Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology Tasmania
Fire Weather Forecast for Tasmania for Saturday 17 October 2026
Issued at 4:00 pm EDT on Friday 16 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
6
5
0
0
Flinders
Moderate
18
10
0
0
Central Coast
No Rating
7
9
23
0
Latrobe
Moderate
14
9
26
0
Kentish
No Rating
11
10
23
0
Burnie City
No Rating
10
9
23
0
Devonport City
No Rating
7
9
14
0
Circular Head
Moderate
12
9
0
0
West Tamar
Moderate
15
10
27
0
Launceston City
Moderate
16
10
12
0
George Town
Moderate
14
10
21
0
Dorset
Moderate
14
10
13
0
Break O'Day
Moderate
19
10
1
0
Glamorgan-Spring Bay
Moderate
23
10
11
0
Sorell
Moderate
22
10
42
0
Northern Midlands
Moderate
21
10
3
0
Southern Midlands
Moderate
22
10
1
0
Upper Derwent Valley
Moderate
NA
15
9
36
0
Tasman
Moderate
21
10
37
0
Kingborough
Moderate
17
9
38
0
Clarence City
Moderate
21
10
53
0
Glenorchy City
Moderate
17
9
39
0
Hobart City
Moderate
17
9
27
0
Brighton
Moderate
20
10
24
0
Meander Valley
No Rating
11
10
24
0
Central Highlands
Moderate
17
10
22
0
Huon Valley
Moderate
16
8
50
0
Waratah-Wynyard
No Rating
7
10
0
0
West Coast
Moderate
15
9
27
0
Derwent Valley
Moderate
15
9
37
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.
Saturday
Mostly fine after inland morning frost and valley fog. Northeast to northwesterly winds. Afternoon coastal sea breezes in the west and south.
