What's the temperature where you are???

[EmmaDonovan]

I didn't know Australia had an alpine region!

The Australian Alps are a mountain range in southeast Australia. The range comprises an interim Australian bioregion and is the highest mountain range in Australia. The range straddles the borders of eastern Victoria, southeastern New South Wales, and the Australian Capital Territory. It contains Australia's only peaks exceeding 2,000 m (6,600 ft) in elevation, and is the only bioregion on the Australian mainland in which deep snow falls annually. The range comprises an area of 1,232,981 ha (3,046,760 acres).

The Australian Alps are part of the Great Dividing Range, the series of mountain and hill ranges and tablelands that runs about 3,000 km (1,900 mi) from northern Queensland, through New South Wales, and into the northern part of Victoria. This chain of highlands divides the drainage of the rivers that flow to the east into the Pacific Ocean from those that flow west into the drainage of the Murray–Darling Basin (and thence to the Southern Ocean) or into inland waters, such as Lake Eyre, which lie below sea level, or else evaporate rapidly.

The Australian Alps consist of two biogeographic sub regions: the Snowy Mountains, including the Brindabella Range, located in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory; and the Victorian Alps, located in Victoria. The latter region is also known as the "High Country", particularly within a cultural or historical context.

Three million acres! How beautiful...

 

[kikiruru]

The temp is dropping 6p 54f54 I’m chilly now what am I going to feel like at 31F in the morning

 

[Jenbirdee]

Black out here - dozens of trees down, blocking roads and falling on powerlines and exploding transformer fires in my county. Quite windy.

 

[kikiruru]

Monday 17th of February 8.03a.m. Sunny, clear and cold. Moderate 20.4 / 29.5kph SW Hg 58%, 12C / 53.6F at my location, 17.3C / 64F top of 22C / 72F. Mostly sunny.

Moon is 79%

Coldest February night on record in parts of Victoria with summer snow in the Alps​

20 hours ago​

Philippe Perez and Kellie Lazzaro​

Melbourne has shivered through its coldest February night on record on Saturday as summer snow flurries fell in the Victorian Alps.

The temperature in the city dipped to 9.9 degrees Celsius (49.82F) on Saturday, breaking the previous February record of 10C on February 15, 2017.

At Mount Baw Baw, a 26-year record was smashed when the overnight temperature plummeted to minus 1.4C (29.48F), breaking the previous record of -1C on February 8, 1999.

Bureau of Meteorology senior forecaster Keris Arndt said the cold front that moved into Victoria on Friday was dragging very cold air from the Southern Ocean over the state.

"Victoria's experienced a bit of a temperature whiplash at the moment going from a heat wave to cold," he said.

The Hunters Hill weather station, 90 kilometres east of Albury-Wodonga, also recorded its coldest February morning on record, reaching 2C / 35.6F overnight Saturday.

Mr Ardnt said the cold conditions would persist until Thursday, but temperatures into the 30s / 86+F would return by the weekend.

"By the end of the week on Friday and Saturday, we're back to much hotter conditions … so quite a roller coaster."

Summer snow​

Snow flurries were recorded at Mount Buller where hundreds of people compete in the Oscars Hut to Hut trail running event today.

The 100-kilometre loop course takes in 10 climbs and eight huts, starting and finishing at Mount Buller Village, to raise funds for children with autism.

Race organiser Chris Ord said it was the first time snow had fallen during the event's nine-year history.

"What we saw up at Mount Buller was absolutely stunning and a first for me in summer anyway," Mr Ord said.

"All our marking signs to get people around the course were all whited out.

"During our event, we've had cold [conditions], we've had very wet, we've had it very hot, and we've had fires shut down our 100-kilometre course as well in the past, so today was all very interesting."

Adrian Copeland, who was visiting the area, says he woke up to snow on his swag at Mt Buller on Sunday morning.

In Victoria's other main alpine resorts, the temperature fell to -3.3C / 31.46F overnight at Falls Creek, and at Mount Hotham, the overnight minimum was -3.7C.

"The temperatures at Falls Creek and Mount Hotham … are amongst the coldest conditions we have seen in February for these sites," Mr Ardnt said.

Mount Buller marketing manager David Clark urged summer visitors heading to Victoria’s high country to be ready for any unseasonal conditions.

ABC

Snow in the summer ? ! ? !
I have never even thought about that
I don’t know if any of the USA mountain ranges have snow in the summer

 

[Ponypoor]

I didn't know Australia had an alpine region!



Three million acres! How beautiful...

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The was a movie called ‘The man from snowy River’ back in the 80s I think it was. That was when I saw Australia got snow.

 

[Ponypoor]

Dug out the walk way from house to laneway, the path up the manure pile, the generator, my StarLink dish (it was practically buried!), and the propane tank. Pooped now.

That propane tank is 4’ high, and that is how much snow was on top of it. The orange cap covers the fill valve for the tank.

Still need to clean off the trucks and the gazebo roof and sheds.

This one is parked under that huge spruce so didn’t get the full snow load

Did I mention I hate snow? Spain is looking real good right now!

 

[Jslig352]

Today it got really cloudy and rainy but before it started raining tons of hawks started flying in the opposite direction of the storm. It was wild to see. (The picture of the hawks is from my snap chat)

 

[Nym]

I didn't know Australia had an alpine region!



Three million acres! How beautiful...

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I'll grab a few shots when I walk the dogs later

 

[Nym]

 

[Island Coppers]

Overcast
37°F
3°C
Humidity 93% !