Swan Island Weather Forecast

Banks Strait and Franklin

Wind

Easterly 10 to 15 knots turning north to northeasterly below 10 knots in the evening then becoming northwesterly in the late evening.

Seas

Below 1 metre.

1st Swell

Easterly around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres about Banks Strait during the afternoon.

Weather

Cloudy. 60% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm in the late afternoon and evening.

Weather Situation

A trough lingers off the northeast coast and is expected to slowly move eastwards today, as a cold front approaches the west coast before crossing the state early Saturday. Another trough crosses from the west during Saturday evening. A high pressure system will move to a position over waters south of the Bight on Sunday and will extend a ridge over Tasmania into next week.