Weather SituationStrong winds continue across Tasmania with a west to southwesterly airstream persisting over the state, strengthening this morning as a cold front passes to the south then beginning to ease this evening.DAMAGING WEST TO SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS around 60 km/h with peak gusts up to 110 km/h are forecast for all of Tasmania, with winds expected to increase to 70 km/h with gusts to 120 km/h across the southern half of Tasmania this morning. Winds begin to ease across the state early this evening.In the last 6 hours, the strongest recorded gusts were 135 km/h at Maatsuyker Island and 113 km/h at Cape Grim. Hobart also had a gust of 85 km/h at Hobart.