Weather

Tasmania

Saturday

Low cloud covering TAS in the wake of cold front is causing a few showers, mainly in the west.

Coastal wind warning

Issued at 10:04AM on Saturday 18 February 2017

Strong Wind Warning for the South West Coast

State Centres Forecast

Hobart

Late shower

9 - 19

Late shower

Launceston

Late shower

8 - 19

Late shower

Four Day Outlook

Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday
Cloudy with showers. Heavy rain and showers later with a front. Cool with showers easing, mainly in southwest. Southwesterlies easing. Showers, mainly in the south. Partly cloudy in the north. Winds easing. Isolated coastal shower in the east, dry elsewhere. Warm in the east, cooler in the west.

Yesterday's Temperature

Minimum: Liawenee, TAS -1.0°C
Maximum: St Helens Ap, TAS 20.1°C

Coastal Waters

Banks Strait

Monday: North to northwesterly 5/15 knots tending west to northwesterly during the afternoon then north to northwesterly by early evening.<p>Tuesday: Northerly 10/20 knots tending northwesterly 15/25 knots during the afternoon.  Sea: Up to 2.0 m  Swell: Up to 1.0 m

Central North

Monday: North to northwesterly 5/15 knots tending north to northeasterly by early evening.<p>Tuesday: North to northwesterly 10/20 knots tending west to northwesterly 15/25 knots by early evening.  Sea: Up to 2.0 m  Swell: Up to 1.0 m

Central West

Monday: Northerly 15/25 knots increasing to 20/30 knots by early evening.<p>Tuesday: North to northwesterly 20/30 knots tending west to southwesterly 10/20 knots during the afternoon.  Sea: Up to 3.0 m  Swell: Up to 3.0 m

Derwent Estuary

North to northwesterly 5/10 knots becoming northerly 10/15 knots by early evening.  Sea: Up to 0.5 m  

Far Northwest

Monday: Northerly 10/20 knots tending north to northeasterly 15/25 knots by early evening.<p>Tuesday: Northerly 15/25 knots tending north to northwesterly 20/30 knots during the morning then west to southwesterly 15/25 knots early afternoon.  Sea: Up to 3.0 m  Swell: Up to 3.0 m

Hobart Waters

North to northwesterly 5/10 knots becoming northerly 10/15 knots during the afternoon.  Sea: Up to 1.0 m  

Inland Waters

Variable to 10 knots.    

Lower East

Monday: Northeasterly 5/15 knots tending north to northeasterly 10/20 knots by early evening.<p>Tuesday: Northerly 20/25 knots tending north to northwesterly 15/20 knots by early evening.  Sea: Up to 2.0 m  Swell: Up to 2.0 m

Northeast

Monday: West to northwesterly 5/15 knots tending north to northwesterly by early evening.<p>Tuesday: North to northwesterly 10/20 knots.  Sea: Up to 2.0 m  Swell: Up to 1.5 m

Southeast

Monday: North to northeasterly 5/15 knots increasing to 10/20 knots during the afternoon then becoming northerly 15/25 knots later in the evening.<p>Tuesday: Northerly 15/25 knots tending north to northwesterly early morning then west to southwesterly later in the evening.  Sea: Up to 2.0 m  Swell: Up to 3.0 m

Southwest

Monday: North to northeasterly 10/20 knots becoming northerly 15/25 knots later in the evening.<p>Tuesday: Northerly 15/25 knots, reaching 30 knots at times, tending west to northwesterly 15/25 knots during the afternoon then tending northwest to southwesterly by early evening.  Sea: Up to 3.0 m  Swell: Up to 4.0 m

Upper East

Monday: North to northwesterly 5/15 knots tending north to northeasterly during the afternoon then becoming northerly 10/20 knots by early evening.<p>Tuesday: North to northwesterly 10/20 knots.  Sea: Up to 2.0 m  Swell: Up to 2.0 m