Get set for coldest day of the year as mercury drops, snow flurries loom on Granite Belt
Even though Queensland is slowly creeping back towards summer, parts of the state could this week record their coldest day of the year so far, the Bureau of Meteorology says.
Even though Queensland is slowly creeping back towards summer, parts of the state could this week record their coldest day of the year so far.
Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) forecaster Shane Kennedy said below-average temperatures were forecast for the majority of the week in Queensland from south of Townsville to the border.
ā[We have] cool and dry areas extending across the state this week in the wake of a trough that pushed offshore early Monday morning,ā he said.
āMaximum temperatures will be going two to three degrees [Celsius] below average and those minimum temperatures in particular will be cold, a good three to five degrees below average at least.
ā[Weāre] not expecting any records to fall this week, but some locations could see their coldest day of the year so far.ā
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Minimum temperatures are likely to plunge below 10C, while the mercury in much of the southern interior will likely drop below 5C, with Wednesday and Thursday likely the coldest mornings.
āThe coldest part of the state is expected to be the southern Darling Downs, where the temperature is expected to get close to or below zero in the middle of the week,ā he said.
āThere is a chance of some sleet or some light snow flurries just around the southern Granite Belt ā¦ as a little bit of moisture pushes in from New South Wales.
āEven though it is expected to be even colder on Wednesday and Thursday mornings, itās likely to be too dry to see much of a chance of snow.ā
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Hope for snow flurries
Southern Downs Regional Council Mayor Vic Pennisi said he would be eager to see the prediction of snow flurries come good.
āItād be great to see a bit of snow ā itād certainly lift the spirits of people, snow always has that tendency,ā he said.
āWith snow comes interest in the region ā¦ a lot of people come up to witness it all ā hopefully the predictionās right.ā
Stanthorpe resident Max Hunter said if snow settled on the ground tomorrow, it would be the first time since 2015.
āBeing 900 to 1000 metres above sea level I think weāve got to expect something and I think youād probably find some up the back of Stanthorpe, around Eukey,ā he said.āWe in Stanthorpe just take it as expected winter-type weather and if it does snow, itās a bonus for those who like to visit.ā
ā ABC / Tim Swanston
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