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Backyards turned white: Hobart experiences late-evening hail shower

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Dean Lowe's backyard in Lauderdale was coated in hailstones around 8pm on Thursday

Hobart residents have been subject to a bucket of hail this evening, with a brief shower coating backyards in the white ice balls.

The Bureau of Meteorology said the hail fell during a short rain event that passed over the city between 7pm and 8pm on Thursday.

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Hobart is set for a chilly end to the week with temperatures struggling to reach the mid-teens.

The city will hit a top of just 13 degrees on Friday, 18 degrees on Saturday and 21 degrees on Sunday.

Launceston will also experience cool conditions, with forecasts predicting a top of 16 degrees on Friday, 17 degrees on Saturday and 20 degrees on Sunday.

Tammy McCarthy got a handful of hail in Primrose Sands

The Bureau of Meteorology says a southwesterly stream over Tasmania will tend southerly early on Friday.

A high will move over the state later Friday and then out over the Tasman Sea early Saturday, bringing a northerly flow.

A weak cold front will cross Tasmania early on Sunday, with another cold front expected to cross the state early on Monday.

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