Widespread severe frost forecast for weekend as Australia shivers through winter
THE cold snap is showing no signs of letting up with a high pressure system bringing little relief from winter’s icy grip
JUNE 22, 2018-4:23PM
SEVERE frost and temperatures plunging south of -5C, it’s going to be a cold weekend across much of the country.
A high pressure system brooding across the continent will bring clear skies for many places. In deep winter, that lack of cloud cover means one thing — cold nights.
Sky News Weather’s Tom Saunders said that as the sun sets, Australia will “lose heat rapidly” with Sydney and Canberra particularly chilly on the weekend.
Melbourne, Adelaide and much of Tasmania could see showers on Saturday and Sunday. A major “rain event” is headed for Queensland and New South Wales next week.
Early on Friday morning, Adelaide and Canberra shivered through their coldest mornings of the year so far. Elizabeth, in the South Australian capital’s northern suburbs, drifted down to 2.1C just before 8am; Nuriootpa, in the Barossa, bottomed out at -1.2C at 7am. Canberra struck an icy -5.1C on Friday morning.
One weather map graphically illustrates how that chilly weather is only set to continue. Bathed in purple, the map shows the march of frost across the south east this weekend — much of it severe.
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