
| Flinders Island | 7 | WNW 28 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 13 | ||
| King Is AP | 8 | NW 22 | Recent precip. | 12 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 0.4 |
| MACQUARIE ISLAND | ||||||||
| Macquarie Is | 8 | N 30 | Rain | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 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 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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