Icy weather brings warnings in Australia.Queensland snowfall

Αυστραλία με χιόνι!!! 
Εδώ και κοντά 20 ώρες η υπηρεσία Μετεωρολογίας της Αυστραλίας 
προειδοποιεί συνεχώς τους οδηγούς από το Queesland* έως το 
ανατολικό Σίδνεϊ ώστε να φροντίσουν,καθώς οι κακές και πρωτοφανείς 
καιρικές συνθήκες για την Αυστραλία πλήττουν την Ανατολική ακτή ενώ 
οι κάτοικοι των Blue Mountains έχουν ξυπνήσει με χιόνι κοντά στους 
10 πόντους και έχουν συμβουλευτεί για να ασκήσουν μεγάλη προσοχή 
στους παγωμένους δρόμους. 
 
*το Queesland είναι στην ημιτροπική ζώνη 
και νομίζω πως δεν έχουν ξαναζήσει εκεί 
με χιόνι!
 
Φωτογραφίες από τον Wolter Peeters
Rare snowfall blankets parts of 
Australia for first time in years
Icy conditions are sweeping across eastern  Australia, bringing snow 
to areas as far north as subtropical Queensland in what is believed to 
be the heaviest snowfall in years.
Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology described the weather as “rare” adding 
that Queensland had not experienced significant snowfall since 2015.
June marks the beginning of winter in Australia but the  extreme weather 
is highly unusual, especially so early on in some areas of Tasmania, Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales.
Many took to social media to express their amazement at finding snow 
in their hometowns as well as sharing photos of Kangaroos and Tasmanian devils playing in the cold conditions.


(Sydney Trains)
The Blue Mountains west of Sydney woke on Tuesday to a blanket of snow, while there have been falls in Queensland’s Granite Belt region, west of Brisbane, although snow was not expected to settle.
Travellers are also being warned to expect delays on roads, rail, waterways 
and in the skies amid a day of wild weather and icy winds.
Snow is disrupting travel and has fallen in 
the Blue Mountains west of Sydney. (Getty Images)
Severe weather warnings have been issued for a 1,000km stretch of 
eastern coastline, including Sydney.
Some Sydney ferry services had to be cancelled on Tuesday after 
a huge swell hit the coast, while major airlines have warned passengers 
to check their flight status.
The arrival of a cold air mass about midnight caused temperatures to 
fall and icy winds made it seem much colder.
Meteorologist Lachlan Stone said the snowfall in Queensland, driven 
by colder air from the south, was an unusual occurrence in a state with 
a sub-tropical to tropical climate.
"But in the south of the state, particularly near the New South Wales border, 
it's quite mountainous and in the elevated areas it can get quite cold," 
he told the BBC.
Ski resorts across Victoria and New South Wales also reported some of 
the best pre-season snowfalls on record with Perisher Ski Resort seeing 
90cm of snow in just 8 days.
Neighbouring Thredbo Resort in Kosciuszko National Park has announced 
it will open several pistes early on 8 June after 85cm of snow fell before 
the season.
The nation has just experienced its hottest summer on record and recent extreme weather events including drought, floods and bushfires.
Australians are more concerned about climate change than at any point 
in the past decade, a recent poll by the Lowy Institute found.
- https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-48507582
- https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/06/04/australia-sees-
rare-snowfall-subtropical-sunshine-state-queensland/
- https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/rare-snowfall-blankets-parts-
of-australia-for-first-time-in-years-a4158676.html