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Wild weather ahead!

July 14, 2018July 16, 2018 The Frog 0 Comments 2018 forecast, accommodation, baw baw, blizzard, charlotte pass, crowds, falls creek, hotham, jindabyne traffic, july snow, mt buller, nsw snow, perisher, pete taylor, pete the frog taylor, school holidays, selwyn snow resort, snow accommodation, snow australia, snow forecast 2018, snow holiday, snowatch, the frog, thredbo, victoria snow, wild weather, windy

We have are nearly at the end of the school holidays for the Victorian kids and in the middle for the NSW. We have a fantastic weekend of sunshine coming up and the crowds will no doubt flock to the mountains and make the most of the fantastic mid July conditions. Enjoy while it lasts as next week will be a totally different scenario.

Opening weekend: What lifts/runs will be open?

June 1, 2018June 1, 2018 The Frog 2 Comments australia snow forecast, early season outlook, falls creek forecast, hotham forecast, mt buller forecast, opening weekend, perisher forecast, pete taylor, pete the frog taylor, season 2018, selwyn forecast, snow forecast 2018, snowatch, the frog, the frogs snowatch, thredbo forecast

With little to no natural snow in the resorts it will be touch and go for some to get a lift or two running for opening weekend. So what’s the likelihood of resorts have a run or two going?

Here is how I see it:

There will be some snowmaking opportunities over the next week which will help but there is also a large moisture band due to arrive in the mountains on Friday that could really put a dampener on the opening weekend festivities. There is also a ‘but’ with that. The system ‘could’ also drop some white flakes. The snow line looks to be marginal at the moment and if it shifts one degree less we may get 5-10cm, but if it goes the other way and sits around 2C then we are in for a wet weekend and it will cause damage to the already thin man made cover.