Mitchells Reef Weather Forecast

Lower East Coastal Waters

Wind

Southerly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots offshore early in the morning. Winds turning east to southeasterly below 10 knots in the afternoon then becoming east to northeasterly in the late evening.

Seas

1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing below 1 metre around midday.

1st Swell

Southwesterly around 1 metre inshore, increasing to 1 to 2 metres offshore.

Weather

Partly cloudy.

Weather Situation

A high pressure ridge is developing south of the state this morning before extending throughout during the afternoon. A trough is forecast to linger by the east coast on Wednesday morning as the ridge remains over the rest of the state. A cold front approaches during Thursday, forecast to cross Tasmania during Friday, followed by another ridge of high pressure to extend over Bass Strait later.