Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology Tasmania
Fire Weather Forecast for Tasmania for Thursday 5 February 2026
Issued at 4:01 pm EDT on Tuesday 3 February 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
10
8
0
0
Flinders
High
28
9
0
0
Central Coast
Moderate
20
6
0
0
Latrobe
High
28
6
3
0
Kentish
Moderate
22
5
0
0
Burnie City
Moderate
20
5
0
0
Devonport City
Moderate
22
6
0
0
Circular Head
Moderate
20
3
0
0
West Tamar
High
27
6
1
0
Launceston City
High
24
5
33
0
George Town
High
29
7
0
0
Dorset
High
30
7
26
0
Break O'Day
Moderate
22
7
44
0
Glamorgan-Spring Bay
High
30
5
81
0
Sorell
High
27
2
0
0
Northern Midlands
High
24
5
47
0
Southern Midlands
High
27
3
1
0
Upper Derwent Valley
Moderate
NA
23
1
0
0
Tasman
High
28
2
0
0
Kingborough
High
27
2
0
0
Clarence City
High
26
3
0
0
Glenorchy City
Moderate
20
2
0
0
Hobart City
Moderate
22
2
0
0
Brighton
High
27
3
0
0
Meander Valley
Moderate
21
4
8
0
Central Highlands
Moderate
21
3
0
0
Huon Valley
Moderate
20
2
26
0
Waratah-Wynyard
Moderate
16
4
0
0
West Coast
Moderate
18
1
0
0
Derwent Valley
Moderate
20
1
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, easing and contracting to the west during the morning. Isolated showers developing about the east coast during the afternoon and evening. Fine elsewhere. Westerly winds, tending easterly about the east coast during the afternoon.
