A “cold burst” is heading straight for Tasmania this weekend, bringing with it small hail and snow flurries.
The Bureau of Meteorology is advising residents to rug up for the chilly and possibly wet weekend, with snow predicted to fall as low as 400 metres in some areas.
Senior Meteorologist Miriam Bradbury said the remaining strong and damaging winds will slowly dissipate, after a 120km/h gust was recorded at the top of kunanyi/Mt Wellington on Thursday morning.
“Winds will be easing later today … as the front that is driving those strong winds is slipping away to the south,” she said.
“Going into tomorrow … showers gradually contract towards the east coast and we start to see a drying trend for much of Tasmania, Victoria and southern New South Wales.”
However, Bradbury noted that another cold front is approaching, which will bring more showers and much colder air when it arrives in the state on Friday.
“13 degrees is all we’re forecasting as a daytime temperature for Adelaide on Saturday, 12 degrees in Melbourne and Hobart,” she said.
“In addition to the temperatures themselves, the wind chill factor and the showers that may be ongoing at times will make the ‘feels like’ temperature feel even lower than the actual temperature.”
“… We’re going to see that snow level dropping much more significantly, potentially down as low as 400 metres across parts of southern Tasmania later on Saturday going into early Sunday.”
“It won’t be the heavy blanket of snow we had last week.”
