WINTER STORM IMPACTS SOUTHEAST AUSTRALIA! (credit: Higgins Storm Chasing)

DISCUSSION: As a low-pressure continues to move slowly off to the south and southeast later today, the threat for accumulating snowfall across eastern sections of Queensland as well as eastern sections of New South Wales.  As seen in the radar graphic included below courtesy of the Higgins Storm Chasing group, there is light to moderate snowfall occurring across New South Wales currently.  This light to moderate snowfall is the result of persistent warm-air advection emerging off of the Western Tasman Sea effectively slides over the colder air located across Southeastern Australia.  This trend for persistent snowfall is expected to persist for at least the next 6 to 12 hours before the associated low-pressure system begins to slowly pull out of the regions as it heads further southeast with time!  To learn more about other high-impact weather events occurring across Australia and the South Pacific Ocean, be sure to click here!