Freezing Melbourne :)

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Brrrrrr! cold enough! I am starting to really like global warming! <img src='http://www.melbournechat.org/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

Regional Vic shivers in cold blast



July 17, 2007 - 12:00PM





Snow dusted parts of regional Victoria on Tuesday as temperatures plunged and a strong cold front sent a shiver through the state.



While the white blanket was nothing new for eastern Victoria's alpine region, snow also blanketed Ballarat, Lancefield, Macedon, Daylesford and other towns north-west of Melbourne.



Snowfalls were also expected as low as 400 metres in the Dandenong Ranges, east of Melbourne on Tuesday evening, while temperatures in the city hovered around six degrees celsius at lunchtime, the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) said.



"This is not an unprecedented event, though it is a bit unusual to get such a reasonable amount of snow in areas like Woodend and Daylesford," senior forecaster Dean Stewart said.

Full article: [url="http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Regional-Vic-shivers-in-cold-blast/2007/07/17/1184559755667.html"]http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Reg...4559755667.html[/url]

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Snow sweeps across state

Article from: Herald Sun



Karen Collier



July 17, 2007 02:50pm

A FREEZING snap has hit with snow falling, power use surging towards a winter record, and Melbourne shivering through the coldest day in nine years.



Snow and ice coated roads, cars and school grounds in areas including Mt Macedon, Woodend, Daylesford, Ballarat and Ballan.



Reports of light snow in the Dandenongs have also been received and even the city could get some of the white stuff - but it will melt before hitting the ground.



Melbourne dropped to a shivering 6 deg. at midday. But an icy wind chill means it feels much colder on the skin.



The mercury peaked at a miserable 9.2 deg. at 9.48am - making it the coldest day since July 9, 1998, when we endured a maximum 8.9 deg.

Full article: [url="http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22087365-661,00.html"]http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,2...365-661,00.html[/url]