After being tossed around by the models for a few days (particularly GFS) what looks like a burst of very cold weather and low level snow is finally showing up on the BOM 4 day charts:
Time will tell how much snow falls and where, but as it's only 4 days out, a new thread seems appropriate!
Updated MetEye has snow for us most of Tuesday and into Wednesday morning. Very unusual for MetEye to forecast low snow that far out - and for that duration.
The LWT is finally in the right position for us! Has been a while. Hoping we might get flurries at 328m. Snow in Kilmore used to be a regular winter occurrence. Never had snow at home before.
Latest EC and GFS look very good for low level snow, while CMC and UK have a near miss. Would like to see a bit more convergence. It is a really complex dual cyclogenesis situation so still not confident on details.
Adam38 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 31, 2020 9:36 pm
Only 15mm for July here and June only had 24mm so it’s been very dry so far this winter, I too had to water my native garden this morning...
Wow, that is grim. We’ve had about 215mm which is about 2mm above average. We got really lucky start of July with 50mm of showery swly flow. Some spot north of me scored nearly 100mm, so be running quite a bit above average.
GFS is first model to update, and is icy cold. 850Ts dropping to about -7C. That is comparable with the July 1986 event so cold enough for snow to sea level. Too far out to lock it in that cold, and would like to see all the models line up, but has some real potential. Shame most people will be unable to see it if it does fall properly in the usual cold spots
Yes the cold seems to have intensified if anything - BOM forecast for Central District snow level Tuesday has dropped from 500m to 400m.
Moisture will be the question here. Otways & Strezleckis look very good for a decent fall, although outlier systems like this one, I won't be betting on anything!
If GFS is to be believed, places east of western port bay have a chance of sea-level snow (including much of outskirt Melbourne). You just need to be awake in the early hours of Wed morning to see it, lol.
We'll probably see a good fall at the usual, lower lying spots, e.g. Daylesford, Balarat, Mt Macedon, Warburton, Dandenongs, etc.
Any upgrades from here would make things very interesting.
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Progs look to be holding. Coldest air has two shot. First early Tuesday comes through with a mainly westerly so will focus on the immediate coast, west facing parts of the Great Divide and South Gippsland. As Tuesday progresses a second surge of cold air comes through with more southerly, so showers will be a lot more extensive, continuing into Wednesday.
Snow lines drop well below 500m early Tuesday, rise middle of the day then drop again in the evening. Unfortunately the coldest air and moisture doesn’t quite match up. Early on Tuesday it looks to be cold enough for snow down to near sea level but will be mostly dry. When showers push in the levels will rise towards 500m, give or take.
It looks cold enough for snow in the Dandenongs from early Tuesday to about middle of Wednesday so quite a wide window. Should see some settling. Expecting lots of coldies through the second half of Tuesday with hail, thunder and graupel.
hillybilly wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2020 6:15 am
Progs look to be holding. Coldest air has two shot. First early Tuesday comes through with a mainly westerly so will focus on the immediate coast, west facing parts of the Great Divide and South Gippsland. As Tuesday progresses a second surge of cold air comes through with more southerly, so showers will be a lot more extensive, continuing into Wednesday.
Snow lines drop well below 500m early Tuesday, rise middle of the day then drop again in the evening. Unfortunately the coldest air and moisture doesn’t quite match up. Early on Tuesday it looks to be cold enough for snow down to near sea level but will be mostly dry. When showers push in the levels will rise towards 500m, give or take.
It looks cold enough for snow in the Dandenongs from early Tuesday to about middle of Wednesday so quite a wide window. Should see some settling. Expecting lots of coldies through the second half of Tuesday with hail, thunder and graupel.
Sounds a little on par with the August 2005 event. That had to be the most frustrating weather day ever for weather nerds. Almost guaranteed snow conditions for the CBD,yet a westerly flow kept them south.
Australis(Shell3155) wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2020 9:14 am
my post code notes..
Tuesday
max 5
min 2
t/storms 90% 1-5mm
got the wood stacked and camera charged
Might have to venture up the zig zag to 450m on Wednesday morning!