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Most widespread snow event in NSW since 2007

Rob Sharpe, Sunday July 12, 2015 - 13:40 AEST

After snow last night and this morning, another flurry of snowfalls is spreading north along the ranges.

Last night and this morning snow spread along the Great Dividing Ranges, falling in Orange, from Lithgow to Katoomba, in Armidale, Glen Innes and Guyra, among other locations.

This afternoon an upper cold pool is slowly edging north. It is causing snow to redevelop along the Blue Mountains and Northern Tablelands. In these areas snow should be heavier and across some areas that missed out this morning. By the time the snow is done tomorrow morning it may even stretch to Stanthorpe in Queensland.

In terms of snowfall, this event is likely to affect the largest region since 2007, possibly earlier. Orange will have one of the greatest snow depths, with 10-15 centimetres likely to be on the ground early Monday morning.

Last night the front we had all been waiting for crossed the NSW ranges, with two bands of thunderstorms. The arrival of the storms dropped the temperature considerably, with the mercury falling to about 1-4 degrees on the Central Tablelands, cold enough for thundersnow in a lot of areas.

Katoomba initially received some rain and hail, but as the temperature fell and the storm finished off there were reports of snow on the breeze and a little bit of settling amongst the hail.

In Victoria, the afternoon and evening storms didn't quite bring as much snow to low levels as in New South Wales. Mt Macedon was reported to have a brief flurry amongst the storm. Higher up though, Falls Creek saw about 4cm from the thunderstorms.

If you are lucky enough to see snow today, let us know about it on our facebook page or at forum.weatherzone.com.au

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