Macquarie Heads Weather Forecast

Central West Coastal Waters

Wind

Westerly 25 to 30 knots, reaching up to 40 knots during the morning. Winds tending southwesterly 20 to 30 knots in the early morning then tending westerly 15 to 25 knots in the middle of the day.

Seas

2 to 4 metres, decreasing to 1.5 to 2 metres during the afternoon.

1st Swell

Westerly 5 to 7 metres, tending southwesterly 5 to 6 metres around midday.

Weather

Cloudy. 80% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm in the early morning.

Weather Situation

A cold front embedded in a vigorous westerly stream will approach and cross Tasmania this morning, with high pressure system to build to the north of the state and extend a ridge over Tasmania in the evening. The high will move slowly move to the north of Tasmania on Sunday and over the northern Tasman Sea by Sunday evening, with another cold front to approach and cross the state on Monday. On Tuesday a ridge of high pressure is expected to extend over Tasmania, with a low pressure system to move from central Australia over southern New South Wales.