Blizzards hammer Victoria’s slopes, with more strong winds expected

Victoria’s alpine areas are being pummelled by blizzard conditions with heavy snowfalls setting in, as a powerful cold front makes its way across the state.

The front began battering the south-west yesterday evening and peaked in Melbourne in the early hours of this morning, with some bayside suburbs hit by gusts of up to 80 kilometres per hour.

The Grampians in the state’s west recorded the strongest winds of 102 kilometres per hour.

Bureau of Meteorology senior forecaster Richard Carlyon said alpine areas could receive their heaviest falls of the winter so far.

“We may see wind gusts up to about 110 kilometres per hour. Probably easing a little through the afternoon but still quite windy,” he said.

“We will just see steady snow up there with expected totals of between 20 and 40 centimetres.”

Source: Blizzards hammer Victoria’s slopes, with more strong winds expected – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)