Port Franklin Weather Forecast

Central Gippsland Coastal Waters

Wind

Westerly 15 to 20 knots shifting west to southwesterly in the middle of the day. Winds reaching up to 25 knots in the west in the late evening.

Seas

Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the afternoon.

1st Swell

Southeast to southwesterly around 1 metre inshore, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore.

Weather

Cloudy. 60% chance of showers in the 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.