“Stunning Blizzard hits Australian Ski Resorts a MONTH early,” reports the Daily Mail, which, although true, negates to mention that it also snowed an entire month ago …!
Back on April 11, substantial snowfall set in over Tasmania’s Cradle Mountain, down to 600 meters (1,970 feet):
Also on April 11, snow accumulated below 900 metres (2,950 feet) across the state of Victoria, with regions like Mt Buller and Mt Baw Baw reporting mid-April totals of 22cm (9 inches), with the snow still falling:
... on May 12, another frigid system has delivered inches upon inches of global warming goodness to the higher elevations of Tasmania, Victoria, and New South Wales (NSW).
The resorts of Thredbo and Perisher, for example, are reporting 4 inches of powder, totals that are considered rare for the time of year, and which were reportedly even higher at the top of the runs.
And while these mid-May flurries will have likely melted before the traditional June ski season begins, they are an indication that it may be starting earlier this year, continues the Mail.
An Antarctic front has been responsible, one driven north by a weak and wavy meridional jet stream flow.
Starting Monday, May 10, polar cold crept into Australia’s far south east, and by early Wednesday much of NSW and Victoria found themselves engulfed.
Temperatures fell close to freezing for many, and dipped well-below in some exposed spots.
... In 2019, Canberra shivered through its coldest May day in 20 years: on May 28, the Aussie capital registered a maximum temperature of just 9.1C, the lowest May max since 2000 ... "
... In recent years, Australia’s climate has been changing — for the cooler and wetter.
Early-season snows have become far more common: With the accumulations often record-breaking, and not just confined to the mountains ... "
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Sunday, May 16, 2021
Australia: Early Season Blizzards !
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