A Opportunistic Pattern Shift May Deliver Early Season Snow
Despite unfavourable drivers, a transient cold outbreak may deliver opening-season snowfall to the Australian Alps.
Defying the broader climate drivers and general seasonal outlook, a broad upper-level cool anomaly is set to push through southern Australia, marking a temporary end to the persistent ridging pattern over the next fortnight. Inline with the post last week the system is expected to deliver season-starting snowfall, arriving around the turn of the month.
Model guidance has struggled in recent days, with competing weather models at times losing coherence on the event. However, recent runs have shown growing confidence in the well-timed system.
