Snowfalls of the season.

2nd August 2010

What a weekend of weather and what a winner for the snow resorts, It’s been a long time coming but finally, blizzard conditions delivered close to a metre of snow in just a few days for NSW resorts. It was touch and go though, early last week the forecast was shaping up to be widespread heavy rain followed by about ten cm of snow.

This had evening presenter Ken Heatley bemoaning his awful luck as he had organised a week off to go skiing. The forecast rainfall looked like destroying all the man-made cover that has been the only real option this season. Forecasts can change on a daily basis however and the pendulum was swinging back in favour of more snow than rain. Ken was watching the forecasts keenly and by the time he left he was planning his drive through blizzard conditions carefully. Many people were caught unawares as roads and highways to the high country were cut off stranding countless skiers trying to get back home after the weekend. Ken was all smiles through his 8 hour drive/crawl to the slopes and hit the powder early Monday to enjoy the wind blown drifts and back country trails. He sent some great photo's through to the team, check it out. Any of you heading to the slopes in the next few days has picked the week of the season.

The snow was so extensive Magdalena Roze took a camera crew to Oberon in the Central Tablelands of NSW where she reported on the winter wonderland the Central Tablelands had become. It was great to see shots of the snow falling across the pine trees in the region, Mags said it felt like a magical European Christmas.

The snow should stay in tip-top shape as colder temperatures have moved in. More snow is expected through the middle of the week but the wilder winds and heavy rain shouldn’t accompany this cold front however The Weather Channel will still be keeping a close eye on flood potential through eastern Victoria due to saturated catchments.