'Really healthy': Welcoming snow upwards of 30cm for Australian ski fields aligns in time for school holiday goers

Sky News AU

5 days ago

Weekend conditions for Australian ski fields are forecast to be powdery and dry, bringing welcome news to families heading to the snow these school holidays.
A dumping of dry and powdery snow has hit the Australian alps just in time for the weekend.
Sky News Weather Presenter James Preston said alpine resorts received a good dusting leading into Friday.
'Just under 30cm, a good dusting for many of our alpine resorts,' Preston said.
'Throughout the day blizzard conditions, very strong conditions for those elevated terrains and of course the snow continuing to fall.
'A really healthy dumping in the past 24 to 48 hours.
'Now it does quiet down a fair bit into Friday though, you can see here very little on the cards.'
Conditions across ski resorts have been the best in years, aligning perfectly for the school holidays.
'Super excited. Honestly, it's one of the best starts we have had in the last few years and it's only going to keep coming,' Hotham Marketing Coordinator Alex Pankiw said.
In Victoria, Mt Hotham received 21cm on Thursday, Mt Buller recorded 17cm and Falls Creek had 22cm.
In New South Wales, Perisher received 24cm of snowfall with temperatures dipping to -2.4C and Thredbo recorded 17cm.
Preston said most snowfall on Friday will primarily be in Tasmania.
'Elevated regions up in Tassie looking quite nice, they will get a decent little dumping across Friday itself,' he said.
'No where near as much in Victoria and into NSW.' National forecast for Friday
Sydney is looking at a sunny day with highs of 19C with 25 to 45km/h westerly winds floating about.
Showers are lingering for the south-east of the country with Melbourne and Adelaide both sitting at 16C.
Hobart can expect a cool 12C with a chance of light showers.
Cloudy for Canberra with a cool 11C on the cards.
A late cold front is forecast to converge through Perth with significant rainfall expected on Saturday. Western Australia's capital is forecast to hit 20C.
Brisbane will be clear at 21C, and Darwin is forecast for a warm 31C.