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Thursday Cloudy. High chance of showers in the W, medium chance elsewhere. Winds W 25 to 35 km/h turning S/SW 15 to 25 km/h in the evening.

Friday Sunny. Winds S/SW 15 to 25 km/h becoming light in the late evening.

Saturday Partly cloudy. Patches of morning frost in the E. Light winds becoming SW 20 to 30 km/h during the morning.

Sunday Cloudy. Slight chance of a shower in the far W, near zero chance elsewhere. Winds SW 20 to 30 km/h becoming light during the evening.

Issued Wed 19:40 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 sunny	8	19	5%	< 1mm	Nil	WSW 16	74	W 19	63
Cape Grim	Late shower	12	16	50%	< 1mm	Nil	WSW 22	79	WSW 23	77
Devonport	Mostly sunny	7	20	5%	< 1mm	Nil	WSW 16	69	WNW 23	58
Luncheon Hill	Mostly cloudy	9	15	30%	< 1mm	Nil	-	-	-	-
Marrawah	Mostly cloudy	12	15	50%	< 1mm	Nil	WSW 19	81	WSW 18	75
Sheffield	Mostly sunny	6	20	5%	< 1mm	Nil	SW 5	70	WSW 10	54
Smithton	Mostly cloudy	11	16	30%	< 1mm	Nil	WSW 17	81	WSW 19	69
Wynyard	Mostly sunny	7	20	5%	< 1mm	Nil	WSW 19	75	WSW 24	56

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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).