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Cold and Snow – Now July Heat

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

Headed up to the Northern Tablelands last Wednesday (15th July) to intercept some snowfalls across the region. A very large cold pool brought scattered storm clouds across NSW. Some of these managed to produce snow on higher ground between Guyra and Glen Innes. The best falls were at Ben Lomond (where I was) where snow depth got to about 6cm or more by the next morning.

All photos for the two days are here:

15 July 2009 photos and 16 July 2009 photos

2009071606 Cold and Snow   Now July Heat

2009071611 Cold and Snow   Now July Heat

In contrast to the snow and cold, this week has seen widespread temperatures in the mid 20s. Looks like it will get to 25 today after 24 the past two days.

Rain, Windy, Cold and Snow over Southeast Australia-storm-chasing

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

Hi Jimmy – hope all goes well with these final days before the birth. Things will certainly change again for you :)

The focus of interesting weather finally shifted to the Southeast of the country with a series of cold fronts and lows passing through. Many locations have received between 50 and 100mm and some over 100mm. Adelaide, NW TAS, SW VIC and the higher ground of eastern VIC have done well. Snowfalls have fallen to low levels particularly in Tasmania where forecasts were indicating snow down to 400 metres elevation. Quite a bit of damage has also occurred due to strong winds.

Of course these sorts of patterns bring lovely sunny and warm days here and the rest of the week looks fine.