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Sat 01 Oct, 2016 7:53 am
Interesting picture on the Dove Lake webcam this morning.
Overnight there was a huge dump of snow.
Keep safe, warm and dry up there.
http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/indeX.aspX?base=28485Regards OLM
Sat 01 Oct, 2016 5:24 pm
Wow!
It's been wettish down here, but not cold. No sign of snow on kunanyi (during the brief periods it was visible). They're obviously bearing the brunt of it up north. Again.
Sat 01 Oct, 2016 5:28 pm
It was sleeting at Narcissus Jetty yesterday arvo after I came off the OLT, not sure how much of that hit Lake St Clair... Was *&%$#! cold though
Tue 04 Oct, 2016 8:37 pm
Currently Snowing at Cradle Mountain through to Great Lake.
It will be white again in the morning.
Temperature is currently -1
Regards OLM
Update for 5th.
Dove lake car park and surrounds were dusted in white this morning
Rain washed most of the snow away from the car park , still white on the mountain.
Regards OLM
Mon 10 Oct, 2016 2:21 pm
A series of cold fronts crossing the state at the moment.
Snow has settled at Great Lake and starting to settle at Dove Lake.
Regards OLM
Tue 11 Oct, 2016 7:36 am

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And it's not Tshirt weather at Dove Lake this morning!
Tue 11 Oct, 2016 8:14 am
Thanks Aztec.
Good snow falls through the Central Plateau, Great Lake, also lowdown on the Western Tiers, even a dusting on Mt Roland.
Regards OLM
Tue 11 Oct, 2016 10:52 am

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And it's looking pretty chilly even now...
Wed 19 Oct, 2016 9:12 am
Another good dump of snow overnight at Cradle Valley through to Great Lake.
Regards OLM
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Sat 22 Oct, 2016 2:58 pm
Strange to see Dove Lake and surrounds clear of snow this morning, however at nearby Great Lake it was a different story.
Southern end of the Overland track may have received some snow.
Regards OLM
From Tasmanian Police community alerts
Roads affected by snow – South
Saturday, 22 October 2016 - 8:34 am. Updated Saturday, 22 October 2016 - 1:28 pm
Lake Dobson Road – Open with caution
Highland Lakes Road – Open with caution
Lake St. Clair road – Open with caution
Lyell Highway – Open with caution
Marlborough Road – Open with caution
Interlaken Road, Interlaken – open with extreme caution
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Mon 31 Oct, 2016 8:45 am
Another cold blast has hit the state, with snow settling at Dove Lake through to Great Lake
Regards OLM
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Sat 05 Nov, 2016 9:20 am
November Snow
The Dove Lake webcam is iced over.
The Western Tiers are white this morning.
Also Great Lake area.
Regards OLM
Fri 25 Nov, 2016 8:08 am
A light dusting of snow overnight settled on Cradle Mountain above the Face Track.
Regards OLM
Fri 09 Dec, 2016 7:50 am
Heading for a white Christmas.
A cold snap overnight had snow settling on Cradle Mountain and Marion's Lookout.
Also settled around the Great Lake hotel.
There is an icy wind down on the coast.
Regards OLM
Sat 10 Dec, 2016 6:59 am
OLM.....stop posting brrrrr we arrive at cradle on Tuesday.
Which is the best weather site/position to check conditions at cradle??
Sat 10 Dec, 2016 7:58 am
Hi weeds.
You will be fine next week.
Just pack all your wet weather gear, thermals etc.
Regards OLM
http://www.bom.gov.au/tas/forecasts/new ... -hut.shtml
Sat 17 Dec, 2016 3:26 pm
Just for weeds
Snow has settled on Cradle Mountain and surrounds after a southerly cold snap.
Regards OLM
Sat 17 Dec, 2016 8:19 pm
Hope you've got your thermals on up there.
Sun 18 Dec, 2016 11:47 am
Fri 10 Feb, 2017 7:54 pm
Will be interesting to see if it does snow.
From the Advocate
http://www.theadvocate.com.au/story/445 ... s/?cs=5312Snow is expected to fall in Tasmania this weekend while most of the nation swelters in a heatwave.
Sun 12 Feb, 2017 3:38 pm
Nothing up the northern end of the state apart from cooler temperatures and strong winds.
Mt Mawson had some though
http://www.examiner.com.au/story/446204 ... n/?cs=5312While the rest of the country sizzles through a heatwave, Tasmania has been experiencing snowfall.
Mount Mawson, in the Mount Field National Park, reported the summer snow via SnowSearch Australia’s webcams on Sunday.
Sun 12 Feb, 2017 5:23 pm
Was up at Hartz today. Quite a bit falling, but wasn't cold enough to settle.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BQZebODgvtU ... eekm&hl=en
Sun 12 Feb, 2017 7:21 pm
Started snowing at the Great Lake hotel around 5:00.
Not settling on the ground. (Facebook page)
The weather at Cradle Mountain is clagging in. (Webcam)
Thanks cams & Nuts for your reports.
Regards OLM
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Mon 13 Feb, 2017 8:33 am
It was an overcoat colder. The wind, though, on CP and Middlesex Plains, would have blown the milk from one's tea/ hops from yer beer
Some reprieve from the fire threat so far this summer, that 40+c temp range/mainland must be some sort of (ominous) record?
Tue 02 May, 2017 11:20 am
A nice dusting of Snow on Cradle Mountain this morning. Also on the Western Tiers through to Great Lake. Regards OLM
Sat 06 May, 2017 10:49 pm
Snow is currently settling at the Great Lake Hotel,
so I guess the Western Tiers through to the Central Plateau, Cradle Mountain area will be white in the morning.
Certainly cold on the coast.
Keep warm
Regards OLM
Tue 30 May, 2017 10:21 am
Either there's snow on the lens, or there's a *&%$#! thick fog at Cradle this morning...
Hello winter!
Tue 30 May, 2017 10:41 am
...or both.
Tue 30 May, 2017 11:35 am
Both. Promising a nicer arvo though.
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