Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Tasmania
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Severe Weather Warning
for Damaging Winds
for Western, Upper Derwent Valley, South East, East Coast, Central Plateau, Midlands and parts of North East, North West Coast and Central North Forecast Districts.
Issued at 4:58 am Sunday, 19 October 2025.
Damaging winds possible over much of Tasmania.
Weather Situation
Vigorous northwesterly flow is expected to develop over Tasmania ahead of a cold front on Sunday bringing damaging winds to much of the state from the early morning and into the evening. These will turn westerly and begin to ease from the west through Sunday evening before a second cold front brings damaging winds from around sunrise Monday.
DAMAGING WINDS for the following areas:
Western, Upper Derwent Valley, South East, North East, East Coast, North West Coast, Central North, Central Plateau and Midlands
For ELEVATED TERRAIN: DAMAGING NORTHWESTERLY WINDS averaging 60 to 70 km/h with peak gusts of around 110 km/h are likely.
For REMAINDER OF WARNING AREA, including HOBART: DAMAGING NORTHWESTERLY WIND GUSTS around 100 km/h are possible.
Winds are expected to temporarily ease throughout from Sunday evening before a second system brings another severity risk around sunrise on Monday.
Locations which may be affected include St Helens, Swansea, Strahan, New Norfolk, Hobart and Oatlands.
117 km/h wind gust was observed at Kunanyi at 4:46am AEDT.
107 km/h wind gust was observed at Tasman Island Airport at 4:02am AEDT.
The State Emergency Service advises that people should:
* Supervise children closely.
* Check that family and neighbours are aware of warnings.
* Manage pets and livestock.
* Secure outdoor items including furniture and play equipment.
* Be prepared in case of power outages and report any outages to TasNetworks on 132 004.
* Beware of damaged trees and power lines and take care when driving.
* Listen to the ABC radio or check www.ses.tas.gov.au for further advice.
* For emergency assistance contact the SES on 132500.
The next Severe Weather Warning will be issued by 11:00 am AEDT Sunday.
Warnings are also available through TV and Radio broadcasts, the Bureau's website at www.bom.gov.au or call 1300 659 210. The Bureau and State Emergency Service would appreciate warnings being broadcast regularly.
Forecast
Detention River (41.4514°S, 145.4626°E, 580m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Today: Cloudy. Very high chance of showers. Damaging winds possible. Winds N/NW 40 to 60 km/h tending W/NW 35 to 55 km/h during the morning and early afternoon. Daytime maximum temperatures between 13 and 17.
Forecast for Detention River (41.4514°S, 145.4626°E, 580m AMSL) Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Summary 
Minimum 8° 8° 7° 7° 7° 5° 6° Maximum 14° 12° 13° 10° 11° 11° 12° Chance of rain 90% 60% 80% 80% 80% 80% 80% Likely amount 1-5mm < 1mm 1-5mm 5-10mm < 1mm 1-5mm 1-5mm UV index High High Very High High High High High Fire Danger Rating High Moderate Moderate No Rating - - - Frost risk Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm Wind speed 14
(km/h)20
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(km/h)Wind direction N WNW W W W W E WSW WSW WSW W W WSW WSW Relative humidity 74% 85% 79% 65% 72% 56% 94% 94% 68% 59% 78% 64% 77% 61% Dew point 9°C 10°C 7°C 5°C 5°C 5°C 8°C 10°C 3°C 3°C 5°C 5°C 6°C 5°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Detention River (41.4514°S, 145.4626°E, 580m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase New moon First quarter Full moon Last quarter 5:57am EDT 6:26am EDT 7:44pm EDT 8:13pm EDT 5:15am EDT 5:35pm EDT 
Waning crescent
New moon Oct 21 First quarter Oct 30 Full moon Nov 06 Last quarter Nov 12 -
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