Snow at Mount Lofty

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Snow at Mount Lofty

Postby Overlandman » Tue 05 Jul, 2016 12:48 am

Loved the snowman

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-04/s ... er/7568502

A light dusting of snow has fallen on Mount Lofty as temperatures plunged in a cold snap that hit Adelaide.

The Bureau of Meteorology said the temperature dropped to 0.6 degrees Celsius at the summit, which was just cold enough for sleety, patchy snow to fall and, in at least one case, make a small snowman.

The bureau said temperatures had since risen a couple of degrees, making further snow on Mount Lofty unlikely.

Senior forecaster Simon Timcke said it was "short-lived" and "patchy".

"It didn't last for long on the ground," he said.

But the bureau said further snow falls were possible over the higher peaks in the Mid North and southern Flinders Ranges.

It comes after Adelaide shivered through its coldest day of the year so far, as the city and other parts of the state are hit by wild weather.

The mercury in Adelaide only climbed to 11.5 degrees Celsius - the chilliest top temperature since August.

Senior meteorologist Brett Gage said there would be "frequent showers" throughout the night, with falls of up to 50 millimetres in parts of the Fleurieu Peninsula.

Gale-force winds expected along coasts

A severe weather warning for damaging winds is also current for parts of the state, with gale-force winds and gusts of up to 95 kilometres per hour expected.

The weather bureau said locations which could be affected included the Coorong, Goolwa, Victor Harbor, Cape Jervis and Adelaide's coastal suburbs.

"The worst of the winds in Adelaide will start around midnight and continue through to around dawn," Mr Gage said.


"Right along the coasts of Adelaide, the Mid North, the coasts of the Fleurieu Peninsula and also the south coast of Kangaroo Island and the upper South East coast - they're all at risk of getting gale-force winds."

Duty officer Aaron Blasch said the State Emergency Service had so far had 51 callouts.

"The majority of those are for flooding salvage jobs which would be water approaching houses and water entering through roofs and gutters," he said.

"We've got crews from nine of our volunteer units out on the road at the moment."

The bureau said small hail was possible in parts of the state, with showers possibly

mid north, southern flinders

A road weather alert and a warning to sheep graziers were also issued by the weather bureau.

Mr Gage said some locations had already received more than 20 millimetres of rain.

He said a trough of low pressure had moved across the west and far south of the state.

"There's an upper cold pool moving up from the south as well and that's helping develop a low near the upper south east coast overnight," he said.

"That low pressure system will deepen and then move north-eastwards into New South Wales during tomorrow.
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