Australian Forecast Thursday August 13th– Damp And Grey This Week, But Fresh Powder The Following Two Weeks

Mountainwatch | The Grasshopper

Valid Thursday 13^thAugust – Monday 17^thAugust

We’ve got a few grey, damp ol’ days ahead of us as a low-pressure system weakens to the west before redeveloping to the east. The bulk of the precipitation will fall during the afternoons as daytime heating will flare things up, but temps will start cooling from Saturday with snowlines hovering around the tops and gradually lowering to near 1500m during Monday.

Thursday 13^th

Mostly cloudy with patchy drizzle, turning to more widespread rain across Victoria this afternoon. NW winds.

Friday 14^th

Another cloudy, damp day with NW winds. It’ll mostly be patchy drizzle for NSW, and rain for Victoria.

Saturday 15^th

Super patchy light drizzle, turning to more widespread rain during the afternoon. A light S-SW breeze will kick in.

Sunday 16^th

Mostly cloudy with a spot of drizzle here and there, turning to showers in the afternoon. Snow about the tops, possibly lowering to mid-mountain. Southwesterly winds, swinging to the west.

Monday 17^th

The odd snow flurry, which may be wet at or below 1500m. Westerly winds.

Extended Outlook

We have potentially the best snowstorm of the season lined up here. This will take effect from Tuesday, with snowfalls ramping up on mid-upper slopes. Colder air will pile on from Wednesday, lowering snowlines to, or below base levels, with good snowfalls through into next Friday 21^stor even Saturday 22^nd.

We should then have a short break of a day or two before the next cold front comes through with another decent load of snow sometime between the 23^rd-26^th.

Yet another couple of snowstorms look likely at the end of the month and start of September. So things are looking up!

That’s all from me, get out there and enjoy.