Snow in January

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walkinTas
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Snow in January

Mon 09 Jan, 2012 4:04 pm

It does happen! The weather man is predicting snow down to 1000m across Tassie (Central Highlands) on Wednesday.

BOM Wednesday 11 January: Cloudy. Scattered showers until evening, falling as snow above 1000 metres.
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Re: Snow in January

Mon 09 Jan, 2012 4:08 pm

walkinTas wrote:It does happen! The weather man is predicting snow down to 1000m across Tassie (Central Highlands) on Wednesday.

BOM Wednesday 11 January: Cloudy. Scattered showers until evening, falling as snow above 1000 metres.

As long as it's gone by Thursday so I can drive home!!! :shock:
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Re: Snow in January

Mon 09 Jan, 2012 4:09 pm

Happens almost every year. No surprises here. :D
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Re: Snow in January

Mon 09 Jan, 2012 5:29 pm

Yeah I noticed that too. I did get a little snow walking up Arm River Track in early December, it was nice.

I'm tempted to go for a walk on Wednesday now. :-)
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Re: Snow in January

Mon 09 Jan, 2012 5:30 pm

I walked in a decent snow cover on Mt KW1 last January, and then again on the Eastern Arthurs in February. Snow in summer is indeed quite common.
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