St Helens Weather Forecast

East of Flinders Island Coastal Waters

Wind

Easterly 15 to 20 knots, reaching up to 30 knots offshore in the afternoon.

Seas

1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2.5 metres offshore.

1st Swell

Northeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres, tending easterly around 1 metre during the morning, then increasing to 1.5 metres by early evening.

Weather

Cloudy. 80% chance of showers.

Weather Situation

A high pressure centre is moving slowly to the south during the day, shifting the flow easterly. A trough over Victoria is forecast to extend south into Bass Strait today before the high centre is expected to move away to the southeast, shifting the flow northeasterly ahead of an approaching trough to the northwest of the state on Monday. The trough is expected to move over the state on Tuesday.