IDN10103 Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology ACT SNOWY MOUNTAINS REGION FORECAST Covering Southern Tablelands and Southwest Slopes above 1200 metres Issued at 4:30pm on Thursday the 15th of July 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 Snow showers will clear as a high to the west develops and crosses the region late in the week. The following cold front will bring further snow showers as it crosses the region this weekend. Forecast for the remainder of Thursday Isolated snow showers above 1400 metres clearing overnight. Partly cloudy with moderate to fresh southwest winds. chance of snow 1500 m 1900 m Night (6 pm/6 am) 10 % 30 % Forecast for Friday Fine and mostly sunny with light to moderate southwest winds. UV Alert: Nil , UV Index predicted to reach 2 [Low] Thredbo Top Station Fine and sunny. Min: -6 Max: 0 Perisher Valley Fine and sunny. Min: -7 Max: 3 Cabramurra Fine and sunny. Min: -3 Max: 4 chance of snow 1500 m 1900 m Day (6 am/6 pm) 1 % 2 % Night (6 pm/6 am) 1 % 2 % Forecast for Saturday Fine and sunny with variable winds. Thredbo Top Station Sunny. Min: -7 Max: 1 Forecast for Sunday Fine until scattered snow showers develop above 1300 metres late in the day. Becoming cloudy with strengthening northwest winds. Thredbo Top Station Late snow showers, windy. Min: -6 Max: -1 Forecast for Monday Scattered snow showers. Mostly cloudy with fresh westerly winds. Thredbo Top Station Snow showers. Min: -3 Max: -2 Snow Depth Observations Depth (cm) Spencers Creek (1830 m - out from Charlotte Pass) 44.9 cm Deep Creek (1620 m - SW of Cabramurra)) 38.7 cm Three Mile Dam (1460 m SW of Kiandra) 24.0 cm Source: Snowy Hydro, updated weekly, Last updated: 15 July 2010 Quantitative rainfall Cabramurra Perisher Valley Tonight (3 pm/9 am) 0 0 Friday (24 h from 9 am) 0 0 Saturday (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 5:30 am EST Friday Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2010, Bureau of Meteorology (ABN 92 637 533 532) Please note the Copyright Notice (http://www.bom.gov.au/other/copyright.shtml) and Disclaimer (http://www.bom.gov.au/other/disclaimer.shtml) statements relating to the use of the information on this site and our site Privacy (http://www.bom.gov.au/other/privacy.shtml) and Accessibility (http://www.bom.gov.au/other/accessibility.shtml) statements. Users of these web pages are deemed to have read and accepted the conditions described in the Copyright, Disclaimer, and Privacy statements. Please also note the Acknowledgement (http://www.bom.gov.au/other/copyright.shtml#acknowledgements) notice relating to the use of information on this site. No unsolicited commercial email.
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