Skiers and snowboarders rejoice as Gore Effect hits Australia!
August 21, 2012
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Al Gore praises inspirational Australia
Canberra Times
August 21, 2012
…Labelling Australia one of the “canaries in the coalmine” for the effects of global warming, Mr Gore told a breakfast launch in Canberra of a new Climate Commission report there was much cause for optimism about global efforts to solve the problem…
Snowy businesses gear up for bumper week
Weatherzone
August 20, 2012
Business operators in the New South Wales Snowy Mountains are gearing up for the biggest week of the season after the best snowfalls in nearly 10 years…
Snow flurries as state hit by cold blast
News.com.au
August 18, 2012
SKIERS and snowboarders were last night rejoicing – Thredbo reported more than 60cm of new snow since Thursday afternoon.
Snow flurries were also recorded across much of inland NSW, including Canberra, Katoomba and Oberon as the cold front moved north.
The Great Western Highway between Bathurst and Mount Lambie was closed in both directions earlier this morning due to alpine conditions.
Strong winds also battered Sydney yesterday as another cold front rolled across the state, sending temperatures plunging, cutting power supplies and bringing down trees…
Wintry weather coldest on record
October 4, 2009
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Wintry weather coldest on record
http://www.weatherzone.com.au
October 3, 2009
Whilst northern New South Wales sweated under the heat of a 30 degree
plus day, a large chunk of southern NSW shivered under the coldest day in months; for some the coldest October day on record.
NSW has earliest snow since 1996
April 26, 2009
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NSW has first snowfall of the 2009 season
http://www.smh.com.au
April 26, 2009
NSW has experienced its first snow of the year, with five centimetres falling in the state’s Snowy Mountains the earliest fall in more than a decade.
Perisher reportedly had five centimetres of fresh snow, with the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) saying similar falls were recorded at Charlotte Pass.
Australia: Coldest March night in 31 years
March 6, 2009
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Freezing temperatures for the southeast
http://www.weatherzone.com.au
March 6, 2009
Temperatures in parts of New South Wales and Victoria have plummeted in the last few days, a stark reminder that we are albeit, just into Autumn.
Overnight minimums have been particularly low, with places such as Orange in NSW creeping to 1 degree last night. Even Sydney only managed 14 degrees, with nearby Liverpool not even making 10. However, it was the around the ranges of southern NSW and eastern VIC that the cold has bitten hardest. Perisher, NSW recorded a low of -7 degrees, that’s 10 below average and their coldest March night in at least 31 years.
Gale force winds and snow hit New South Wales central-west
November 26, 2008
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Gale force winds and snow hit New South Wales central-west
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au
November 23, 2008
GALE force winds and snow in the NSW central-west are keeping State Emergency Service (SES) volunteers busy, just a week from the start of summer.
Freak weather sent us reeling back to Winter
November 25, 2008
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Freak weather sent us reeling back to Winter
http://www.lithgowmercury.com.au
25 Nov, 2008
We know that Summer, at least according to the calendar, is only a week away.
But across the Tablelands and much of eastern NSW at the weekend it might as well have been mid Winter.
In fact there were very few occasions during the official Winter when the weather was as severe as during the freakish conditions at the weekend.