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Where to find alpine weather information
Do you live in an alpine region or are heading off on a trip to the snow? It is now easier to view and monitor conditions via the Bureau's Alpine regions page. This page brings snowfall, temperature and wind forecasts all together in one place.
You can also view weather conditions for snow resorts, towns, and remote areas along the ranges of south-eastern New South Wales, north-eastern Victoria and the Central Plateau of Tasmania.
Snow forecast on the Alpine regions page
How snow forms
Snow forms high in the atmosphere where it is very cold, when water vapour turns directly into ice crystals.
If these ice crystals grow, they can become so big and heavy that they fall as snowflakes.
Snow can fall at any time of year under the right atmospheric conditions.
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