Tasmania has just equalled its strongest wind gust ever recorded.

• Between 4:17 pm and 4:20 pm Monday, gusts of 200 km/h were recorded at Maatsuyker Island, the tiny speck of land located just off the state's southwestern tip
• These gusts equalled the strongest wind gust ever recorded in Tasmania of 200 km/h at kunanyi/Mt Wellington in March, 1998

Earlier on Monday morning, a gust of 178 km/h was registered at at Maatsuyker Island which equalled the strength of for Tasmania's strongest wind gust recorded in July. That record has now been decimated.

The combination of incredibly strong sustained winds and gusts means that conditions on the bleak Southern Ocean outpost have been as wild as a Category 3 tropical cyclone (See here for the BoM's tropical cyclone categories).

An interesting aspect of these incredibly strong winds is the associated apparent or "feels like" temperatures.

• The apparent (or "feels like") temp was an incredibly low -20.9°C when the 178 km/h gust struck Maatsuyker Island at 3:56 am. The actual temp at the time was 8.7°C, which shows how strong winds affect our comfort level
• The apparent (or "feels like") temp was a bone-chilling -20.6°C at the moment the 200 km/h gust struck Maatsuyker Island just after 4 pm Monday. That's a remarkable reading for the afternoon, when the actual temperature was 10.1°C

Meanwhile, elsewhere in Tasmania... 

As mentioned, virtually the whole of Tassie copped a blast overnight as that cold front roared across the state and has continued to experience howling winds throughout Monday. Other readings of note included:

• At least 15 weather stations recorded gusts of 100 km/h or stronger
• The strongest gust on the Tasmanian mainland was 152 km/h at Scotts Peak, a 669-metre mountain in the state's southwest.
• kunanyi/Mt Wellington above Hobart recorded a gust of 122 km/h
• Hobart Airport recorded a maximum gust of 89 km/h
• Launceston Airport recorded a maximum gust of 87 km/h

Take a look at the loop below. It shows the three hours between 11 am and 2 pm Monday. 

While readings in that three-hour period weren't quite as strong as the extremes experienced overnight, winds were still up around 100 km/h at elevated or exposed weather stations. 

So the loop does a great job of illustrating just how quickly the current weather systems are screaming across Bass Strait and areas further south. 

Snow is also falling to levels as low as 500 metres in Tasmania this Monday, although accumulations have not yet been sufficient to enable lifts to start spinning at the state's only commercial ski hill, Ben Lomond, near Launceston. 

Meanwhile a range of weather warnings are in place for Tasmania this Monday, including a Severe Weather Warning for destructive winds in several districts. Please check our warnings page for the latest.