Samphire Island Weather Forecast

Banks Strait and Franklin

Wind

Southwesterly 10 to 15 knots turning westerly 15 to 25 knots in the middle of the day. Winds reaching up to 30 knots in the evening.

Seas

1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2.5 metres during the afternoon.

1st Swell

Northwest to southwesterly below 1 metre, tending south to southeasterly 1 to 2 metres during the morning, then tending northwest to southwesterly below 1 metre by early evening.

Weather

Partly cloudy.

Weather Situation

Tasmania lies in a fresh southwesterly flow early this morning as a low complex slowly moves to the east. A narrow ridge approaches from the west, expected to move over the state during the morning, before a cold front follows later in the day. A west to northwesterly airstream will then establish and prevail over Tasmania until Monday, as an area of high pressure builds over the southeastern mainland and a series of lows and fronts pass well to the southwest.