For those that doubt it is freezing in Australia...
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Extreme Cold Snap causes havoc at Melbourne Airport
• John Lleyton
• From: Herald Sun
• July 14, 2011 10:39PM
Extreme blizzard like conditions have caused major disruptions at Melbourne Airport this evening. Many flights have been delayed and diverted as air safety officials are concerned that slippery runways due to ice and the cold air pose a risk.
Air safety spokesman Jason Gasnier addressed a media contingent at the airport a short time ago. “We feel that in the best interest of passenger safety no flights are to depart or arrive until conditions improve, we have activated our contingency plan of having all flight land at nearby Ballarat airport until further notice” Mr. Gasnier told.
Extreme blizzard like conditions, the last which Melbourne and the entire Eastern states last experienced in July 2008, have caused major disruptions and dangerous driving conditions since early this morning.
Weather experts predict these conditions to stick around until Sunday where we should start seeing improvements. They urge extreme caution whilst driving and to look out for the elderly and pets in these harsh conditions.
Extreme Cold Snap causes havoc at Melbourne Airport
• John Lleyton
• From: Herald Sun
• July 14, 2011 10:39PM
Extreme blizzard like conditions have caused major disruptions at Melbourne Airport this evening. Many flights have been delayed and diverted as air safety officials are concerned that slippery runways due to ice and the cold air pose a risk.
Air safety spokesman Jason Gasnier addressed a media contingent at the airport a short time ago. “We feel that in the best interest of passenger safety no flights are to depart or arrive until conditions improve, we have activated our contingency plan of having all flight land at nearby Ballarat airport until further notice” Mr. Gasnier told.
Extreme blizzard like conditions, the last which Melbourne and the entire Eastern states last experienced in July 2008, have caused major disruptions and dangerous driving conditions since early this morning.
Weather experts predict these conditions to stick around until Sunday where we should start seeing improvements. They urge extreme caution whilst driving and to look out for the elderly and pets in these harsh conditions.
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Very hazardous.
Not worth the risk.
We're doing fine in the west, nothing to report here except for a storm risk which will probably turn out to be a fizzer
Do you believe us now?
We never exaggerate here or whinge, we are tough as us Aussies.
actually no. your link results in page not found. however, i did click on the weather link on the herald. it's not even below freezing, or suppose to go below freezing this week. let me know when you hit a negative number on the F scale. :P
What you talking about, the link works fine for me?
Try this link for the latest weather report:
http://www.bom.gov.au/extreme-blizzard- ... rn-seabord
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8c here.
Damn you Sydneysiders got it worse, is the Harbour Bridge full of icicles like it was in the great blizzard of 2008?
Wouldn't want one of them falling down and spearing my car as I am driving on the bridge!
Happens to me often with pages from the USA.
I can do a screen dump if you like?
Just read an article saying the sydney ferries might not run tomorrow as sydney harbour has started to freeze... :shock: :shock:
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It's supposed to snow in the winter.
maybe...
i went to your bom.gov.au site and only found a warning for the taz region
how are you getting ice if the temp is above 0c?
am i missing something
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/13/tempsooj.jpg/
wow. i never saw the bus/train pics. fuck public transportation
why do all the weather sites i look at show something different?
http://www.weatherzone.com.au/nsw/sydney/sydney
Not sure dude, cannot answer.
It has now dipped to minus 0 here.
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Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
that is so weird.
still, 0c isn't that cold.
last winter we were at like -12c and colder for a month
That weatherzone site looks unreliable.
Never heard of this site you guys use.
It is like the weather icon on my Windows 7 desktop, it is always delayed by many hours, never accurate.
Use the site I linked, always accurate and current.
I think we are now in the middle of this system as the temperatures have dropped significantly in the last 15 mins to below 0. I got the heater cranked up high.
that's what i don't get. every friggen weather sight i looked at had temps in that same range....yet our aussie friends say it's right at freezing. weird
Is that legal? did you get that idea from the woman peeing at rugby?
Melbourne is much colder and miserable on many different levels
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