Preservation Island Weather Forecast

Banks Strait and Franklin

Wind

Northwesterly 20 to 30 knots, reaching up to 35 knots near Eddystone Point in the late afternoon. Winds tending westerly in the late evening.

Seas

2.5 to 4 metres, decreasing to 2 to 2.5 metres later in the evening.

1st Swell

Southeast to southwesterly below 1 metre.

Weather

Cloudy. Near 100% chance of showers.

Weather Situation

A cold front is crossing Tasmania this evening with a cold southwesterly airstream to follow early Wednesday. The airstream will then tend more westerly during Thursday and Friday as a large high pressure centre establishes near the South Australian coast. The high centre will then slowly cross the southeastern mainland later Friday and during Saturday as a low centre and associated cold front approach Tasmania from the west.