Banksia Bluff Offshore Weather Forecast

East Gippsland Coastal Waters

Wind

Northwest to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots becoming variable about 10 knots in the evening then becoming southeast to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots in the late evening.

Seas

Below 1 metre, increasing to around 1 metre offshore.

1st Swell

Northeasterly below 1 metre inshore, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore.

Weather

Partly cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm in the west in the late afternoon and evening.

Weather Situation

A high pressure system over the Tasman Sea is directing a warm northerly airstream over Victoria as a low pressure trough approaches from the west. The trough is forecast to cross Victoria during today as a band of mid-level cloud crosses the Bight. The cloud band is expected to cross Bass Strait on Saturday as a strong high pressure system crosses the Southern Ocean. During Sunday the high is forecast to approach Tasmania with a ridge extending across Bass Strait. The high is then expected to move over the Tasman Sea on Monday with airflow tending east to northeasterly over coastal waters.