Ballast Head Weather Forecast

Investigator Strait Coastal Waters

Wind

Westerly 20 to 25 knots, reaching up to 30 knots in the evening.

Seas

1.5 metres, increasing to 2 to 2.5 metres by early evening.

1st Swell

West to southwesterly around 1 metre.

Weather

Partly cloudy.

Weather Situation

A low pressure trough over the pastoral districts will continue to move into the far northeast, meanwhile a cold front will cross the south late Friday. The trough will exit the far northeast during Saturday afternoon whilst a high pressure ridge will be begin to develop across the south. This ridge will persist across the state over the coming days with the high pressure centre moving south of the Bight on Sunday. On Tuesday a trough will develop in the far west while the ridge remains in the east.