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Quick burst of snow Monday into Tuesday then dry and good for snowmaking. Some wet weather end of week/weekend but BIG, SNOWY system on 23rd June.

A deep low is moving away while the trailing high is back over the continent. This is allowing a cold front to move across Victoria on Monday and into Tuesday morning. 

This brings a moderate amount of snow above 1700 metres, but little below. The trailing high is overhead on Wednesday and Thursday, encouraging dry conditions - good for snowmaking. 

A big weather system will affect Western Australia, then South Australia this week - but it is running out of energy and moisture (and cold air) by the time it makes it to Victoria on Friday.

We won't see much (either snow or rain from this one) - but the outlook (see below) is fantastic.

Day	Forecast	Likely Snow
Rest of Monday	Persistent snow this afternoon. Snow showers at night. Rain below about 1700 metres. W/SW winds, strong at times. Snowmaking potential? High	1800m - 10cm 1500m - 2cm 1200m - 0cm
Tuesday	Light snow showers in the morning. Otherwise turning dry. Strong S/SW winds, easing by afternoon. Snowmaking potential? High	1800m - 2cm 1500m - 1cm 1200m - 0cm
Wednesday	Dry and mostly sunny. Light winds. Snowmaking potential? High	1800m - 0cm 1500m - 0cm 1200m - 0cm
Thursday	Dry with a mix of sunshine and cloud. Light winds, becoming strong NW later. Snowmaking potential? High early	1800m - 0cm 1500m - 0cm 1200m - 0cm
Friday	Light rain developing, falling as snow above 1700 metres. Strong NW winds. Snowmaking potential? Low	1800m - 2cm 1500m - 0cm 1200m - 0cm

 Outlook:

The weak system provides a little wet weather over the weekend, but works to clear out the high pressure - so the next system that comes through is a big, snowy, cold one.

This arrives on Monday and (at this stage) produce snow to very low levels, with heavy snow in alpine areas. Stay tuned...

* Commentary above  Courtesy of Jane's Weather.  www.janesweather.com