Vansittart Island Weather Forecast

Banks Strait and Franklin

Wind

North to northeasterly10 to 15 knots shifting northwesterly in the afternoon, then becoming south to southeasterly 20 to 25 knots in the evening. Winds reaching up to 30 knots about Banks Strait in the late evening.

Seas

Around 1 metre.

1st Swell

East to northeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres.

Weather

Partly cloudy. 50% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm in the late afternoon and evening.

Weather Situation

A high pressure centre over the Tasman Sea direct a hot north to northwesterly airstream over Tasmania as a cold front approaches from the west. The cold front will cross Tasmania during today, bringing a much cooler southwesterly airstream to the state. A high then moves over the Bight on Wednesday and extends a ridge over Tasmania, with the high moving to the east early Thursday. A cold front then approaches from the southwest during Friday, crossing later in the day.