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Satellite image. TAS Mon 4:00 am EDT

Tasmania

Mon 4:00 am EDT

Skies are almost completely cloud free over TAS under a strong ridge of high pressure. Some scattered low cloud is clinging the the northeast coast in onshore winds, but is not causing any rainfall.

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State Centres Forecast

Hobart

Mostly sunny

14 - 27

Mostly sunny

Launceston

Mostly sunny

12 - 26

Mostly sunny

Four Day Outlook

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
Chance afternoon showers in west. Coastal sea breezes. Westerly winds developing. Westerly winds freshening in the west. Warm throughout. Light shower in west. Light showers developing over the south. Possible showers in the northeast. Showers in the northeast. Late cool change with showers and storms.

Yesterday's Temperature

Minimum: Liawenee, TAS 2.1°C
Maximum: Tasman Is, TAS 18.5°C

Coastal Waters

Banks Strait

Sunday: Northeast to northwest winds 5/15 knots.<p>Monday: Variable winds to 10 knots, tending northwest at 5/15 knots during the morning.  Sea: Up to 1.0 m  Swell: Up to 1.0 m

Central North

Sunday: North to northeast winds 5/15 knots, tending variable inshore during the evening.<p>Monday: Variable winds 5/15 knots, mainly northeast to northwest.  Sea: Up to 1.0 m  Swell: Up to 1.0 m

Central West

Sunday: North to northwest winds 10/20 knots, lighter at times inshore.<p>Monday: North to northwest winds 10/20 knots, with northwest winds easing to 5/15 knots during the evening.  Sea: Up to 2.0 m  Swell: Up to 1.5 m

Derwent Estuary

Variable winds to 10 knots tending northwesterly at 10/15 knots in the early morning. Winds then possibly becoming variable to 10 knots for a period later in the afternoon and early evening.    

Far Northwest

Sunday: North to northeast winds 10/15 knots, 20 knots at times offshore to the west.<p>Monday: North to northeast winds 10/15 knots, locally 20 knots, tending northwest during the morning and easing to 5/15 knots.  Sea: Up to 2.0 m  Swell: Up to 1.5 m

Hobart Waters

Mainly northerly winds 5/10 knots, tending northwesterly at 10/15 knots during the early morning. Winds becoming variable to 15 knots for a period later in the afternoon before tending west to northwest 5/15 knots in the evening.    

Inland Waters

Sunday: West to northwest winds 5/15 knots, tending north to northwest during the evening.<p>Monday: Northwest winds 5/15 knots, possibly reaching 20 knots for a period about southwestern lakes during the day.    

Lower East

Sunday: North to northeast winds 10/20 knots tending northwesterly during the evening at similar speeds.<p>Monday: Northwest winds 5/15 knots, tending more northerly for a period in the afternoon at 5/15 knots, then west to northwest in the evening. Winds reaching 20 knots offshore in the early morning and again in the evening.  Sea: Up to 2.0 m  Swell: Up to 1.5 m

Northeast

Sunday: Northeast to northeast winds 5/15 knots, possibly reaching 20 knots at times offshore.<p>Monday: Chiefly northwest winds 5/15 knots, possibly reaching 20 knots offshore in the south later.  Sea: Up to 1.5 m  Swell: Up to 1.0 m

Southeast

Sunday: North to northwest winds 5/15 knots, with inshore southeast seabreezes until early evening. Winds possibly reaching 20 knots well offshore late.<p>Monday: Northwest winds 5/15 knots, 20 knots at times offshore. Possible inshore southeast seabreezes during the afternoon.  Sea: Up to 1.5 m  Swell: Up to 2.0 m

Southwest

Sunday: Northwest winds 10/20 knots.<p>Monday: Northwest winds 15/25 knots, easing to 10/20 knots during the afternoon and to 5/15 knots in the evening.  Sea: Up to 2.5 m  Swell: Up to 2.0 m

Upper East

Sunday: North to northeast winds 10/20 knots, tending northwest, tending northwest during the evening.<p>Monday: Northwest winds 5/15 knots, reaching 20 knots at times offshore, tending north to northeast for a period inshore during the afternoon.  Sea: Up to 2.0 m  Swell: Up to 1.0 m