News coverage in the east has included coverage of the wild weather in the west, over the WA Day long weekend (including here on the ABC).
So it should be no surprise that we’re set for wind yield to ramp up further over the next few days … as seen in this snapshot from this dashboard display, created from within the ‘Trends Engine’ of ez2view:
Quick notes
1) Seen as a contiguous block of time, we have windy conditions beginning last Friday 29th May 2026 and stretching out to this Friday 5th June 2026.
2) Even before curtailment, current forecasts are such that the peak wind production won’t reach the current all-time maximum record (set on 25th July 2025).
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Because it’s been the topic of some internal discussions since it occurred at 14:40 (NEM time) on Monday 14th September 2026, here’s a quick record of some salient details
Anthony Sharwood’s article ‘Wild winter winds hit 156 km/h in Tas, 128 km/h on mainland’ prompts me to have a quick look at wind production in Tasmania in recent days.
An (initial and) short review of the solid block of high aggregate wind yield over the ~3 day date range (late Tuesday 28th May 2024 to late Friday 31st May 2024) … and how much this was expected in advance.
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