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Boring week so far weather wise in Northern Tassie, no rain! We were due to get rain all weekend but the BOM has backed off and now says it will develop tomorrow night and be gone by Sunday.

Quite unusual scenario, Hobart 35 at the moment (39 yesterday) and heading upwards, usually if it climbs above 35 in Tassie places like Mildura and Horsham are well over 40 but they are nowhere near when I just checked.

Wow 38.7 in Hobart today, higher than Melbourne, Horsham and Mildura!! A serious fire developed in the Derwent Valley at Meadowbank. 31 degrees up here in Launceston, not a cloud to be seen all day and a stiff Northerly breeze. 37 forecast for Hobart tomorrow and if reached will be the third time in...

38 degrees forecast for Hobart tomorrow and 32 for Launceston. These are very high temperatures for late February in Tassie. There is a total fire ban in the South tomorrow.

Steady rain falling at the moment. BOM's new forecast just issued was "Isolated Showers" for this evening which is a bit off target.

Some decent falls of rain in the north of the state here last night. 22mm here at Grindelwald falling between 2 pm and 10 pm. Frankford a small town 25 km north of here at about 400m elevation received 42 mm. Mt Read on the west coast topped the state with 62 mm. Much cooler here today and only 20 d...

19 degrees today in Launceston, our first max under 20 for quite a while! Hobart reached only 14 degrees at 5 pm. Southport in the far South of the state had 75mm until 9 am. Further rain expected Sunday!

Great pics Rivergirl! Thanks for posting. Rain at last in Tassie, highest so far being 46mm at Mt Victoria in the north east. 23 mm here in Grindelwald. Still warm and muggy and 21 degrees. North wind blowing and misty and drizzling. Hot yesterday with Ouse (pronounced ooze) reaching 36 degrees.

Another warm day in Tassie, 30 in Hobart and 33 in the Derwent Valley. A pleasant 26 here in Grindelwald and not a cloud to be seen. Tomorrow a trough sits over us so there could be storms about. 30 degrees forecast for Launceston.

27 degrees currently in Launceston. There was 1 - 5 mm overnight in the North of the state with brief downpours around 1 am. The South fared better with 18mm falling in Hobart due to some thunderstorm activity. Here are some pictures http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2012/01/18/293411_todays-news...

Hobart reached 36 degrees today a higher maximum than Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane!

Highest temps to 1 pm are 32 degrees in Hobart and Bushy Park. Should push to 35 as the afternoon progresses. 28 in Launceston and high cloud.

Yes Crikey, the biggest contraversy was when Tassie was left off the map in the 1982 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony. From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_Commonwealth_Games_opening_ceremony" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; "This aspect of the Opening Ceremony was ...

A pleasant 27 degrees here currently and plenty of sunshine. Highest in the state at the moment is Bushy Park in the Derwent Valley at 30.0 degrees.

Hi Rivergirl I live about 10 minutes drive from Gravelly Beach in the Tamar Valley. Its a good rainfall area here averaging around 750mm each year. Tasmania has great fluctuations in rainfall between areas only 100km apart. For example Oatlands in the Southern Midlands has a mean rainfall of 550mm w...

As expected most of the rain fell last night on the West coast with falls up to 30mm. There was also a fall of 20mm on Flinders Island. There was no rain in Launceston. Today there were frequent showers throughout the state but once again very hit and miss. Falls in the South of up to 8mm on Mount W...

It will be a cold day in Tasmania tomorrow. Already showers are prominent in the South and west. This sort of weather pattern rarely results in significant rain in the Central North. If you check out the North West Tassie 512 composite radar in these conditions you will see showers everywhere in Tas...

Very windy night in Tassie due to that very impressive Low to our South. 10.4 mm of rain here in Grindelwald (15km north of Launceston) over the weekend. Some cold weather coming up especially for the Central Highlands and the South of the state. Projecting forward the ACCESS model sees a Low formin...

The event just had its dying gasp in Hobart where 20mm fell at the airport in 18 mm!

Pathetic news coverage on the Channel 7 & 9 430 News Bulletins.