Whistler Point Weather Forecast

Far Northwest Coastal Waters

Wind

Northerly 25 to 30 knots, reaching up to 35 knots in the late morning and early afternoon. Winds turning westerly 20 to 30 knots in the early afternoon.

Seas

3 to 4 metres, decreasing below 3 metres by early evening.

1st Swell

Northwest to southwesterly 2 to 3 metres, tending west to northwesterly 2 to 4 metres around midday, then tending westerly 3 to 5 metres by early evening.

Weather

Cloudy. Near 100% chance of rain. The chance of a thunderstorm from the late morning, possibly severe.

Weather Situation

As a ridge of high pressure slowly moves to the east of Tasmania, a cold front is forecast to approach and cross Tasmania later today, as an associated low pressure system nears the southwest of the state, before tracking southwards away from Tasmania on Wednesday. A secondary cold front approaches from the west later on Wednesday, forecast to cross early Thursday. A southwesterly flow is expected to develop over Tasmania later Thursday.