Samphire Island Weather Forecast

Banks Strait and Franklin

Wind

Westerly 15 to 20 knots, reaching up to 25 knots about Banks Strait during the afternoon and evening.

Seas

1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres about Banks Strait.

1st Swell

Southerly below 1 metre.

Weather

Partly cloudy.

Weather Situation

A cold front approaches the west of Tasmania, expected to cross during Tuesday bringing cold, wintry conditions. A high pressure system is then forecast to move over Tasmania from the west on Wednesday. The airstream is expected to tend northerly over Tasmania as the high moves to the east on Thursday, persisting into Friday as a weakening cold front approaches the west.