Climate experts have shared predictions for this winter, as snow falls in parts of Australia.
It's not often Australians see snow in May, scisntists say,but a cold front layered a pre-season blanket across parts of Victoria, Tasmania, southern NSW, ACT and South Australia.
Despite the temperature drop, senior meteorologist from the Bureau of Meteorology, Robert Urbaniak, said the chill is over. "The temperature is going up tomorrow; we've seen the peak of the cold," he said. But the strange weather will continue, with snow levels set to rise and damaging winds predicted.
Urbaniak said Mount Kosciuszko and the alpine areas of Tasmania will face potential blizzards and wind gusts of up to 110km/h, while eastern Victoria and inland NSW may wake up to a chilly, thick frost. "It's unreasonably cold for this time of year ... but in the next week there won't be any more cold snaps," Urbaniak said. "The three months of May, June and July are likely to be warm. The season isn't looking too grim.
" The conditions may have excited Australia's ski villages, with several major ski slopes taking advantage of the cold air to create artificial snow. But avid skier Dr Andrew Watkins says it'll be a "winter of grabbing the skis when you can". The adjunct professor at Monash University's School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment said early snowfall isn't a "great indicator" of a "bumper snow season". "Autumn is what we call a transition season.
We're shifting from the heat of the summer to the cold of the winter, and at times you do get quite vigorous systems like this cold front. " But it may indicate El Niño, which means a dry and warm winter for southern Australia. "A bit drier and warmer over the winter, clearer skies and more frosts towards spring," he said. It's not the time to worry about the weather said Watkins, households are facing more pressing concerns.
"People have lots of other concerns at the moment, the price of diesel ... the price of food at the shops," he said. "The weather will do what the weather will do. " download our app subscribe to our newsletter
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