Badger Corner Weather Forecast

Banks Strait and Franklin

Wind

Westerly 20 to 30 knots, reaching up to 35 knots in the early afternoon. Winds decreasing to 15 to 20 knots in the late evening.

Seas

2 to 3 metres.

1st Swell

West to northwesterly 1.5 to 2.5 metres, tending northwest to southwesterly 1 to 1.5 metres later in the evening.

Weather

Partly cloudy. 80% chance of showers, with possible small hail about Franklin Sound in the late morning and afternoon.

Weather Situation

A westerly stream continues over Tasmania today, with a ridge to build over the state later tonight as a high moves quickly over Victoria. A northwesterly airstream will develop during Thursday as the high moves over the northern Tasman Sea. Cold fronts are expected to cross Tasmania early Friday morning and during Friday evening, with another cold front to approach the state from the west late Saturday evening.