Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology Tasmania
Fire Weather Forecast for Tasmania for Sunday 17 May 2026
Issued at 4:00 pm EST on Saturday 16 May 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
6
3
12
0
Flinders
No Rating
11
6
19
0
Central Coast
No Rating
6
2
23
0
Latrobe
No Rating
10
4
16
0
Kentish
No Rating
7
3
21
0
Burnie City
No Rating
5
2
24
0
Devonport City
No Rating
8
3
25
0
Circular Head
No Rating
6
3
35
0
West Tamar
No Rating
10
5
11
0
Launceston City
No Rating
11
5
13
0
George Town
No Rating
10
5
14
0
Dorset
No Rating
7
6
21
0
Break O'Day
No Rating
10
6
13
0
Glamorgan-Spring Bay
Moderate
12
6
15
0
Sorell
Moderate
12
5
26
0
Northern Midlands
Moderate
12
5
18
0
Southern Midlands
Moderate
12
4
10
0
Upper Derwent Valley
No Rating
NA
9
3
21
0
Tasman
Moderate
12
5
26
0
Kingborough
Moderate
12
4
31
0
Clarence City
Moderate
12
4
22
0
Glenorchy City
No Rating
9
4
25
0
Hobart City
No Rating
11
4
10
0
Brighton
No Rating
11
4
25
0
Meander Valley
No Rating
8
4
17
0
Central Highlands
Moderate
12
3
17
0
Huon Valley
Moderate
18
4
30
0
Waratah-Wynyard
No Rating
4
3
32
0
West Coast
Moderate
16
2
24
0
Derwent Valley
Moderate
15
3
26
0
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.
Sunday
Showers, tending to rain about the west and northwest. Possible valley fog about the east. Light winds.
