What's the temperature where you are???

[Nym]

6.16p.m. windy and very fresh 27.8 / 48.2kph W. 15.5C / 60.1F

 

[5Australorpasaures]

46 F @ 4 AM has now dropped to 44. Like F Sinatra said in those Iced Tea commercials from yrs back, BRISK BABY, BRISK! Especially taking pup out in a T shirt.

 

[muddy75]

56 and fair with high of 82

 

[sourland]

65F with a high of 78 predicted

 

[thecatumbrella]

63F, high of 74F. It's a good day.

 

[Nomadicus]

85° and sunny

 

[Ponypoor]

Miserable day today, rained all day, very damp and didn’t get above 16C (61F). Very unseasonably chilly. Figures, it was unseasonably hot past 6 weeks and now it’s back to rain and cool damp weather.

The sun finally came out, paddocks are greening up with the rain.

 

[007Sean]

Thursday: 5:22pm, 101°F, heat index 105°F, humidity 31%, dew point 64°F, wind SE @ 5mph, sunny, partly cloudy and

 

[Nym]

Friday 29th of August 9.23a.m. Sunny,cold and windy. 38.9 / 46.3kph WNW, Hg 41%, 15.9C / 61.7F feels like 8.3C / 46.9F. Shower or two. Becoming windy. Marine, waind, sheep graziers, damaging wind alerts still up.

Moon is 34%

Snow within 35km of five Australian capitals as Antarctic blast arrives​

3 hours ago​

By ABC meteorologist Tom Saunders​

Mount Hotham was already under a blanket of fresh snow on Thursday, with another 24 hours of heavy snow still to come. (Supplied: Mount Hotham Resort)

An intense polar outbreak will bring one of the most widespread snow events in years to south-east Australia during the next 24 hours.

With air arriving directly from Antarctica, the system could even bring flakes within 35 kilometres of five capital cities.

While snow is a welcome novelty in many areas, the winter storm will also generate gale-force winds and the potential for damage and power outages in multiple states.

When and where snow will fall​

What separates this event from a regular winter storm is the air mass surging north towards Australia that originated along the Antarctic coastline, as opposed to the Southern Ocean.

The coldest air will cross South Australia on Friday evening, and could bring snow above an elevation of 800 metres on the Southern Flinders Ranges, and above 700m on the higher Mount Lofty Ranges.

The polar air will then sweep across eastern states overnight, dropping the snow level to around 600m in Victoria, 700m in NSW, and 300m in Tasmania.

With such a low snow level, flakes are likely on the doorstep of Canberra, Hobart, Melbourne, Sydney and possibly Adelaide.

Here is a city-by-city breakdown of the closest likely snowfall to our capitals:

Adelaide — slight risk tonight on the higher Mount Lofty Ranges, 11km from the CBD.

Melbourne — Mount Macedon overnight and early Saturday, 35km from north-west suburbs.

Hobart — higher suburbs early Saturday on the slopes of kunanyi/Mount Wellington.

Canberra — numerous hills early Saturday within the city.

Sydney — Blue Mountains early Saturday, 30km from outer western suburbs.

Snow to blanket the Great Dividing Range​

Along with the snowfalls near our capitals, dozens of regional towns and cities could also wake to a blanket of white on Saturday morning.

In NSW, this includes Orange, Lithgow, Oberon, the Monaro towns, and possibly even around Bowral and Goulburn, plus the northern towns of Guyra and Walcha.

Risk of power outages from fierce gales​

Along with snow, the cold outbreak will also bring fierce winds, which will down trees and possibly lead to power outages in multiple regions.

Fronts midweek have already generated gusts to around 100 kilometres per hour in eastern NSW, however a deep low pressure system associated with the upcoming winter storm will broaden the threat.
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Bowral (Southern Highlands) usually gets some serious frost, which helps with the local Tulip festival in October. I have childhood photos of me dressed in a cape, hat and gloves at the tulip festival.

Goulburn, about 1.40hr drive from me and is merino country.

The Big Merino is the place to buy winter woolies, have coffee, get maps .. do paper maps still exist .. I bet they do in Goulburn!

 

[chrissynemetz]

71°F mostly cloudy and calm
11:08 p.m.