TODAYS WEATHER WALL ON SET PLUS

In the past day or so, Western Australia's southwest has been dealt showers and thunderstorms, leading to a soaking in some places, and it's not done yet - more rain tomorrow plus some big winds. , 6:11AM UTC WA's southwest soaking in it, now some wind being thrown in

The good news is that winds should moderate quite quickly with temps rising by several degrees throughout the new week right across Tasmania. By those standards, today's conditions are quite moderate! All weather is relative, after all. During the night, the apparent temp (the official name for the 'feels-like' temp) dipped to -14.2вЊ. Maatsuyker Island endured gusts of a staggering 130km/h early on Saturday morning. Speaking of winds, Weatherzone meteorologist Andrew Casper-Richardson told you yesterday that gusts had exceeded 100km/h over exposed parts of the Apple Isle in the last 24 hours, with more on the way. Those are some seriously nasty conditions at sea level. Maatsuyker Island, just off Tassie's SW tip, was 6.3вЊ at 2:20 pm, but factoring in the wind chill with the constant winds around 50-60 km/h, it felt like -5.9вЊ. Source: James Ikin Instagram.ДЄcross the southern coast of Tasmania, it's exceptionally cold. Image: This pic of kunanyi/Mt Wellington was actually taken one or two storms before the current one, but it's foggy and not very photogenic up there today so we thought you'd appreciate it. Today's Hobart high temp to this point was 8.5вЊ just after midday, and it doesn't look like reaching that level again. Hobart is having just its second day of the year when the maximum will fail to reach double digits вЂ“ the year's coldest day to date was June 7 with a maximum of 8.0вЊ. Excuse the blurry picture, as it comes directly from a snow cam.Д«ut perhaps the most remarkable thing about Sunday's weather is the cold temps at sea level, especially in the southern two-thirds of the state. This is the Sunday arvo scene at the tiny club-operated ski field of Mt Mawson, where volunteers have cranked up the rope tows this weekend with an estimated 50 cm snow depth. You can see the 2 pm temps recorded across Tasmania below.ДЄs you'd imagine with this polar weather having been around for a few days now, heavy snow has accumulated on TasmaniaвЂ™s highland and mountain districts, with a snow level as low as 400 m above sea level earlier today. Mountain districts are obviously much colder, with a temp of -3.2вЊ at 2 pm on kunanyi/Mt Wellington above Hobart as we were writing this story. Tasmanians are accustomed to cold temperatures, but even by local standards, this Sunday is a seriously chilly day.ДЄ strong southwesterly flow straight with its origins in Antarctica is lashing the entire state, meaning that daytime temps across all but the state's far north and northeast are languishing in single-digits in the 'heat of the day' вЂ“ which is generally around 2 pm in early winter. Today, 4:46AM UTC Brutally cold temps, even by Tassie standards

Todays weather wall on set