Tasmanians in search of a bit of warmth today didn't need to travel too far to escape from the gloomy chill after a frosty night. Those in Fingal only had to drive 55 kilometres to find somewhere 10 degrees warmer. If they left at 11am when the temperature was still only one degree, by the time they arrived in St Helens, at about 11:40am, they would have been greeted by comfortable 12-degree warmth. At midday, while those in St Helens enjoyed their al fresco lunch, Fingal was still only three degrees. A deck of low cloud shrouded inland parts of Tasmania all morning while almost all of the coast had warmed up in the sunshine. Launceston was another place covered by gloomy cloud until lunchtime, only warming up past zero degrees after 9am and past five degrees just before midday when the sunshine started poking through. At the same time Scottsdale, only 40-odd kilometres down the road, was a beaut 12 degrees. For the rest of the day, this low cloud will continue to burn off, although some high cloud will take over. Thankfully, for those trying to thaw out from the frosty start to the day, the high cloud will be sparse enough to allow some sunshine through. Liawenee had warmed to four degrees at lunchtime, only two degrees below its average maximum, after being as cold as -7.5 at sunrise, five below average and its coldest morning in six weeks. Come tomorrow morning we may see a similar set-up to today. High cloud will clear, enabling frost and fog patches to redevelop. Fog and low cloud over inland areas may last well into the morning again with help from light winds under a high pressure system, prompting a short drive to the sunnier east coast.