“Megablizzard” forecast for eastern Australia JUNE 23, 2014 - “Best snowfalls in a decade.” Maybe the “storm of the century.” “IT’S here,” says news.au. “The megablizzard. Snowpocalypse now.” This baby is howling its way through the Australian Alps as you read this. Experienced weather watchers are calling it the storm of the century. They’re saying it could snow on and off, but mostly on, for the next 10 days. By early next week, we could be looking at virtually all lifts spinning at resorts on both sides of the Murray, with a metre (3 ft) or more of cover. Then there’s another front, and another after that, which looks like a doozy. Here’s what a user called “Snowblowa” said on the forums on leading snow industry website ski.au: “Seriously when was the last time we were looking at a potential 100cm (39 inches) event to kick off the season properly with potential mega follow up?!!!!!!! We gotta savour this, it’s gunna be awesome, we might be saying in five years “remember late June in 2014”. Monster snow dump for ski resorts Meanwhile, skynews.au is calling it a “Monster snow dump for ski resorts.” “Heavy snow is falling across the Australian Alps with at least a metre of fresh powder expected at the Thredbo and Perisher ski resorts by Sunday. “Victorian resorts are expecting at least 70cm, with destructive winds causing blizzard conditions overnight. “Rare snow may even coat the Dandenong ranges east of Melbourne on Tuesday morning with flakes to fall as low as 600m in Victoria and 800m in NSW. news.au/travel/travel-ideas/best-snowfalls-in-a-decade-forecast-for-eastern-australia-strap-yourselves-in-for-the-megablizzard/story-e6frfqdr-1226963855196 iceagenow.info/2014/06/megablizzard-forecast-eastern-australia/
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