Great Dog Island Weather Forecast

Banks Strait and Franklin

Wind

Westerly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots about Banks Strait in the late afternoon.

Seas

1 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 metre later in the evening.

1st Swell

Northeasterly below 1 metre.

Weather

Partly cloudy. 70% chance of showers.

Weather Situation

A weak cold front approaches the southwest of the state, forecast to cross overnight tonight. A ridge of high pressure is expected to follow, moving over Tasmania from the west during Friday, concurrently with a trough and associated low pressure system deepening over Victoria. The trough is forecast to move near the east of Tasmania on Saturday, before moving away to the southeast on Sunday. A weak high pressure ridge is forecast to move over from the west early Monday ahead of an approaching cold front.