The Hump Weather Forecast

Lower East Coastal Waters

Wind

Northwest to northeasterly 15 to 20 knots tending southeast to southwesterly in the early afternoon then tending east to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots in the late evening.

Seas

1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to 1 metre around midday, then increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the afternoon.

1st Swell

Northeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres inshore, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres offshore.

Weather

Partly cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm offshore in the early afternoon.

Weather Situation

A broad low pressure system lies to the west of Tasmania and is forecast to deepen and slowly move south east over Tasmania during Saturday and clear the State to the south on Sunday. A second, more intense, low pressure system is then forecast to move across Bass Strait Sunday and clear to the east Monday morning. A ridge of high pressure then extends across Tasmania and persists Monday and Tuesday to direct a westerly flow.