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Queensland gets first snow in two years as NSW waits for new cold front to hit Queensland gets first snow in two years as eastern Australia braces for new front
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A new cold front is expected to hit eastern Australia on Tuesday bringing snow down to 500 metres in western Victoria and frosts on Wednesday morning in the cold, dry air behind the front. It will affect much of NSW by Thursday.Bureau of Meteorology senior forecaster Scott Williams said temperatures across Victoria were generally only 1C to 3C below average.“While we’re a little bit below the average, we’re having a fairly long run of days that are a little bit below average,” he said.On Monday, Queensland had its first snow in two years at Eukey, south of Stanthorpe, near the NSW border.The BoM says the light snow shower, around midnight on Monday, is likely to be the only snow in the Sunshine State, but frost will affect inland Queensland from the Granite Belt to the Atherton Tablelands again on Tuesday.Thangool, near Biloela in western Queensland had a low of -1.3C on Monday.A new cold front is expected to hit eastern Australia on Tuesday bringing snow down to 500 metres in western Victoria and frosts on Wednesday morning in the cold, dry air behind the front. It will affect much of NSW by Thursday.Bureau of Meteorology senior forecaster Scott Williams said temperatures across Victoria were generally only 1C to 3C below average.“While we’re a little bit below the average, we’re having a fairly long run of days that are a little bit below average,” he said.On Monday, Queensland had its first snow in two years at Eukey, south of Stanthorpe, near the NSW border.The BoM says the light snow shower, around midnight on Monday, is likely to be the only snow in the Sunshine State, but frost will affect inland Queensland from the Granite Belt to the Atherton Tablelands again on Tuesday.Thangool, near Biloela in western Queensland had a low of -1.3C on Monday.
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Snowfalls along the Great Dividing Range in NSW on Sunday had eased by Monday, but the New England Highway was closed for a time between Glen Innes and Bendemeer because of snowy conditions.Temperatures in the Central Tablelands, where some of the heaviest snow fell, did not get above 2C on Sunday and were as low as 5.7C, the maximum in Orange for Monday.NSW and Victorian alpine resorts are expecting up to 1m of snow by the weekend.Snowfalls along the Great Dividing Range in NSW on Sunday had eased by Monday, but the New England Highway was closed for a time between Glen Innes and Bendemeer because of snowy conditions.Temperatures in the Central Tablelands, where some of the heaviest snow fell, did not get above 2C on Sunday and were as low as 5.7C, the maximum in Orange for Monday.NSW and Victorian alpine resorts are expecting up to 1m of snow by the weekend.
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In Victoria, predicted heavy rain in East Gippsland failed to fall, although minor flood warnings are in force for the Snowy, Cann and Genoa rivers.Sunday was Melbourne’s wettest July day since 1990, with 28.4mm of rain in the city and falls of more than 20mm across the suburbs, with 100 calls to the State Emergency Service for help as the rain tumbled.Brisbane BOM forecaster Sam Campbell said the mercury will drop to just 4C in Brisbane on Wednesday. The river city’s lowest temperature on record is 2.2C.In Victoria, predicted heavy rain in East Gippsland failed to fall, although minor flood warnings are in force for the Snowy, Cann and Genoa rivers.Sunday was Melbourne’s wettest July day since 1990, with 28.4mm of rain in the city and falls of more than 20mm across the suburbs, with 100 calls to the State Emergency Service for help as the rain tumbled.Brisbane BOM forecaster Sam Campbell said the mercury will drop to just 4C in Brisbane on Wednesday. The river city’s lowest temperature on record is 2.2C.