http://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/heavy-snowfall-in-snowy-mountains-severe-weather-warning-issued/96284

http://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/parts-of-nsw-shiver-through-their-coldest-day-in-years/96436

Photos here     -    http://instagram.com/ThredboResort 

Finally after months of heat records going back almost 2 years the switch has finally been flicked!  Heavy snow has been falling across the Aussie Alps for most of the night, blizzard conditions in places. The photos coming out of Thredbo village this morning look very impressive indeed, small photo on the link provided. Weather warning out for today I believe.

I was in Tasmania for most of last week and there was snow around on many of the hills, to a unusually low level so the locals said. I got my snow fix in anyway, that wasn't nice fine powdery stuff though, that was the wet slushy kind that was thawing in low mist / fog, a common type of fall for Tasmania.

There has also been snow on the Blue Mountains a few hours west of Sydney and some impressive frosts, the town of Guyra on the high Northern Tablelands has been reporting temps of -10c! Coldest day for quite a few years reported from some areas of NSW, the towns of Orange and Oberon both reported snow.

The mornigns in Sydney are fresh and frostly out west, certainly a more notable winter than last year when there were no frosts at all, even in the western burbs!

The outlook is looking good for continuation of a good ski season, more snow expacted this weekend and I may even go on a snow chase in the Blue Mountains.

Good to see we can still get cold weather here, I was beginning to wonder!!!!!

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Coldest morning in Brisbane for 103 years earlier today, quite a record.

Bet that was a shock for Brisbane and the area.

What were the temperatures recorded in Brisbane.

+2.6c

Although in some rural parts of Qld the temp has been down to -6c - which is quite a bit colder than it was here last winter!

Excellent stuff

Brisbane has recorded its coldest morning in 103 years, with low temperatures also being felt across the rest of Queensland.

The weather bureau says the state's capital dropped to 2.6 degrees Celsius just before 7:00am (AEST) on Saturday.

Bureau spokeswoman Michelle Berry said it has been exceptionally cold and temperatures are still dropping.

"[It's been] the coldest morning since 1911, so it's quite a record there," she said.

Clermont in central Queensland had record-low temperatures on Friday, but broke records again on Saturday morning with the temperature dropping down to -4.5C.



Blackall recorded lows of -2.0C, Roma saw temperatures of -6.6C, and Oakey was down to -6.1C.

Further south in the state, Kingaroy reached -5.7C, Dalby dropped to -5.0C, Applethorpe was -5.4C, and Warwick recorded -5.9C.

Ms Berry said dry and clear conditions, as well as light winds, have caused temperatures to plummet but said mornings should start to warm up next week.



"I would keep the doonas at the ready in the morning," she said.

"I don't think we'll see temperatures drop as much as we saw [on Saturday] morning but we will see temperatures well and truly below their July averages.

"But then we'll actually see a change in air mass and with that increasing cloud we'll see those minimum temperatures on the rise."

In New South Wales, Glen Innes has recorded temperatures of -11.3C, while Thredbo recorded a low of -4.1C.

Victoria's Mount Baw Baw saw temperatures drop to -3.6C.


- ABC

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Frost at my place this morning on the grass and car, one of the coldest morning I have experience in my time in Sydney.

-11.3c is Glen Innes is the coldest of this cold snap 

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