A significant thunderstorm has rolled across the north-west of Tasmania this morning, leaving about 30,000 customers without power.
According to TasNetworks, the largest outages are impacting 2,333 homes and businesses in the Wynyard area and 1,591 in Penguin.
Northern local Brendan Costello took to social media to share images of large hailstones “the size of golf balls” that fell on his property around 11:30am.
“Pretty sure the weather man missed this one,” he said.
The storm marks the beginning of what meteorologists predict will be an unsettled weather pattern across the island throughout the day.
The Bureau of Meteorology says northeast to northerly winds are expected to shift westerly by tonight as a cold front moves over Tasmania.
Impressive wind gusts have already been recorded across the north-west, with Cape Grim experiencing 82km/h and Luncheon Hill reaching 76km/h.
Smithton and Wynyard have also seen substantial gusts measuring 61km/h and 46km/h respectively.
The Bureau of Meteorology is also forecasting thunderstorms to hit Hobart and Launceston later today, ahead of another high-pressure system on Thursday evening.
A more significant cold front will then cross the state on Sunday, bringing cool conditions in its wake.
