Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology Tasmania
Fire Weather Forecast for Tasmania for Friday 17 April 2026
Issued at 4:02 pm EST on Thursday 16 April 2026.
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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
9
4
0
0
Flinders
Moderate
16
5
0
0
Central Coast
No Rating
10
3
0
0
Latrobe
High
25
4
0
0
Kentish
Moderate
16
3
0
0
Burnie City
Moderate
14
3
0
0
Devonport City
Moderate
16
4
0
0
Circular Head
Moderate
12
5
0
0
West Tamar
Moderate
18
4
0
0
Launceston City
Moderate
19
3
8
0
George Town
Moderate
18
4
0
0
Dorset
Moderate
21
5
0
0
Break O'Day
High
24
6
0
0
Glamorgan-Spring Bay
High
28
4
0
0
Sorell
Moderate
23
3
0
0
Northern Midlands
Moderate
21
3
44
0
Southern Midlands
Moderate
23
3
0
0
Upper Derwent Valley
Moderate
NA
16
3
11
0
Tasman
Moderate
23
3
0
0
Kingborough
Moderate
21
3
0
0
Clarence City
Moderate
21
4
36
0
Glenorchy City
Moderate
18
3
55
0
Hobart City
Moderate
20
3
0
0
Brighton
Moderate
20
3
32
0
Meander Valley
Moderate
17
3
30
0
Central Highlands
Moderate
16
2
0
0
Huon Valley
Moderate
12
3
44
0
Waratah-Wynyard
No Rating
6
3
0
0
West Coast
No Rating
10
3
0
0
Derwent Valley
Moderate
14
2
0
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.
Friday
Showers about western, central and southern districts and the Bass Strait Islands, easing and contracting to the west and far south in the evening. Mainly fine elsewhere. Showers falling as snow above 900 metres. Fresh to strong and gusty southwesterly winds, easing about the west and north in the evening.
