Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology Tasmania
Fire Weather Forecast for Tasmania for Thursday 12 March 2026
Issued at 4:00 pm EDT on Wednesday 11 March 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
Moderate
15
0
0
0
Flinders
High
33
4
0
0
Central Coast
Moderate
20
2
0
0
Latrobe
High
32
2
0
0
Kentish
Moderate
18
2
0
0
Burnie City
Moderate
20
1
0
0
Devonport City
High
26
2
0
0
Circular Head
Moderate
19
2
0
0
West Tamar
High
31
3
5
0
Launceston City
High
28
3
12
0
George Town
High
33
3
0
0
Dorset
High
34
3
0
0
Break O'Day
High
32
5
3
0
Glamorgan-Spring Bay
High
40
5
33
0
Sorell
High
32
4
34
0
Northern Midlands
High
30
3
27
0
Southern Midlands
High
32
3
32
0
Upper Derwent Valley
Moderate
NA
21
2
0
0
Tasman
High
33
3
0
0
Kingborough
High
32
3
0
0
Clarence City
High
30
4
36
0
Glenorchy City
Moderate
20
3
0
0
Hobart City
High
26
3
0
0
Brighton
High
26
2
24
0
Meander Valley
Moderate
18
2
20
0
Central Highlands
Moderate
21
2
0
0
Huon Valley
Moderate
16
3
0
0
Waratah-Wynyard
Moderate
12
2
0
0
West Coast
No Rating
9
3
0
0
Derwent Valley
Moderate
17
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.
Thursday
Showers about the west and south, falling as snow to 1000 metres about the southwest during the evening. Mostly fine elsewhere. West to southwesterly winds, freshening during the day.
