Source: Bureau of Meteorology

Issued at 4:03 pm EDT on Saturday 2 March 2024.

The Tasmania Fire Service advises you to:

Action your Bushfire Survival Plan now. To create a plan, visit www.bushfire.tas.gov.au
Monitor the current bushfire situation and warnings at the TasALERT website www.alert.tas.gov.au or ABC Local Radio. For more information on fire danger ratings, fire bans, and how to prepare for bushfire visit the TFS website www.fire.tas.gov.au or call 1800 000 699.
Call 000 (Triple Zero) in an emergency.

For Sunday 3 March:
Extreme Fire Danger is forecast for the following fire weather district:
East Coast

Weather Situation
A vigorous cold front Sunday morning will bring very dry air and strong and gusty west to southwesterly winds in its wake across much of the State Sunday. Combined with the recent lack of rain this results in extreme fire danger across the East Coast fire weather district during Sunday.

For information on preparing for bushfires go to www.fire.tas.gov.au.

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