Samphire Island Weather Forecast

Banks Strait and Franklin

Wind

West to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots turning southerly 15 to 25 knots in the early afternoon. Winds reaching up to 30 knots about Banks Strait during the afternoon and evening.

Seas

2 to 3 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres around midday, then increasing to 1.5 to 2.5 metres by early evening.

1st Swell

Southerly below 1 metre, increasing to 1.5 metres during the afternoon, then tending northwest to southwesterly around 1 metre by early evening.

Weather

Partly cloudy. 90% chance of showers.

Weather Situation

A large area of low pressure lies over Tasmania with its main centre to the northwest of the state. The low complex will slowly move to the east this morning, directing a fresh south to southeasterly airstream over the state. A narrow ridge of high pressure will then approach Tasmania from the west later today and will cross Friday morning with a cold front to follow later that day. A west to northwesterly airstream will then establish and prevail over Tasmania during Saturday and Sunday as an area of high pressure builds over the southeastern mainland and a series of lows and fronts pass well to the southwest.