The east coast and southwestern parts of the country can expect cold, wet conditions. Despite the cold weather though, snowfields are unlikely to see much in the way of new falls.
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00:00G'day from the Bureau with your weekly forecast around the country and the two stories this week
00:05will be all thanks to a very large high pressure system dominating the weather around much of the
00:09country. So Tuesday we're going to see showers along much of the east coast and that could tend
00:14to rain through parts of southeastern Queensland. Dry and sunny weather through much of the southeast
00:19and central parts while a front will bring showers and gusty winds to southwestern parts of WA.
00:25Then as we move into Wednesday a very similar story shaping up around the country with showers
00:31along the east coast, cold frosty mornings but sunny days through southeastern and central parts
00:37while sunshine also returning to western parts of WA thanks to the offshore wind around this very
00:43large high pressure system. And do note we also have a week low moving into the SA and WA border
00:49and that could bring some weather to parts of South Australia and Western Australia
00:52mid and late week. But the main story will be this large high pressure system bringing really cold
00:58frosty nights to much of central and southeastern Australia. We can really see that after we look at
01:04the rainfall map around the country where we're likely going to see pretty moderate falls through
01:08southeastern parts of Queensland and also note the coastal showers along the NSW coast.
01:13So a wet and dreary week there but that rain will not get inland and for those looking for snow
01:18we're not going to see any unfortunately this week. We're elsewhere looking pretty dry around
01:23the country. Now as I mentioned earlier frost really being the main story with some very cold
01:28temperatures on Tuesday morning when we wake up. We can see that here in the minimums across the
01:33country with almost the entire country bar our tropical north and east coast waking up to
01:38temperatures in the single figures. With the cold air getting all the way up to Alice Springs,
01:43Adelaide, Melbourne only four degrees possibly lower in the suburbs. Hobart I should say down
01:49to three and minus two in Canberra. The day won't warm up much either as we see temperatures in the
01:54low teens across much of the country with the only warmth across northern parts of the country
02:00and eastern parts of Queensland. Then an even colder night is on the way Wednesday morning.
02:06You can see here widespread frost and also in the white areas here large areas in the white and pink
02:12that's below zero and that's a perfect combination of very light winds, very dry air and long nights
02:18bring these really cold frosty conditions. We can see that in the minimums minus one through Alice
02:24Springs, negatives through large parts of South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania dropping down to
02:29one in Melbourne, negatives in the suburbs, Adelaide another cold start at four, even Perth looking at
02:35six degrees out west and Canberra dropping down to minus two and that will warm up a little bit
02:41more but not much. Pretty cold to our interior but also low to mid-teens across much of southern
02:47Australia, a sure sign that we really are in the depths of winter. And then that's it for the week
02:52and if you want more forecasts around the country you can always get the latest via our website, app
02:56and social media.