Bring on spring snow

WEATHER watchers are tipping the “biggest snowfall of the year” to blanket Tasmania this weekend, with one enthusiast even saying it could fall to sea level.

The Bureau of Meteorology’s Glen Perrin said official modelling showed snow was predicted to fall to 200m overnight Friday and into the early part of Saturday morning.

“The coldest air comes over later on Friday afternoon and into the early hours Saturday morning,” the meteorologist said.

WEATHER watchers are tipping the “biggest snowfall of the year” to blanket Tasmania this weekend, with one even saying it could fall to sea level.

Weather page Tasmanian Weather Watch posted forecast maps of the expected coverage, saying “biggest snowfall of the year is forecast to reach Tasmania overnight Friday into Saturday with low level snow statewide”. “I’m not ruling out snow to sea level for southern Tasmania but I’m holding back to let models chop and change over the coming days,” the page posted.

“But it’s almost locked in this will be a major snow event for Tasmania!”

The Bureau of Meteorology’s Glen Perrin said official models showed snow was predicted to fall to 200m overnight Friday and into the early part of Saturday morning.

“The coldest air comes over later on Friday afternoon and into the early hours Saturday morning,” Mr Perrin said.

“It will be low enough that you’ll see snow to lowish levels across most parts of the state, particularly the southern half and Central Plateau areas.”

He said while snow through spring was not unusual, snow “to this low level is” for this time of year.

Snow is likely to stick around into Sunday, too — though not to the lower levels as we will see overnight Friday. Hobart’s Saturday forecast is 11C.