Winter will arrive in earnest on Monday, as foggy and frosty conditions back up a bumper start to Australia’s official ski season.<\/p>\n
Perisher, Thredbo, Mt Buller, Falls Creek, and Mt Hotham opened the ski season with a burst of snow over the weekend, aided by snowmachines.<\/p>\n
Freezing temperatures over the alps will continue into Monday morning. However, a high-pressure system will keep precipitation, a key ingredient for snowy mornings, at bay.<\/p>\n
Millions of Australians will wake to foggy and frosty conditions as the second week of winter takes hold.<\/p>\n
Patchy fog is expected across Australia\u2019s east up to Brisbane and widespread fog will blanket much of Victoria into Monday morning.<\/p>\n
Frost warnings are also in place for parts of eastern Victoria, including the Gippsland region.<\/p>\n
Southern patches of New South Wales along the west of the Great Dividing Range should also expect a frosty start.<\/p>\n
Sky News Weather Presenter Wendy John explained much of Australia\u2019s interior was set for clear skies over the course of the day, with one notable exception.<\/p>\n
“We’re looking at, more broadly, some lovely conditions across the country,” she said.<\/p>\n
“Maybe not so lovely for Perth, that’s the exception, 21, thunderstorms, could be a little bit gusty as well.”<\/p>\n
Two cold fronts are stalking toward the Western Australia\u2019s southwestern tip from further out at sea, meaning further rain is likely over the coming days.<\/p>\n
While conditions on the east coast are expected to be mostly fine, John noted a band of light rain clouds was forecast to linger between Brisbane and Sydney.<\/p>\n
As a result, some coastal communities could cop a sprinkling of between 1mm to 5mm on Monday.<\/p>\n
National forecast for MondaySydney<\/p>\n
Sydney has a forecast minimum of 10C and a maximum of 20C.<\/p>\n
Light showers are possible in the late afternoon and evening.<\/p>\n
Melbourne<\/p>\n
Melbourne can expect cloudy conditions with a 9C minimum and 17C maximum temperature.<\/p>\n
Victoria’s capital could see a windy day as northerlies of up to 20km\/h whistle through the city around lunchtime.<\/p>\n
Brisbane<\/p>\n
Brisbane locals can expect temperatures between 14C and 23C on Monday.<\/p>\n
Light rain is expected in the morning, before conditions clear in the afternoon and evening.<\/p>\n
Canberra<\/p>\n
Canberra will soak up sunshine under clear skies, although the nation’s capital is not expected to see temperatures above 10C.<\/p>\n
Residents will wake to a frosty morning, with the chance of some fog forecast as well.<\/p>\n
Adelaide<\/p>\n
Adelaide is in for a sunny day and a high of 19C.<\/p>\n
Clear skies are expected in South Australia’s capital alongside some gusty winds throughout the early afternoon.<\/p>\n
Hobart<\/p>\n
Hobart will be sunny with a top of 17C on Monday.<\/p>\n
Strong winds are set to buffet parts of the coast, although locals onshore should escape the worst of the blustery conditions.<\/p>\n
Perth<\/p>\n
Perth residents are due to cop thunderstorms and gusty conditions at the start of a wet week.<\/p>\n
A high of 21C, and a low of 12C, is forecast in the WA capital.<\/p>\n
Darwin<\/p>\n
Darwin is in for a sunny day with a high of 31C.<\/p>\n
Windy conditions in the morning and afternoon should help take the edge off a warm winter’s day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Winter will arrive in earnest on Monday, as foggy and frosty conditions back up a bumper start to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":721632,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[3443,64,63,5249,6169,647,13052,44,46,12773,8825,670,1192],"class_list":["post-721631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-adelaide","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-darwin","tag-forecast","tag-melbourne","tag-monday","tag-news","tag-perth","tag-sky","tag-sunday","tag-sydney","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=721631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721631\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/721632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=721631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=721631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=721631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}