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Weather

Satellite image. TAS Thu 12:00 pm EST

Tasmania

Thu 12:00 pm EST

Low cloud over southern and western TAS trapped under a high is only bringing the odd patch of drizzle. Mostly clear skies over the northeast are bringing a cold, frosty morning.

Issued at on

State Centres Forecast

Hobart

Mostly sunny

5 - 15

Mostly sunny

Launceston

Sunny

0 - 16

Sunny

Four Day Outlook

Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Early fog and frost. Light showers in southwest. Partly cloudy but dry elsewhere. Early fog and frost then mostly sunny. Chance isolated showers in the north. Milder northerly winds strengthening. Rain developing in north & west, possibly heavy. Cold southwest change with widespread showers. Highland snow. Windy.

Yesterday's Temperature

Minimum: Liawenee, TAS -6.0°C
Maximum: Eddystone Pt, TAS 15.4°C

Coastal Waters

Banks Strait

Variable winds to 10 knots, tending northeasterly later.  Sea: Up to 1.0 m  Swell: Up to 1.0 m

Central North

Southerly winds 5/15 knots, tending variable during the day.  Sea: Up to 1.0 m  Swell: Up to 1.0 m

Central West

West to southwest winds 5/15 knots, becoming variable during the day.  Sea: Up to 1.0 m  Swell: Up to 4.0 m

Derwent Estuary

Northwest winds 5/10 knots becoming variable for a period this afternoon and evening at similar speeds and again tomorrow afternoon. Winds tending northwest to northeast at 5/15 knots tomorrow afternoon.    

Far Northwest

Southerly winds 5/15 knots, tending variable during the day.  Sea: Up to 1.0 m  Swell: Up to 3.5 m

Hobart Waters

Variable winds 5/15 knots tending north to northeast at similar speeds tonight, becoming variable again for a period tomorrow afternoon and reaching 20 knots about exposed waters tomorrow night.    

Inland Waters

Variable winds to 10 knots.    

Lower East

West to southwest winds 5/15 knots, becoming variable during the afternoon, then northeasterly tonight at 5/15 knots.  Sea: Up to 1.5 m  Swell: Up to 2.0 m

Northeast

Variable winds 5/15 knots, tending northeasterly later.  Sea: Up to 1.0 m  Swell: Up to 1.0 m

Southeast

West to southwest winds 10/20 knots easing to 5/15 knots during the morning then becoming variable.  Sea: Up to 2.0 m  Swell: Up to 4.0 m

Southwest

West to northwesterly winds 10/20 knots easing to 5/15 knots during the morning, becoming variable later.  Sea: Up to 2.0 m  Swell: Up to 4.0 m

Upper East

Variable winds 5/15 knots, tending northeasterly later.  Sea: Up to 1.0 m  Swell: Up to 1.0 m