Weather

The Bureau of Meteorology issues daily forecasts for the NSW and VIC alpine regions. Please find the latest full text BOM report for each region below.

- - - - NEW SOUTH WALES ALPINE REGION - - - -
IDN10103
Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
ACT

SNOWY MOUNTAINS REGION FORECAST
Covering Southern Tablelands and Southwest Slopes above 1200 metres
Issued at 5:30am on Friday the 12th of March 2010

Warning Summary at issue time:
Nil.

For the latest warning information please check the Bureau’s web site
www.bom.gov.au/weather/nsw
Current Weather Situation and Future Developments
Fine weather is expected to persist through the forecast period under the
influence of a strong high pressure system presently centred over the eastern
Bight and moving slowly east.

Forecast for Friday
Mostly sunny day with light to moderate easterly winds.
UV Alert:
Thredbo Top Station Mostly sunny. Max: 12
Perisher Valley Mostly sunny. Max: 14
Cabramurra Mostly sunny. Max: 16

chance of snow 1500 m 1900 m
Day (6 am/6 pm) 0 % 0 %
Night (6 pm/6 am) 0 % 0 %

Forecast for Saturday
Mostly sunny. Light to moderate easterly winds.
Thredbo Top Station Mostly sunny. Min: 1 Max: 13

chance of snow 1500 m 1900 m
Day (6 am/6 pm) 0 % 0 %
Night (6 pm/6 am) 0 % 0 %

Forecast for Sunday
Mostly sunny, easterly winds.
Thredbo Top Station Mostly sunny. Min: 2 Max: 14

Forecast for Monday
Sunny. Northeast winds.
Thredbo Top Station Sunny. Min: 3 Max: 13

Snow Depth Observations Depth (cm)
Spencers Creek (1830 m - out from Charlotte Pass)
Deep Creek (1620 m - SW of Cabramurra))
Three Mile Dam (1460 m SW of Kiandra)
Source: Snowy Hydro, updated weekly, Last updated: N/A
Quantitative rainfall Cabramurra Perisher Valley
Today (9 am/3 pm) 0 0
Tonight (3 pm/9 am) 0 0
Saturday (24 h from 9 am) 0 0
Sunday (24 h from 9 am) 0 0

Range 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Precipitation (mm) <1 1-5 6-10 11-20 21-40 41-80 >80
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EDT Friday

- - - - VICTORIAN ALPINE REGION - - - -
IDV17006
Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Victoria

Alpine Areas District Forecast
Issued at 5:40 am EDT on Friday 12 March 2010
for the period until midnight EDT Monday 15 March 2010.

Warning Summary at issue time
Nil.
Details of warnings are available on the Bureau’s website www.bom.gov.au, by
telephone 1300-659-217* or through some TV and radio broadcasts.

Weather Situation
A strong high pressure system will drift slowly eastwards across Tasmania today
and Saturday, then will be centred over the Tasman Sea on Sunday and Monday.

Forecast for the rest of Friday
Mostly sunny. Light winds. Temperatures around 16 during the day.

Mount Buller Mostly sunny. Max 13
Mount Hotham Mostly sunny. Max 12
Falls Creek Mostly sunny. Max 14

Fire Danger: Low to Moderate [0-11]
UV Alert from 10:10 am to 4:40 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 8 [Very High]

Forecast for Saturday
Sunny. Light winds. Overnight temperatures falling to around 5 with daytime
temperatures reaching around 16.

Mount Buller Sunny. Min 7 Max 13
Mount Hotham Sunny. Min 7 Max 11
Falls Creek Sunny. Min 7 Max 13

Forecast for Sunday
Mostly sunny. Light winds. Overnight temperatures falling to around 5 with
daytime temperatures reaching around 17.

Mount Buller Mostly sunny. Min 7 Max 14
Mount Hotham Mostly sunny. Min 7 Max 13
Falls Creek Mostly sunny. Min 7 Max 14

Forecast for Monday
Mostly sunny. Light winds. Overnight temperatures falling to around 7 with
daytime temperatures reaching around 18.

Mount Buller Mostly sunny. Min 6 Max 15
Mount Hotham Mostly sunny. Min 5 Max 14
Falls Creek Mostly sunny. Min 6 Max 15

The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:15 pm EDT Friday.

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