IDN11032 Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology New South Wales Snowy Mountains District Forecast Issued at 5:15 am EDT on Thursday 17 October 2024 for the period until midnight EDT Sunday 20 October 2024. Warning Information For latest warnings go to www.bom.gov.au, subscribe to RSS feeds, call 1300 659 210* or listen for warnings on relevant TV and radio broadcasts. Weather Situation A trough is lingering over South Australia this morning while a low pressure system over the Tasman Sea is moving east. A cold front is expected to deepen and form a low pressure system over South Australia today, which will move southeast while the front crosses New South Wales during Friday and Saturday. After this a ridge of high pressure is forecast to extend across from the west, bringing more settled conditions to the region. Forecast for the rest of Thursday 17 October Sunny morning. Medium chance of showers, most likely later tonight. Light winds becoming northwest to northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h in the late afternoon. Cabramurra Shower or two. Max 18 Cooma Partly cloudy. Max 26 Jindabyne Shower or two. Max 24 Perisher Valley Shower or two. Max 17 Thredbo Top Station Shower or two. Becoming windy. Max 14 Chance of snow at elevation 1000 metres: 0% Chance of snow at elevation 1400 metres: 0% Chance of snow at elevation 1800 metres: 0% Fire Danger: Monaro Alpine: Moderate Australian Capital Territory: Moderate Southern Slopes: No Rating Sun protection 9:20am to 4:20pm, UV Index predicted to reach 8 [Very High] Forecast for Friday 18 October Cloudy. Very high chance of showers, most likely in the morning and afternoon. The chance of a thunderstorm. Heavy falls possible in the north. Winds northerly 15 to 25 km/h increasing to 25 to 40 km/h early in the morning then turning west to northwesterly 20 to 30 km/h in the early afternoon. Cabramurra Possible storm, heavy falls. Min 11 Max 13 Cooma Showers. Min 10 Max 23 Jindabyne Rain. Possible heavy falls. Min 13 Max 21 Perisher Valley Rain. Possible heavy falls. Min 7 Max 13 Thredbo Top Station Rain. Possible heavy falls. Min 7 Max 10 Chance of snow at elevation 1000 metres: 0% Chance of snow at elevation 1400 metres: 0% Chance of snow at elevation 1800 metres: 0% Forecast for Saturday 19 October Partly cloudy. High chance of showers about the alpine peaks, medium chance elsewhere. Winds westerly 20 to 30 km/h turning southwesterly 25 to 35 km/h during the morning. Cabramurra Shower or two. Min 7 Max 13 Cooma Partly cloudy. Min 9 Max 22 Jindabyne Possible shower. Min 12 Max 20 Perisher Valley Shower or two. Min 6 Max 13 Thredbo Top Station Shower or two. Min 4 Max 10 Chance of snow at elevation 1000 metres: 0% Chance of snow at elevation 1400 metres: 0% Chance of snow at elevation 1800 metres: 0% Forecast for Sunday 20 October Mostly sunny. Slight chance of a shower in the southeast, near zero chance elsewhere. Winds south to southwesterly 15 to 25 km/h. Cabramurra Sunny. Min 6 Max 17 Cooma Sunny. Min 4 Max 22 Jindabyne Sunny. Min 6 Max 20 Perisher Valley Sunny. Min 1 Max 15 Thredbo Top Station Sunny. Min 2 Max 13 Chance of snow at elevation 1000 metres: 0% Chance of snow at elevation 1400 metres: 0% Chance of snow at elevation 1800 metres: 0% The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EDT Thursday. * Calls to 1300 numbers cost around 27.5c incl. GST, higher from mobiles or public phones. Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2011, Bureau of Meteorology (ABN 92 637 533 532). Users of these web pages are deemed to have read and accepted the conditions described in the Copyright, Disclaimer, and Privacy statements (http://www.bom.gov.au/other/copyright.shtml).