Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology Tasmania
Fire Weather Forecast for Tasmania for Tuesday 20 October 2026
Issued at 4:00 pm EDT on Monday 19 October 2026.
Forecasts are issued regularly: Please ensure you have the latest version.
Summary
Fire Weather District
District Rating
Max Sub Area Rating
District FBI
cHaines
Wind Change Danger Index
TAL
Minor Fuel Type Rating >= Extreme
King Island
No Rating
11
6
0
1
Flinders
Moderate
20
7
22
0
Central Coast
No Rating
8
5
26
0
Latrobe
Moderate
15
5
44
0
Kentish
Moderate
12
5
28
0
Burnie City
No Rating
10
5
28
0
Devonport City
No Rating
7
5
22
0
Circular Head
Moderate
13
5
36
1
West Tamar
Moderate
19
5
41
0
Launceston City
Moderate
21
5
36
0
George Town
Moderate
16
5
25
0
Dorset
Moderate
20
6
51
0
Break O'Day
High
31
6
7
0
Glamorgan-Spring Bay
High
36
7
28
1
Sorell
High
36
6
49
1
Northern Midlands
High
31
5
43
0
Southern Midlands
High
31
6
32
1
Upper Derwent Valley
Moderate
NA
21
5
71
1
Tasman
High
31
6
84
1
Kingborough
Moderate
22
5
79
1
Clarence City
High
33
6
66
1
Glenorchy City
Moderate
22
5
0
1
Hobart City
Moderate
21
5
0
1
Brighton
High
29
5
38
1
Meander Valley
Moderate
13
5
35
0
Central Highlands
Moderate
23
6
29
1
Huon Valley
High
37
5
41
1
Waratah-Wynyard
No Rating
9
5
33
1
West Coast
High
34
4
49
1
Derwent Valley
High
33
5
35
1
Note
Fire Weather District Ratings are provided in conjunction with Fire Authorities. District FBI (Fire Behaviour Index) is the representative peak FBI in the district. 10% of the Fire Weather District has a max FBI higher than this value. When the table is expanded the forecast elements in the expanded rows apply to the relevant Sub Area rather than district. Red cells indicate the value exceeds the weather alert threshold. For c-Haines this is the 95th percentile climatological value, for WCDI this is a value over 40, for Minor Fuel Type Rating this indicates Extreme or higher whilst the district rating is less than Extreme.
Tuesday
Showers about the west, extending statewide during the afternoon, although little expected about the northeast. Possible afternoon thunderstorms about the west and south. North to northwesterly winds with afternoon sea breezes in the southeast.
