Cape Barren Island Weather Forecast

Banks Strait and Franklin

Wind

South to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots about Banks Strait in the evening. Winds decreasing to below 10 knots in the late evening.

Seas

1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing below 1 metre later in the evening.

1st Swell

Northwest to southwesterly below 1 metre.

Weather

Partly cloudy. 50% chance of showers.

Weather Situation

A trough will linger over far northeast Tasmania today, behind a weak cold front which crossed the State early this morning. A ridge of high pressure extends over the remainder of the state from a high centred over the mainland and will cross Tasmania during Monday. A low pressure system passing to the south during Tuesday will bring a warm front, trough then cold front over Tasmania.