Australia Daily Snow
By Mike O'Connor, Meteorologist Posted 1 year ago June 13, 2024
Cold Winds Continue After Big Snowfall Up High
Summary
Conditions have improved immensely after 30cm fell up high earlier this week. Up to another 5cm will fall Friday night, while the snowmakers will be kept busy as cold winds continue in the Australian Alps.
Short Term Forecast
Current Conditions
Conditions have improved immensely this week after about 30cm fell about the upper mountains on Tuesday and early Wednesday, with accumulations gradually diminishing to nil from about 1700m to 1500m. Temperatures have also remained cold allowing resorts to make a tonne of snow on the main runs.
Forecast for Friday to Wednesday (14th to 18th June)
Normally I wouldn't lump the whole 5-day forecast into one group, but since little will change over this period, I've gone ahead and done it. It's all thanks to that storm system in the Tasman Sea that I've been talking about for what seems an age now.
Well, that Tasman Storm will continue to bounce around there throughout these 5 days, directing cold winds over the Australian Alps, starting out from the east on Friday, then slowly turning southwards from Sunday. This will keep the snow machine busy and we'll hopefully see more terrain opening up.
For the most part, the weather will be fine during this time. However, low-level cloud pushing into the Australian Alps will make it onto the resorts at times, reducing the visibility with fog-like conditions, especially early mornings and late afternoons. This will especially be the case at Mt Baw Baw, while Mt Buller on the lee side of the Alps will be nice and sheltered from this.
Additionally, a weak synoptic feature to the west helps bring in light snowfall Friday night into early Saturday. All up, we're looking at about 5cm for the New South Wales resorts and 1-2cm in Victoria.
Extended Forecast
There are still big question marks about how the storm in the Tasman Sea will progress. Forecast models diverge massively from this point, and they have been changing considerably from one model run to the next.
Temperatures are likely to remain cold for at least another several more days, and a weak storm may bring light-moderate snowfall between Wednesday 19th and Friday 21st of June.
Thanks for reading. I'll keep these forecasts coming every Monday, Wednesday & Friday throughout the southern hemisphere season.
Michael O'Connor
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