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A Bit of Snow on kunanyi/Mt Wellington
Posted: Thu 07 May, 2015 10:00 am
by whynotwalk
'Tis a chilly morning in beautiful Hobart. We Hobartians reckon that if it's cold, you may as well have something to show for it
When I left for work it was 1.5 degrees C, and the mountain was a picture ... so I snapped this.
cheers
Peter
Re: A Bit of Snow on kunanyi/Mt Wellington
Posted: Thu 07 May, 2015 10:34 am
by eggs
So - winter has started?
Re: A Bit of Snow on kunanyi/Mt Wellington
Posted: Thu 07 May, 2015 10:36 am
by whynotwalk
eggs wrote:So - winter has started?
Until next week
Re: A Bit of Snow on kunanyi/Mt Wellington
Posted: Thu 07 May, 2015 11:52 am
by north-north-west
eggs wrote:So - winter has started?
It started when it usually does - approximately mid-March.
Re: A Bit of Snow on kunanyi/Mt Wellington
Posted: Thu 07 May, 2015 12:24 pm
by Strider
Are you a native Taswegian NNW? This is very early in the year for snow.
Re: A Bit of Snow on kunanyi/Mt Wellington
Posted: Thu 07 May, 2015 12:32 pm
by north-north-west
No, I'm a native Tasmanian. Born, raised, learnt to drive and then buggered off to the Mainland for far too long.
Meh, I've had snow on New Year's on at least three separate trips. It's never 'early' for the white stuff down here.
Re: A Bit of Snow on kunanyi/Mt Wellington
Posted: Thu 07 May, 2015 12:39 pm
by Strider
Yeah of course it can happen any time of year, but the big dumps usually don't kick in until at least July.
Re: A Bit of Snow on kunanyi/Mt Wellington
Posted: Thu 07 May, 2015 6:10 pm
by devoswitch
Heaps of snow about today! My thermometer never went above 5 degrees today down the Huon. I went for a drive up Hartz Mtns and it was covered!
Re: A Bit of Snow on kunanyi/Mt Wellington
Posted: Thu 07 May, 2015 7:51 pm
by Tortoise
I vaguely remember May being the usual month for the first Big dump of snow. Can you find any info on that, icefest?
Or anybody else, for that matter.
Re: A Bit of Snow on kunanyi/Mt Wellington
Posted: Thu 07 May, 2015 8:12 pm
by Scottyk
Our climate and weather is so variable that it really isn't possible to say this month or that month for the first bug dump of snow.
May would get less snow fall on average than July but that doesn't mean much.
It really is bit a moot point.
Re: A Bit of Snow on kunanyi/Mt Wellington
Posted: Thu 07 May, 2015 8:49 pm
by Overlandman
This topic goes back to March 2012,
So hopefully as it gets added to,
Over the years it will provide a picture as to the first big dump for the year, etc.
Usually when Cradle & the Plateau get a good dump of snow so does Mt Wellington.
Regards Overlandman
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