Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology, Tasmania
This Flood Watch provides early advice of possible flooding within the specified catchments.
Initial Flood Watch For North East, South East And Huon Catchments
Issued at 01:57 PM EST on Friday 12 August 2022
By the Bureau of Meteorology, Hobart.
Flood Watch Number: 1
MINOR FLOODING LIKELY FROM SUNDAY
A low pressure system will move over Victoria on Saturday and lie to the northeast of Tasmania by Saturday night. The low is expected to slowly move over northeastern Tasmania during Sunday and direct widespread rainfall over eastern and southern Tasmania. The low will remain over or near eastern Tasmania on Monday with rain tending to showers.
Catchments are relatively wet across the flood watch area and rivers will be responsive to rainfall.
Widespread 24 hour rainfall totals of 30-50 mm are likely across the flood watch area during Sunday, with isolated higher totals possible.
Minor flooding is likely to develop from Sunday for the flood watch area.
Catchments likely to be affected include:
North Esk River
South Esk River
Macquarie River
East Coastal Rivers (north of Bicheno)
Ringarooma River
North Coastal Rivers
Huon River
Jordan River
Coal River
East Coastal Rivers (south of Bicheno)
South East
Note: This Flood Watch is a "heads up" for possible future flooding and is NOT a Flood Warning. The Bureau of Meteorology does not provide a flood warning service for all of the catchments covered by this flood watch. For more information on the Flood Watch Service: http://www.bom.gov.au/water/floods/floodWarningServices.shtml
For the latest warnings see www.bom.gov.au/tas/warnings
For the latest rainfall and river level information see www.bom.gov.au/tas/flood
For the latest weather forecast see www.bom.gov.au/tas/forecasts
Flood Safety Advice:
For emergency assistance call the SES on telephone number 132 500.
For life threatening situations, call 000 immediately.
FloodSafe advice is available at www.ses.tas.gov.au
Road closure information is available at www.police.tas.gov.au}
Next issue:
The next Flood Watch will be issued by 12:00 pm EST on Saturday 13 August 2022.
Forecast
Rushy Lagoon (40.8587°S, 148.0157°E, 43m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Today: Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers. Snow possible above 1300 metres. Light winds. Daytime maximum temperatures between 10 and 15.
Forecast for Rushy Lagoon (40.8587°S, 148.0157°E, 43m AMSL) Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Summary 
Minimum 6° 6° 10° 8° 6° 6° 7° Maximum 16° 15° 15° 15° 16° 14° 15° Chance of rain 20% 90% 80% 70% 50% 80% 60% Likely amount < 1mm 20-40mm 10-20mm 5-10mm < 1mm 1-5mm 1-5mm UV index Low Low Low Low Low - - 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 8
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(km/h)Wind direction NNW NNE S SSE SSE SSE SW WSW W WSW WNW NNW NW WNW Relative humidity 90% 78% 85% 81% 88% 87% 89% 83% 79% 76% 82% 79% 82% 72% Dew point 9°C 12°C 8°C 11°C 11°C 12°C 8°C 12°C 7°C 11°C 7°C 10°C 6°C 9°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Rushy Lagoon (40.8587°S, 148.0157°E, 43m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase Full moon Last quarter New moon First quarter 6:33am EST 7:02am EST 5:22pm EST 5:51pm EST 5:25pm EST 7:23am EST 
Full moon
Full moon Aug 12 Last quarter Aug 19 New moon Aug 27 First quarter Sep 04 -
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