Severe cold fronts, blizzards and deadly winds… it all happened this week across Australia.
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The past seven days saw Winter maintain it’s tempestuous grip across the southern Australian states of Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania.
A succession of powerful weather systems brought regular periods of wild weather across much of the region along with epic snowfall totals across the Snowy mountains and Alpine ranges.
Estimated snowfall accumulations:
Thredbo >130cm
Perisher Valley 100cm
Mt Hotham 100cm
Mt buller >75cm
Falls creek >70cm
Watch the #snow grow! 100+cm over the weekend coming.@mtbuller @_hotham @fallsaustralia @ThredboResort @SNOWSEARCH_aus pic.twitter.com/tMmXK3s06N
— Morecast Australia (@Morecast_Au) August 4, 2017
Good morning from north of the wall. A final 5cm top overnight and the total for the #BlizzardOfOz has come to 135cm! #Day5 #GoT pic.twitter.com/y3CvceRo7H
— Thredbo (@ThredboResort) August 7, 2017
Heads up #Perth! Nasty afternoon of #weather coming. #Storms possible with the front. Windy and showers tomorrow. #WA pic.twitter.com/LOFZmEgimt
— Morecast Australia (@Morecast_Au) August 7, 2017
>40mm for #Perth!, heaviest Aug rain in 3 yrs. #Thunderstorm risk with small hail this arvo!@weather_wa @TheWAWG #7News #9News @PerthWXLive pic.twitter.com/u4CmiE5Ndb
— Morecast Australia (@Morecast_Au) August 8, 2017
Hot to not! SW #WA shivers while temps soar across the state's far SE, 10°C above the Aug ave! Forrest 27.6°C @weather_wa @TheWAWG #7News pic.twitter.com/aUuresdihH
— Morecast Australia (@Morecast_Au) August 9, 2017
Strongest gusts
Melbourne airport 98km/h
Heads up #Melbweather! Wild weather day on Thursday! Risk of damaging #winds esp late morn & early arvo! #7News @theage #9News @WeatherWear1 pic.twitter.com/NpGS1k5Rz9
— Morecast Australia (@Morecast_Au) August 9, 2017
Heads up #Perth, squally conditions on the way again later today! risk of damaging #winds! @weather_wa @TheWAWG #7News #9News @PerthWXLive pic.twitter.com/sd8iCHpw2k
— Morecast Australia (@Morecast_Au) August 10, 2017
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A nearly stationary front will set up along the Red River Valley between Oklahoma and Texas. Moisture riding over this front into the Central Plains will spark repeated storm development. These storms will tend to produce very heavy rain with a flooding threat through early next week.
Franklin made its first landfall on the Yucatan Peninsula on Tuesday as a tropical storm with heavy rain, strong winds, and a battering storm surge along the Mexican and Belizean coasts.
Wow! #GOES16 captured this awesome visible imagery of Tropical Storm #Franklin approaching Yucatan. See more @ https://t.co/JtvCqQ1GU0 pic.twitter.com/poaaVt6ZV0
— NOAA Satellites (@NOAASatellites) August 7, 2017
Franklin is now restrengthening over the warm waters of the Bay of Campeche, and the storm is expected to strike Mexico a second time as a hurricane.