Swan Island Weather Forecast

Banks Strait and Franklin

Wind

Westerly 20 to 25 knots, reaching up to 30 knots in the late afternoon.

Seas

2 to 3 metres.

1st Swell

Northwest to southwesterly 1 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres by early evening, then decreasing to around 1 metre later in the evening.

Weather

Mostly clear.

Weather Situation

A high pressure system will move to the north of Tasmania and extend a ridge over the state overnight. The high will then move slowly eastwards on Sunday and lie over the northern Tasman Sea by Sunday evening, with a cold front to approach and cross the state on Monday morning. A low pressure system is expected to move over Victoria on Tuesday morning an out to the east of Tasmania by Tuesday evening, with a ridge of high pressure to build over the state during Wednesday.