Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Autumn Snowfall

http://www.9news.com.au/national/2015/04/08/10/33/unusual-autumn-snowfall-in-nsw-signals-abrupt-start-to-winter
Only a month into autumn, snow is falling in parts of the country with a town in NSW experiencing their earliest snowfall in seven years.
The abrupt weather surprised residents in Oberon, a small town near the Blue Mountains, after a low pressure system off the coast and cold air in the upper atmosphere produced the smattering, barely weeks into April.
Althought not unprecedented, the frosty conditions are unseasonably early.
“It is unusual. Normally around May or June is when the first snowfall is,” Bureau of Meteorology spokesman David Barlow said.
“It is still going to be cool in the next few days, but it will be warming up as we head into the next week.”
Victorians are also feeling the snap, with severe weather warnings in place this morning for heavy winds and rainfall.

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