Weather

Satellite image. TAS Fri 6:00 pm EST

Tasmania

Fri 6:00 pm EST

Cloud pushing into northern parts of TAS, as northerly winds strengthen ahead of an approaching front, is causing isolated light showers. This cloud is spreading further south but is causing little rain as the winds dry out over the highlands.

Coastal wind warning

Issued at 16:00PM on Friday 30 July 2010

Strong Wind Warning Sandy Cape to St Helens Point

State Centres Forecast

Hobart

Showers

7 - 15

Showers

Launceston

Showers

7 - 14

Showers

Four Day Outlook

Friday Saturday Sunday Monday
Windy with rain redeveloping in north and west. Drier buut cloudy in the east. Cold strong northwesterly winds. Rain in west increasing, spreading east. Cold, strong southwesterly winds throughout. Persistent showers in west. Snow on highlands. Cold southerly winds tending southwest. Showers and highland snow, mainly in south.

Yesterday's Temperature

Minimum: Lake St Clair, TAS 1.0°C
Maximum: Campania, TAS 17.0°C

Coastal Waters

Banks Strait

Friday: Northwest winds 5/15 knots.<p>Saturday: Northwest winds 10/20 knots, increasing to 15/25 knots during the morning then tending westerly at 20/30 knots in the afternoon. Winds tending northwest at 15/25 knots late.  Sea: Up to 3.0 m  Swell: Up to 1.0 m

Central North

Friday: Northwest winds 10/20 knots.<p>Saturday: Northwest winds 15/25 knots, tending westerly at 20/30 knots near midday. Winds tending northwest at 20/30 knots during the evening.  Sea: Up to 3.0 m  Swell: Up to 1.5 m

Central West

Friday: North to northwest 10/20 knots, grading 15/25 knots offshore.<p>Saturday: Northwest winds 10/20 knots, locally 25 knots, tending west to southwest at 10/20 knots for a period in the morning then shifting northwesterly at 10/20 knots in the afternoon. Northwest winds increasing to 20/30 knots in the evening.  Sea: Up to 3.0 m  Swell: Up to 2.5 m

Derwent Estuary

Chiefly northerly winds 5/15 knots, tending northwest overnight then shifting west to southwest at 5/15 knots tomorrow afternoon. Winds tending northwest at similar speeds again in the evening.    

Far Northwest

Friday: North to northwest winds 10/20 knots, increasing to 15/25 knots later in the evening.<p>Saturday: Northwest winds 15/25 knots, tending west to southwest at 20/30 knots during the morning. Winds shifting northwesterly at 20/30 knots during the afternoon, increasing to 25/35 knots late.  Sea: Up to 4.0 m  Swell: Up to 2.5 m

Hobart Waters

North to northeast winds 5/15 knots tending north to northwest overnight. Winds shifting west to southwest at 10/20 knots tomorrow afternoon, possibly 25 knots locally in the south with the change, then tending north to northwest at 5/15 knots in the evening.    

Inland Waters

Friday: North to northwest 5/15 knots.<p>Saturday: Northwest winds 5/15 knots tending westerly 10/20 knots in the afternoon and northwest to northerly late.    

Lower East

Friday: Northerly winds 10/20 knots, lighter inshore at first.<p>Saturday: Northwest winds 10/20 knots, reaching 25 knots offshore, tending westerly at 10/20 knots in the late afternoon.  Sea: Up to 2.5 m  Swell: Up to 1.5 m

Northeast

Friday: Northwest winds 10/20 knots, locally 25 offshore late.<p>Saturday: Northwest winds 10/20 knots, increasing to 15/25 knots during the morning then tending westerly at 20/30 knots in the afternoon, possibly reaching 35 knots offshore at times.  Sea: Up to 3.0 m  Swell: Up to 1.0 m

Southeast

Friday: Northeasterly 5/15 knots, tending northerly later in the evening and reaching 20 knots offshore.<p>Saturday: Northwest winds 10/20 knots, lighter inshore, tending westerly at 10/20 knots early in the afternoon, locally 25 knots in open waters. Winds shifting northwest again at 10/20 knots late.  Sea: Up to 2.0 m  Swell: Up to 2.0 m

Southwest

Friday: Northwest winds 10/20 knots, increasing to 25 knots offshore in the west.<p>Saturday: Northwest winds 10/20 knots, locally 25 knots, tending westerly at 10/20 knots during the morning. Winds shifting northwest at 15/25 knots later in the afternoon and evening, possibly 30 knots offshore late.  Sea: Up to 3.0 m  Swell: Up to 2.0 m

Upper East

Friday: Northwest 10/20 knots, reaching 25 knots offshore.<p>Saturday: Northwest winds 10/20 knots, reaching 25 knots offshore, tending westerly at 10/20 knots during the evening.  Sea: Up to 2.5 m  Swell: Up to 1.5 m