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Banks Strait and Franklin Sound Forecast

Banks Strait and Franklin Sound

Issued: Friday, 19 June 10:00AM

Forecast for Friday, 19 June

Weather: Partly cloudy. 95% chance of showers.

Winds: Northwesterly 15 to 25 knots, reaching up to 30 knots about Banks Strait in the early afternoon. Winds turning westerly 10 to 15 knots in the late evening.

Seas: 1.5 to 2.5 metres.

Swell: East to northeasterly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Saturday, 20 June

Weather: Partly cloudy. 60% chance of showers.

Winds: South to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots tending south to southeasterly 15 to 25 knots before dawn. Winds reaching up to 30 knots during the morning and early afternoon.

Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2.5 metres during the morning, then decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres by early evening.

Swell: Northwest to southwesterly around 1 metre.

Forecast for Sunday, 21 June

Weather: Partly cloudy.

Winds: Southerly 10 to 15 knots decreasing to about 10 knots during the morning.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: Southerly below 1 metre.

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Forecast for Friday, 19 June

Weather: Cloudy. Near 100% chance of showers.

Winds: Northwesterly 15 to 25 knots, reaching up to 30 knots in the late morning and afternoon. Winds tending northwest to southwesterly 15 to 20 knots in the late evening.

Seas: 2 to 3 metres.

Swell: Westerly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Saturday, 20 June

Weather: Partly cloudy. 50% chance of showers.

Winds: Southeast to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots becoming southeasterly 15 to 20 knots in the early morning. Winds reaching up to 25 knots offshore during the morning and early afternoon.

Seas: 1 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 metre by early evening.

Swell: Westerly around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 2 metres during the morning, then tending west to southwesterly 1 to 1.5 metres around midday.

Forecast for Sunday, 21 June

Weather: Mostly sunny.

Winds: South to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots becoming variable about 10 knots during the morning.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Westerly below 1 metre.

Forecast for Friday, 19 June

Weather: Cloudy. 95% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.

Winds: North to northwesterly 15 to 25 knots shifting southerly in the early afternoon. Winds reaching up to 30 knots during the afternoon and evening.

Seas: 2 to 3 metres.

Swell: Southwesterly 2.5 to 3 metres, increasing to 3 to 4 metres by early evening.

Forecast for Saturday, 20 June

Weather: Cloudy. 70% chance of showers.

Winds: Southerly 15 to 25 knots, reaching up to 30 knots early in the morning. Winds decreasing to about 10 knots in the late evening.

Seas: 2 to 3 metres, decreasing to 1 to 2 metres during the morning, then decreasing to 1 metre around midday.

Swell: Southwesterly 3 to 4 metres, decreasing to 3 metres during the morning.

Forecast for Sunday, 21 June

Weather: Cloudy. 50% chance of showers.

Winds: Variable about 10 knots.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Southwesterly 2.5 to 3 metres.

Forecast for Friday, 19 June

Weather: Partly cloudy. 95% chance of showers.

Winds: Northwesterly 15 to 25 knots, reaching up to 30 knots in the early afternoon. Winds turning westerly 15 to 20 knots in the late evening.

Seas: 1 to 2 metres.

Swell: Southerly around 1 metre. Northeasterly around 1 metre.

Forecast for Saturday, 20 June

Weather: Cloudy. 80% chance of showers.

Winds: Northwest to southwesterly 15 to 20 knots tending southerly 15 to 25 knots before dawn. Winds reaching up to 30 knots during the morning and early afternoon.

Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2.5 metres during the morning.

Swell: Southerly around 1 metre inshore, increasing to 1 to 2 metres offshore during the morning. Northeasterly around 1 metre.

Forecast for Sunday, 21 June

Weather: Partly cloudy. 50% chance of showers.

Winds: Southerly 15 to 20 knots decreasing to about 10 knots during the evening.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: Southerly around 1 metre inshore, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore.

Forecast for Friday, 19 June

Weather: Cloudy. Near 100% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm south of King Island.

Winds: North to northwesterly 20 to 30 knots shifting southerly in the afternoon.

Seas: 2 to 3 metres.

Swell: Southwesterly 1 to 2 metres, increasing to 2 to 3 metres around midday, then increasing to 2 to 4 metres by early evening.

Forecast for Saturday, 20 June

Weather: Cloudy. 50% chance of showers.

Winds: Southerly 15 to 25 knots, reaching up to 30 knots during the morning. Winds decreasing to 10 to 15 knots in the evening.

Seas: 2 to 3 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres around midday.

Swell: Southwesterly 2 to 4 metres, decreasing to 2 to 3 metres during the afternoon.

Forecast for Sunday, 21 June

Weather: Partly cloudy.

Winds: Southerly 10 to 15 knots decreasing to about 10 knots during the morning.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Southwesterly 2 to 3 metres.

Forecast for Friday, 19 June

Weather: Partly cloudy. 90% chance of showers in the afternoon and evening.

Winds: Northwesterly 15 to 20 knots shifting south to southwesterly 15 to 25 knots in the evening.

Seas: 1 to 2 metres.

Swell: South to southwesterly 1 to 1.5 metres inshore, increasing to 1.5 to 2.5 metres offshore.

Forecast for Saturday, 20 June

Weather: Cloudy. 70% chance of showers.

Winds: Southerly 15 to 25 knots, reaching up to 30 knots early in the morning. Winds decreasing to about 10 knots in the late evening.

Seas: 1.5 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres around midday, then decreasing below 1 metre by early evening.

Swell: South to southwesterly 1 to 2 metres inshore, increasing to 2 to 3 metres offshore.

Forecast for Sunday, 21 June

Weather: Partly cloudy. 50% chance of showers.

Winds: Southwesterly 10 to 15 knots.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: South to southwesterly 1 to 2 metres inshore, increasing to 2 to 3 metres offshore.

Forecast for Friday, 19 June

Weather: Cloudy. 95% chance of showers.

Winds: West to northwesterly 15 to 20 knots shifting southerly 15 to 25 knots in the late afternoon. Winds reaching up to 30 knots in the late evening.

Seas: 1 to 2 metres.

Swell: Southwesterly 2 to 3 metres.

Forecast for Saturday, 20 June

Weather: Cloudy. 70% chance of showers, with possible small hail in the morning.

Winds: Southerly 15 to 25 knots, reaching up to 30 knots early in the morning. Winds turning southwesterly 10 to 15 knots during the morning.

Seas: 1.5 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 metre during the morning.

Swell: Southwesterly 2.5 to 3 metres.

Forecast for Sunday, 21 June

Weather: Cloudy. 60% chance of showers.

Winds: Southwesterly 10 to 15 knots turning westerly during the day.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: Southwesterly 2.5 to 3 metres.

Forecast for Friday, 19 June

Weather: Cloudy. 95% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm from the late morning.

Winds: West to northwesterly 20 to 25 knots shifting southerly 15 to 25 knots in the middle of the day. Winds reaching up to 30 knots in the evening.

Seas: 1.5 to 2.5 metres.

Swell: Southwesterly 2.5 to 3 metres.

Forecast for Saturday, 20 June

Weather: Cloudy. 80% chance of showers, with possible small hail in the early morning.

Winds: Southerly 15 to 25 knots turning southwesterly 10 to 15 knots during the morning.

Seas: 2 to 2.5 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning, then decreasing to 1 metre around midday.

Swell: Southwesterly 3 to 4 metres, decreasing to 3 metres during the morning.

Forecast for Sunday, 21 June

Weather: Cloudy. 60% chance of showers.

Winds: West to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots tending west to northwesterly 15 to 20 knots during the day.

Seas: Around 1 metre.

Swell: Southwesterly 2.5 to 3 metres.

Forecast for Friday, 19 June

Weather: Partly cloudy. 90% chance of showers.

Winds: Northwesterly 15 to 20 knots, reaching up to 25 knots offshore in the late morning and afternoon. Winds turning southwesterly in the late evening.

Seas: Around 1 metre, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres offshore.

Swell: Southerly below 1 metre inshore, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore.

Forecast for Saturday, 20 June

Weather: Cloudy. 80% chance of showers.

Winds: Southerly 15 to 25 knots, reaching up to 30 knots during the morning.

Seas: 1.5 to 2.5 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the afternoon.

Swell: Southerly around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 2 metres during the morning. Northeasterly around 1 metre.

Forecast for Sunday, 21 June

Weather: Partly cloudy. 50% chance of showers.

Winds: Southerly 10 to 15 knots.

Seas: Below 1 metre.

Swell: Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres inshore, increasing to 1 to 2 metres offshore.

Grove

▲ N

Calm

· 13 °C

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Temperature

Franklin

↓ Cooling

Now: 13 °C

Tides

Port Huon

↓ Falling

Current: 1.06m

Weather Now for Franklin

13 °C

Feels like 13 °C

Wind

Calm E

Humidity

75%

Pressure

1002 hPa

At Grove

Nearby Wind

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Franklin

Calm E

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