Really appreciate the updates' Tassiedave'. Gives some incentive and motivation to 'look into' Tasmanian weather
I must say with great embarrassment l didn't know where Launceston was until l looked at the radar link you posted.
But l do know now LOL
Our weather media in Melbourne has mentioned some snow reported on some of your mounts , yesterday l think.
Noticed on BOM obs tonight ,Mt wellington got down to -1.3deg c at 5.30am in the morning and currently reporting 8mm of rain or snow today so far
The daily mean is apparently 4.4 deg c , so some 5 deg C below the mean.
Had a look at some stats for
mt wellington to see how often snow could fall in January.
source
http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/data/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I selected data from the last 14 years
Station: Mount Wellington
Number: 94087
Opened: 1961
Now: Open
Lat: 42.90° S Lon: 147.24° E
Elevation: 1260 m
That is not as high as mt Baw Baw in Vic which has an elevation of about 1561m
Here is a record of the no of days in a January that temps fall at or below zero for a chance of snow on Mt wellington in a January
1998 = 1 day
1999 = 1
2000 = 5
2001 = 0
2002 = 0
2003 = 1
2004 = 7 !!
2005 = 1
2006 = 1
2007 = 3
2008 = 2
2009 = 7 !! ( 2nd January 2009, the lowest recorded at -3.4 deg c..since 1961)
2010 = 0
2011 = 0
2012 = 2 ( so far)
As you can see. Nothing good on TV tonight. As usual.LOL
cheers