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Forecast issued at 10:00 am EDT on Tuesday 17 February 2026.
Weather Situation
A high pressure ridge over the east will contract into the Tasman Sea as a cold front approaches the west today. This front is expected to enter the southwest late this morning, reaching central parts of the state in the late afternoon and clearing the east by early Wednesday morning. A ridge of high pressure will develop from the west in the wake of the cold front on Wednesday before the high pressure centre moves over Victoria on Thursday. On Friday the high pressure centre will move into the Tasman Sea with a new weak ridge developing in the west.
Forecast for Tuesday until midnight
- Winds
- Northwesterly 10 to 15 knots tending northerly in the evening then shifting west to southwesterly in the late evening.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. 50% chance of showers in the evening.
Wednesday 18 February
- Winds
- Southwesterly 15 to 20 knots turning west to northwesterly below 10 knots in the late evening.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.
Thursday 19 February
- Winds
- Northwest to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots tending south to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots during the afternoon then tending northeast to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots during the evening.
- Weather
- Mostly sunny.
Friday 20 February
- Winds
- Variable about 10 knots.
- Weather
- Sunny.
Please be awareWind forecasts are averages. Wind gusts can be 40 per cent stronger than the forecast, and stronger still in squalls and thunderstorms.
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The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:15 pm EDT Tuesday.
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