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Thursday Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers in the W, slight chance elsewhere. Winds W/SW 25 to 35 km/h tending S/SW 15 to 25 km/h in the evening.

Friday Sunny. Winds S 15 to 25 km/h becoming light in the middle of the day then becoming S/SW 15 to 20 km/h in the early afternoon.

Saturday Partly cloudy. Patches of morning frost in the E. Winds SW 20 to 30 km/h.

Sunday Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower in the far W, near zero chance elsewhere. Winds SW 15 to 25 km/h becoming light during the evening.

Monday Cloudy. Slight chance of a shower in the W, most likely in the afternoon and evening. Near zero chance of rain elsewhere. Light winds becoming NW 15 to 25 km/h during the morning.

Issued Thu 06:25 EST

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station		min	max	chance of rain	rain amount	frost risk	9am		3pm
		min	max				wind	rh	wind	rh
		°C	°C				km/h	%	km/h	%
Burnie	Mostly cloudy	8	18	30%	< 1mm	Nil	WSW 9	78	NW 19	72
Cape Grim	Mostly cloudy	13	16	40%	< 1mm	Nil	NNW 19	78	NW 21	73
Devonport	Mostly cloudy	7	18	20%	< 1mm	Nil	WSW 14	80	NW 29	74
Luncheon Hill	Mostly cloudy	8	15	60%	1-5mm	Nil	-	-	-	-
Marrawah	Mostly cloudy	12	15	40%	1-5mm	Nil	NNW 15	81	NNW 19	72
Sheffield	Mostly cloudy	6	18	10%	< 1mm	Nil	W 5	82	NNW 14	69
Smithton	Possible shower	10	16	50%	1-5mm	Nil	NNW 9	83	NNW 15	71
Wynyard	Mostly cloudy	7	18	20%	< 1mm	Nil	W 9	84	NW 25	67

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13:20 AEST A weeklong stretch of low wind power was broken on Wednesday evening, as a weak cold front marched across southern Australia. The chart below shows that the National Electricity Market (NEM) has endured a weeklong stretch of low wind generation, with wind power providing around 6% of the NEM’s electricity, down from last year’s average of 13.1% (Mon, April 15 to Wed, April 17).