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Satellite image. TAS Fri 10:00 pm EDT

Tasmania

Fri 10:00 pm EDT

Low broken cloud is scattered across TAS as winds tend onshore, but it is remaining dry. Skies are clear across central parts under a broad and strong high, leading to a cool evening.

Issued at on

State Centres Forecast

Hobart

Mostly sunny

11 - 20

Mostly sunny

Launceston

Mostly sunny

11 - 23

Mostly sunny

Four Day Outlook

Friday Saturday Sunday Monday
Cold morning with fog inland. Light winds. Light shower or drizzle in the east. Cold morning throughout. Fog inland. Mostly dry and sunny. Light winds. Mostly dry and sunny throughout. Warmest in the west and north. Chance afternoon showers in west. Coastal sea breezes. Westerly winds developing.

Yesterday's Temperature

Minimum: Lake Leake, TAS 0.0°C
Maximum: Tarraleah, TAS 25.0°C

Coastal Waters

Banks Strait

Friday: Variable winds 5/10 knots.<p>Saturday: Variable winds to 10 knots, with inshore afternoon seabreezes. Winds tending northerly at 5/15 knots during the evening.  Sea: Up to 1.0 m  Swell: Up to 1.0 m

Central North

Friday: Variable winds 5/15 knots, tending east to northeast offshore and possibly reaching 20 knots late.<p>Saturday: Variable winds 5/15 knots, with inshore afternoon seabreezes. Winds tending northeast at 5/15 knots offshore.  Sea: Up to 1.5 m  Swell: Up to 1.0 m

Central West

Friday: South to southeast winds 5/15 knots, with inshore seabreezes at first.<p>Saturday: Variable winds 5/15 knots, with inshore afternoon seabreezes. Winds tending northerly later in the day, possibly reaching 20 knots offshore.  Sea: Up to 1.5 m  Swell: Up to 3.5 m

Derwent Estuary

Variable winds to 10 knots, with southeast afternoon seabreezes to 15 knots.    

Far Northwest

Friday: Easterly winds 5/15 knots, possibly reaching 20 knots offshore late.<p>Saturday: East to northeast winds 5/15 knots, with inshore afternoon seabreezes. Northeast winds reaching 20 knots in the north late.  Sea: Up to 1.5 m  Swell: Up to 3.0 m

Hobart Waters

Variable winds 5/15 knots, with south to southeast afternoon seabreezes to 15 knots.    

Inland Waters

Friday: Variable winds to 10 knots.<p>Saturday: Variable winds to 10 knots.    

Lower East

Friday: Southwest to southeast winds 5/15 knots, with inshore seabreezes at first.<p>Saturday: Variable winds 5/15 knots, mainly southwesterly in the south during the morning, with inshore afternoon seabreezes.  Sea: Up to 1.5 m  Swell: Up to 2.5 m

Northeast

Friday: Variable winds 5/15 knots.<p>Saturday: Variable winds 5/15 knots, with inshore afternoon seabreezes. Winds tending northeast to northwest at 5/15 knots in the evening.  Sea: Up to 1.0 m  Swell: Up to 1.0 m

Southeast

Friday: West to southwest winds 5/15 knots, 20 knots at times offshore, with inshore seabreezes at first.<p>Saturday: West to southwest winds 5/15 knots, reaching 20 knots offshore in the morning. Winds becoming variable to 15 knots during the afternoon, with inshore seabreezes.  Sea: Up to 1.5 m  Swell: Up to 4.0 m

Southwest

Friday: Southwest to southeast winds 5/15 knots.<p>Saturday: Variable winds 5/15 knots, with inshore afternoon seabreezes.  Sea: Up to 1.5 m  Swell: Up to 4.0 m

Upper East

Friday: Variable winds 5/15 knots, with inshore seabreezes at first.<p>Saturday: Variable winds 5/15 knots, with inshore afternoon seabreezes, tending northerly at similar speeds in the evening.  Sea: Up to 1.0 m  Swell: Up to 1.5 m