‘Very cold and gusty’ winds have lowered temperatures up and down the east coast and brought warnings of wild surf conditions
Minimum temperatures will stay steady at 12C throughout the week in Melbourne, with maximums rising above 20C from Thursday.
It was only 15C on Easter Sunday in Melbourne, which was the coldest Easter Sunday since 2020. Snow was recorded at Falls Creek, Mount Hotham and Mount Buller.Temperatures are expected to remain at least 2 to 5C below average until Wednesday, which could see a burst of showers and storms, until conditions ease after Thursday.
Dean Narramore, senior meteorologist from the Bureau of Meteorology said the cold front that had brought temperatures down was being exacerbated by “very cold and gusty” south-to-south-westerly winds., NSW and southern South Australia, where temperatures on Sunday and Monday were 5 to 10 degrees below average,” he said.
Narramore said the low pressure system driving much of the weather through NSW is causing hazardous and dangerous surf conditions along the coast.
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