AAP General News (Australia)
08-04-2005
Vic: Freezing conditions and snow hits Victoria
MELBOURNE, Aug 4 AAP - Freezing conditions have hit Victoria, with snow falling north
of Melbourne just one day after spring-like weather.
Victoria Police have warned drivers to avoid snow-coated and icy sections of the Calder
Highway and Mount Macedon Road.
"We are recommending that unless people have urgent business or the correct car not
to go through that area," a police spokesman said.
"The roads aren't really safe at the moment."
Bureau of Meteorology senior forecaster Ward Rooney said rain around Mt Macedon would
fall as snow as temperatures were hovering about the zero-degree mark.
"All you need is the right sort of cold front with sufficiently cold air behind it
and you can get snow down to quite low levels," he said.
Mr Rooney said the weather had made a dramatic turnaround today on the back of yesterday's
cold front.
"Yesterday was quite spring-like, with temperatures in many places getting up into
the 20s, and today it's cold right through the state," he said.
The temperature in Melbourne at 10am (AEST) was 7.8 degrees celsius.
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KEYWORD: SNOW VIC LEAD
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