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Up to 20cm of snow forecast for resorts this weekend
The ski resorts closest to Canberra could receive up to 20cm worth of snow this weekend.
The ski resorts closest to Canberra could receive up to 20cm worth of snow this weekend.
Storm chasers, rural Australians with an eye to the clouds can now access satellite images of lightning on the Bureau of Meteorology website.
Temperatures plunged to minus 8 on Sunday morning, but it's meant to warm up soon.
Temperatures plunged to minus 8.7 on Saturday morning, with more cold nights ahead.
Sydney's plummeting temperatures has only raised the spirits of the city's ice skaters.
Sydney residents are bracing for the coldest weekend in two years, with minimum temperatures set to plunge to single digits for the next four days.
Winter has finally arrived with Sydney residents expected to shiver through the coldest period of the year.
Winter's depths have been plumbed according to the clocks but the worst of the season's chill is almost certainly ahead.
Farmers and ski resort operators are watching synoptic charts with growing anxiety.
One NSW town has copped nearly 300 millimetres in three days - and it's not over yet.
Drivers are urged to be careful with a foggy start to the Queen's Birthday public holiday.
The rescue was the first as a result of this week's heavy rainfall, SES spokesman Phil Campbell says.
Sydneysiders will need to keep the brolly on hand for at least a week as the rain settles in, bringing the city's wettest stretch in months.
Sydney can expect breaks in the dreary weather but showers and bouts of heavier rain are likely to linger well through the long weekend.
Sydney is in for a soggy few days, with the possibility of heavy falls further up the coast over the long weekend.
An overnight drenching has dumped more than 50 millimetres of rain on Sydney's CBD.
Sydney's weather is likely to take a wild turn on Tuesday night, with heavy rainfall and strong gusts possible along coastal regions.
A complex low off the coast will bring strong gusts and the chance for localised heavy rain, meteorologists say.
Southern NSW is set for an "excellent" early opener to the ski season, with clear skies and light winds this weekend.
The first day of winter didn't disappoint: Canberra dipped to minus 4.2 degrees on Thursday morning.
Sydney has capped off a mostly mild autumn with a cold snap that made it feel like winter has landed a tad early.
Perisher will open one week ahead of the snow season after dumps of 20cm across the valley.
Sydney's mild autumn spell has given way to a blast of frost and sub-zero temperatures overnight.
Some chilly mornings ahead but otherwise the scene is set for a pleasant start to winter.
Sydney's unusually warm May looks set to continue with sunny dry conditions forecast for the rest of the week.
Friday was Canberra's wettest day of the year but forecasters are calling it a "one hit wonder".
A severe weather warning has been issued for the Perth Metropolitan area and the South West and Great Southern regions as a heavy storm front bears down.
"There's a thousand different long range forecasters out there and I don't believe any of them."
Sydney's sparkling mid-May conditions will make way later this week for the city's wettest spell in more than a month.
Canberra shivered through a freezing Monday morning but there was one silver lining.