Big Snow Forecast for Start September in Australia and New Zealand
Big Snow Forecast for Start September in Australia and New Zealand
Published : 31-Aug-2017 09:58
Forecasters are predicting up to 60cm of snowfall over the opening weekend of September in Australia and New Zealand.
The snow is already starting to fall in parts of New Zealand where September has already started.
One of the big beneficiaries is expected to be Mt Hutt, which has 50cm forecast, it currently has the deepest snow base in the world already, at 3.4m, over taking both Valle Nevado (2.9m) in Chile which had claimed 'deepest base in the southern hemisphere' for much of the 2017 season, and the Galdhoppigen glacier in Norway, on 3m, which had claimed the deepest snow base in the northern hemisphere/work before Mt Hutt over took it.
The snow in Australia is due to arrive a little later, around the middle of the weekend, with accumulations of up to 45cm expected. This is the third big snowfall in a month for the country where conditions at most areas are very good for the start of September.
September is the last month of the season for most southern hemisphere ski areas with the season ending for most before October begins. The two ski areas in Southern Africa, Afriski in Lesotho and Tiffindell in South Africa have already ended their 2017 ski seasons.
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