Shelf Edge Mooring Weather Forecast

South Central Coastal Waters

Wind

Northerly 15 to 25 knots, reaching up to 30 knots in the late morning. Winds turning west to northwesterly 15 to 20 knots in the early afternoon.

Seas

1.5 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the afternoon, then decreasing to 1 metre later in the evening.

1st Swell

Southwesterly 2 metres.

Weather

Partly cloudy.

Weather Situation

A high pressure system centred to the northeast of Tasmania extends a ridge over the southeast of the continent. This high and ridge will move eastwards over the Tasman Sea in coming days. A series of slow moving troughs will enter the west of the state today then move across the state on Wednesday and Thursday as a couple of cold fronts will move across waters to the south. A new high pressure system will become established south of the Bight during Friday.