Hmm a little bit surprised that the BOM haven't put out a SWW for damaging winds. EC has been quite consistent in progging wind gusts in excess of 100km/h developing from late this evening in Southern and Western parts in association with a cold front. Looking at the obs they support this very much with a gust of 107km/h being recorded at scotts peak at 8:30pm. Several other Western and Southern AWS's have recorded similar. Where is the warning guys? Looks like these conditions should stick around for the next 24-48hrs potentially deteriorating further from early Monday morning in association with a rapidly developing (deepening) low pressure system passing by to the south.

Mostly all of Tassy will be affected on Monday looking at the latest EC run. SWW for damaging winds should be out by now for southern and western areas as mentioned above then extended this morning to include basically all of Tas for the next vigorous coldfront/low pressure system. BOM are asleep on this one.

hey Scottie A.
There is certainly some 'weather' and wind coming your way, if I can gage anything. Even just looking at the sat pic, you can see some quick moving winds/system (?) to your west on your doorstep.

Hi Everyone,
Plenty of snow on Mt.Wellington this morning. Down to about 500 meters I reckon. Still rainy showers pushing through as I'm typing and can be seen falling as snow on the Mountain.
Also very windy last night , it's not unusual for the BOM to not put out wind/gale warnings. Have gone through many a day or night with the winds howling and the windows creaking and it's just classed as another day , after all we on an Island
Great to finally see some Winter at last. Was in Launceston earlier in the week and had some really cold nights around -1 to 1 . Drove back to Hobart on Friday and could see Ben Lomond in the distance with a fair amount of snow on the higher peaks.
Looks like it could be a warm start to next month again, but it seems like it's going to one of those years that keep going from Winter to Spring back to Summer and then back to Winter all within a two week period.
Cheers form The Bart.

Hi guys, duckweather I don't live in Tassy just monitoring the situation down there. BOM finally put out the SWW around lunch time today. This warning should have been out around 18hrs earlier. Kinda slack if you ask me.

Latest issue below

Severe Weather Warning
for damaging winds
for people in the North West Coast, King Island, Western, Central Plateau, Upper Derwent Valley, South East, Furneaux Islands, East Coast and North East forecast districts
Issued at 4:47 pm EST on Sunday 24 June 2012.
Weather Situation
A vigorous westerly flow will strengthen as a developing low pressure system and associated cold front approach Tasmania, before crossing the state overnight and early Monday.

Damaging westerly winds averaging 60 km/h with peak gusts around 100 km/h are forecast for King Island and parts of the North West Coast district. Wind gusts are forecast to reach 120km/h in the Western, Central Plateau, East Coast, North East, South East, Furneaux Islands and Upper Derwent Valley districts.

The State Emergency Service and Tasmania Police advise that people should:

Secure or put away loose items around your house, yard and balcony.
Keep clear of fallen power lines.
For emergency help in floods and storms, ring the SES on 132 500.

The next warning will be issued by 11:00 pm EST Sunday.

Ummm Scottie A, I should have read your location under your name silly me

G'day Snowies & Bart, thanks for the commentary, love hearing from the locals, especially since you two report from different areas of Tas.

Re the wind - it's very common down there to have heavy wind, it's in the path of the "Roaring 40's" after all. Where we on the north island would have stacks of warnings they treat ordinary ole gales as nothing special, now storm force though gets them more excited.

There were some nasty wind gusts recorded take a look at the cancellation

Cancellation of
Severe Weather Warning
for people in the North West Coast, King Island, Western, Central Plateau, Upper Derwent Valley, South East, Furneaux Islands, East Coast and North East forecast districts
Issued at 8:22 am EST on Monday 25 June 2012.
Weather Situation
A low pressure system has passed to the south of Tasmania and an associated cold front has crossed the state. Winds remain fresh to strong and gusty in places but have now eased below warning levels.

The severe weather warning for the Western, South East, Furneaux Islands and King Island forecast districts and parts of the Upper Derwent Valley, North West Coast, Central Plateau, East Coast and North East forecast districts has been cancelled, but the situation will continue to be monitored and further warnings will be issued if necessary.

In the last six hours, winds have gusted to 148 km/h at Maatsuyker Island, 146 km/h on Mt Wellington, 130 km/h at Scotts Peak, 115 km/h on Tasman Island, 111 km/h at Droughty Point, 104 km/h at Low Rocky Point, 83 km/h at Strahan and 76 km/h in Hobart.

The State Emergency Service and Tasmania Police advise that people should:

Keep clear of fallen power lines.
Don't drive, ride or walk through water flowing over roads and bridges and obey all road closure signs.
Keep clear of creeks and storm drains.
Beware of fallen trees or debris on the road.
For emergency help in floods and storms, ring the SES on 132 500.

A bit arctic last night, even on the coast, heavy frost at home, outdoor thermometer which is probably overexposed read -2 as the min last night and was reading 0 at 8am. Even at 8am the windows were re-freezing when putting water on them despite the windscreen wiper...

Typically it was raining by the time I reached waratah - where there was still frost on the ground.

-4.6 here this morning in Launceston. Bracing

Enjoy a good frost there lads.

Now, raining on top of frost is not something I've seen much before (if at all) there's an interesting weather combo.

A seriously cold and frosty night/morning in Hobart.
Currently 4.7 at 10am and i think it got down to 1.5 around 5.30am
The windchill made it feel more like -2 most of the night.
Alot of frost on my car and lawn this morning.
The water in the dogs bowl had turned to ice!

I remember living in Taroona, we would get the occasional morning where our steep street would be white and no one could walk or drive on that section of road. It was so shaded that the sun would not melt the ice all day. A rare event but dicey when it happened.

In Devonport currently, pretty average weather by my Qld standards lol

Only around for a few days and scoring the bad end of weather

Hi all , Well what a up and down week. Got to nearly 18 Degrees today in Lenah Valley. More like an October day. Frost and snow has has gone and those warm Northerlies are back They have been so consistent this year. Also getting pretty gusty now and looks like we may get some showers tonight. I read somewhere on this forum ( can't remember where ) that another member had the opinion that all the Highs and Warm Northerlies we are getting this year down South are because of the change/indication that next season will be from a La Nina to El Nino . Has anyone heard of this or have any thoughts. I'm keen to learn more.
Cheers for The Bart.

Heavy rain and full on storm in Ulverston tonight, be lucky if power doesn't get knocked out!

More good rain during night and some extremely strong wind gusts at time

Hey Pic Du Midi.

Have you been up high anywhere to try and get some proper cold weather See some snow falling? It would be easy to find some if you can gain elevation there.

You're in one of the wetter parts of the state there so no surprised it's damp. Good to see you experiencing good Tassie breezes.

How long are you there?

Was sleety and wet across the plateau on Friday arvo, got back to the Bronte Park turn off (from Queenstown) and had been just in front of the weather all day then turned straight into it on the cross over to Miena. Was ok in Launnie Friday arvo but rained most of Fri night and Sat morning - Ben had a decent cover that was peaking out from under the cloud on Sun.

Was a great cover on Rufus and Frenchmans cap, patchy snow along the side of the road up Arrowsmith and round Miena. Lady at Derwent bridge shop said they missed the snow the weekend before, just a sprinkling, but had a bit so far this year, best fall was 4 inches...in March... said she'd had 4 white christmas's in 12 years there and it's been a pretty warm 12 years. Goodness knows what Christmas was like 150 years ago.

On another note, charts seem to be building nicely toward a decent cold change in the next couple of weeks, i.e. a good low level snow event. Might be late next week as per the models but certainly in the week or two there after, long wave pattern lining up