Bird Rock Weather Forecast

Banks Strait and Franklin

Wind

West to northwesterly about 10 knots tending southeast to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots in the evening then tending west to southwesterly 15 to 20 knots in the late evening.

Seas

Below 1 metre.

1st Swell

Northwest to southwesterly below 1 metre.

Weather

Cloudy. 90% chance of rain. The chance of a thunderstorm in the late afternoon and evening.

Weather Situation

A broad low pressure system south of Tasmania will clear to the southeast this morning before a second, more intense, low pressure system is forecast to move across Bass Strait this evening and clear to the east tomorrow morning. A ridge of high pressure is expected to extend across the southern mainland, forecast to direct a westerly flow over Tasmania from tomorrow. Cold fronts embedded in the flow are expected to cross Tasmania late tomorrow and again Wednesday.