Rum Island Weather Forecast

Banks Strait and Franklin

Wind

Variable below 10 knots becoming easterly 10 to 15 knots in the middle of the day then tending northeasterly in the late afternoon.

Seas

Below 1 metre.

1st Swell

Northwest to southwesterly below 1 metre.

Weather

Partly cloudy.

Weather Situation

A near-stationary high-pressure system over the Tasman Sea extends a ridge across Tasmania, directing a mostly west to northwesterly flow over the State until the end of the week. Fresh westerly winds behind a cold front in southern Tasmania early this morning easing to light winds today as a weak high pressure system crosses the State, then warm north to northwesterly flow persisting until later in the weekend as a stronger, slow-moving cold front builds over the Bight, expected to move over Tasmania early next week.