Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Tasmania
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Severe Weather Warning
for Damaging Winds
for parts of North East and East Coast Forecast Districts.
Issued at 10:47 pm Saturday, 13 December 2025.
Damaging winds over northeast parts of the state from early Sunday morning.
Weather Situation
A strong cold front will cross the state during Sunday morning, producing vigorous northwesterly flow over northeast parts of the state. The front will move into the Tasman Sea by late Sunday morning with winds shifting west to southwesterly and easing in its wake.
DAMAGING WINDS for the following areas:
North East and East Coast
Strong northwesterly winds averaging 50 to 60 km/h with DAMAGING WIND GUSTS of around 100 km/h are possible over northeast parts of the state from early Sunday morning.
Winds are expected to shift west to southwesterly and ease below warning thresholds by late Sunday morning.
Locations which may be affected include St Helens, Swansea, Bicheno, Fingal and Scamander.
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 5:00 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.
Local Weather
Swansea (42.1264°S, 148.0761°E, 0m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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Current Conditions
Currently at Friendly Beach 18.2°- Dew point
- 0.8°
- Relative humidity
- 31%
- feels like
- 13.8°
- Wind
- NW 13km/h
- Rainfall since 9am
- 0.0mm
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7 day forecast
Today: Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers, most likely in the morning and afternoon. Damaging winds possible. Winds NW 20 to 30 km/h increasing to 25 to 40 km/h before dawn then turning W 35 to 55 km/h in the morning. Overnight temperatures falling to between 8 and 13 with daytime temperatures reaching between 14 and 20.
Forecast for Swansea (42.1264°S, 148.0761°E, 0m AMSL) Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Summary 
Minimum 12° 7° 8° 9° 13° 11° 12° Maximum 20° 19° 24° 30° 27° 20° 20° Chance of rain 30% 20% 5% 5% 60% 80% 90% Likely amount < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm 1-5mm 10-20mm 20-40mm UV index Very High Very High Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Very High Fire Danger Rating High High Moderate High - - - 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 27
(km/h)35
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(km/h)13
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(km/h)Wind direction WNW W WSW WSW WSW ESE N NE SW ESE SSE ESE E ENE Relative humidity 54% 37% 49% 38% 56% 52% 56% 43% 57% 58% 75% 68% 76% 69% Dew point 8°C 4°C 2°C 5°C 9°C 13°C 11°C 16°C 14°C 16°C 11°C 14°C 11°C 14°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Swansea (42.1264°S, 148.0761°E, 0m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase New moon First quarter 4:51am EDT 5:26am EDT 8:39pm EDT 9:13pm EDT 1:52am EDT 3:14pm EDT 
Waning crescent
New moon Dec 20 First quarter Dec 28 -
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