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High pressure is limiting what new snow we can get - but that is all set to change mid next week.

Summary:

A weak low pressure system will move from northwest Tasmania to east of Tasmania on the weekend. It is only borderline cold enough for snow up high, lowering to around 1600 metres at times on Friday and Saturday, with only light falls. 

The next high pressure system moves over New South Wales on Saturday, making cold fronts slide down to our south into early next week - but check the outlook as this pattern will change.

Outlook:

The high stays in control, but the Southern Annular Mode should go back into positive territory from the middle of next week. This means that cold fronts can peak over the southeast of the country again - something that has not happened since July 18 (the last proper snow).

A cold front should build south of Western Australia on Wednesday. There is a gap between the high pressure systems (good for access to tropical moisture) but the low centre driving the system is not 'cut-off' from the westerly airflow at this stage (no wrap around moisture, limiting how much precipitation we can get). So this should be a moderate fall of snow ahead of next weekend, with lots of cold air in behind the front.

Commentary above courtesy of Jane's Weather.  www.janesweather.com