Buckpitt Gulch Weather Forecast

Banks Strait and Franklin

Wind

South to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots about Banks Strait in the late morning. Winds tending south to southeasterly in the early afternoon.

Seas

1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing below 1 metre around midday.

1st Swell

Southerly around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres around midday, then increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres by early evening.

Weather

Partly cloudy.

Weather Situation

A cold front is to the east of the state this morning. A high pressure system is forecast to move over waters south of the Bight and extend a ridge over Tasmania today. The high centre is expected to move eastwards over Tasmania, to be over the Tasman Sea by Friday, directing a northeasterly stream over Tasmania into Saturday. A trough approaches the west of Tasmania during Saturday, forecast to cross the state overnight into Sunday, as a new high pressure ridge extends over Tasmania from the west.