Lakes Entrance Offshore Weather Forecast

East Gippsland Coastal Waters

Wind

Variable about 10 knots becoming northwest to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots in the early afternoon.

Seas

Below 1 metre, increasing to around 1 metre in the west.

1st Swell

Southeasterly 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres in the far east.

Weather

Cloudy. 70% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm in the late afternoon and evening.

Weather Situation

A high pressure system over the Bight extends a ridge east over Bass Strait. A cold front is forecast to cross western coastal waters late this afternoon, central coastal waters late evening and clear Bass Strait by early Monday morning. The high is then forecast to slowly move east over southern Victoria and Bass Strait by late Tuesday and into the Tasman Sea by late Wednesday. Next front then approaches from the west to cross Bass Strait late Thursday and early Friday.