The Bureau of Meteorology has recorded a 120km/h wind gust in Tasmania’s southwest tonight as they increase a severe weather warning for damaging winds.
Swansea, Strahan, New Norfolk, Hobart, Geeveston and Dover are now expected to be hit with ‘locally damaging gusts’ of up to 120km/h on Wednesday morning as a deepening low pressure system passes “just to the south” of the state.
The BOM say this will bring “vigorous west to northwesterly winds to most of the island while the low continuous to track to the southeast”.
In the central and western areas of the state, damaging west to northwesterly winds were averaging 65km/h on Tuesday evening, with peak gusts of around 100km/h possible into Wednesday.
Winds are forecast to ease by late Wednesday morning.
BOM: Significant wind observations to 9:40pm Tuesday
120km/h wind gust at Scotts Peak at 8:34pm
119km/h wind gust at Mount Read at 7:43pm
111km/h wind gust at Low Rocky Point at 5:53pm
98km/h wind gust at King Island Airport at 2:26pm
98km/h wind gust at Strahan Airport at 5:10pm
Other observations include a 124km/h wind gust on Tasman Island at 11:01pm, a 113km/h gust on kunanyi/Mount Wellington at 11:06pm and an 82km/h wind gust at Hobart Airport at 11pm.
