The east coast of Australia is getting a dose of proper winter as a cold front moving north from Tasmania brings Antarctic winds and snow.
The east coast of Australia is getting a dose of proper winter as a cold front moving north from Tasmania ushers Antarctic winds and snow to NSW.
Christie Johnson from the Bureau of Meteorology said there was snow as far north as Barrington Tops on the Mid North Coast of NSW, and morning frost in southern Queensland. A low-pressure system swirling off the east coast of Tasmania and moving past Gippsland into NSW is summoning the wintry weather and sending snowstorms across skifields.
In the past 24 hours, Charlotte Pass reported 25 centimetres of snowfall, Selwyn Snow Resort reported 30 centimetres and Thredbo had 9 centimetres. Thredbo expects between 60 and 82 centimetres to fall over the coming days as the “polar-powered storm” continues.At 2pm the feels like temperature was a biting 6.8 degrees, less than half of the air temperature. Mid-July is the coldest time of year on average.Last week the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service reported that June was 1.
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