Observations 24-27th July VIC/NSW Resort Obs
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It's going to be interesting how much heat from the day escapes before the wet stuff arrives. Building from the north and a couple of degrees at 1900m.
Going off temps that should be snow above 1800m IMODanger Will Robinson
Heading SSE
Nice rain in Jindy North Shore, not going anywhere near a ski hill today.
It’s wet snow and falling steady. GAP filler IMO. Waiting for higher elevations to open. Skiing off the groomers hard going at low elevations. Low vis. Light breeze.
Charlotte Pass has been winterty mix. Temp needs to drop.
@ around 2000 ASL there’s 5 - 6 cents - at least at 10:00 am there was. Less down lower. Gaps were being filled so that was good.
Skied ok (not great) down to about the mid point on Eyre but from there it was the heaviest “snow” I’ve encountered in a very long time. Heavily saturated and plain hard going, even though it’s not particularly deep.
Will be fun when it eventually freezes
It was toasty at Buller today, the slowest snow I've skied all season. So warm. And when we got back down to base near the entry gates the kids were playing outside in t-shirts and shorts. Currently showing 15 degrees on my outside thermometer but guessing it was even warmer earlier.
Amazing that there are flakes on the other side of the border!
arning to Sheep Graziers
for the Illawarra, South Coast, Central Tablelands, Southern Tablelands and Snowy Mountains forecast districts
Issued at 2:26 pm EST on Sunday 26 July 2020.
Sheep graziers are warned that cold temperatures, rain and showers and southerly winds are expected during Monday. Areas likely to be affected include parts of the Illawarra, South Coast, Central Tablelands, Southern Tablelands and Snowy Mountains forecast districts. There is a risk of losses of lambs and sheep exposed to these conditions.
I observe that I got wet and cold today skiing perisher this afternoon.
It’s trying to snow here in Smiggs. It’s a wintry mix hitting the glass.
Come on everyone, prey your assess off.
Blue Cow showing some heavy falls. And the radar showing lots more to come. Problem is the temperature. But it is dropping. Just the Cold Pool is headed north.
Colder air is to the Sou east of the alps. Not to the north. Its should push up this arvo as the low moves south..Blue Cow showing some heavy falls. And the radar showing lots more to come. Problem is the temperature. But it is dropping. Just the Cold Pool is headed north.
"colder" is relative though..
There also lies some stable cooler air to the west of tassie and up towards Mildura.
I don't want to get into predictions. But the cold pool is predicted to push north. So my concern is the snow turning to rain again later.
Edit: Actually. Just took another look. Some colder air coming in behind as well.
Sorry for the prediction. But this is what I'm talking about.
This time tomorrow.
Yes, flakes outside my window at perisher.
Been like that since 11.15 am
Will wax and wane throughout today. Colder air (ish) this eve.
Wintery mix is the catch-phrase of the day for Thredbo & Peri.
The war on marginal conditions will not be won @ +1.5C.
And certainly not when the uppers are north of -20C
I observe very wet and wintery condtions at Island Bend (Kozi, 1430m). The good news is that it is about 1.0 degrees cooler than yesterday's wet and wintery mix! All will be forgiven if cold air arrives at 1700+m and the precipitation turns a wonderful white.
Here’s the current challenge regarding this event.
I was on Mt P for a few hours this morning. Wind was howling and really “deforming” the falling snow which was very, very wet. What fell was amalgamating where it fell as opposed to accumulation - per sey. The accumulation did not seem to match the quantity falling. Hopefully that changed as I left. The snow level had definitely lowered by 11:00 am.
If you took a stock (away from the groomers) it could readily be pushed into the snowpack, quite deeply, with minimal effort. Wet, soft and not easy skiing. Needs a refreeze.
I also observed quite a net loss over the past 24 hours. That’s concerning from the perspective of how the resort can manage numbers etc.
Hopefully there’s more accumulation over the next 24 hours.
All things considered I’m sitting here at Smiggs, and as long as it Doesn’t get any worse *some* of it will start to settle.
It’s not great, but damn it could’ve been a lot worse IMO
I see white flakes(settled) on the Perisher Gauge...that's a good sign ish
Accumulations of ~3cm at 1750m tonight @ Perisher. Somewhat a silver-lining for now.
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