Image: Cross section for the Perisher area between 11am local time (00Z) May 5th and 11am (00Z) May 8th, showing temperature (red lines), humidity (green shading) and wind (black barbs) with height.

These snow showers will favour Victorian resorts south of the Main Range in the post-frontal southwesterly airstream, adding a further few centimeters to accumulated totals. This moisture should persist between the first front andВ another cold surge/secondary cold front arriving on Friday 6th, leading to a good 36 hours of snow accumulation.ДЄ further cold front arriving over the weekend will then maintain snow showers. Unlike some winter cold fronts that lackВ the deep humidity necessary for good snow formation, this system looks to contain abundant mid-level moisture. Precipitation will start as rain over the alps on Tuesday night before turning to snow Thursday morning when the low-level cold air arrives. The first alpine snow dump of the season is forecast for late this week with a multi-day cold outbreak.ДЇalls of 30-50cm are likely about the higher peaks (above 1800m) during ThursdayВ and Friday, with 10-20 cm as low as 1500m.ДЄ strong cold front (mentioned here: )В will cross the NSW/VIC alps late Wednesday 4th and early Thursday 5th. Today, 12:01AM UTC Alpine snow on the way Some cloud will continue to linger over VIC and TAS (although NSW will be a little more sunny!), with another cold front set to arrive late Tuesday 3rd. High pressure will build over the southeast, breaking up the thick cloud and keeping most areas dry over next couple days. The cold front continues pushing through NSW today, bringing showers to eastern NSW before clearing later this afternoon. While these showers did extend into the south, majority of towns could not break the 25mm mark.ДЇigure 3: Tasmania 24 Hour rainfall totals to 9am Saturday 30th AprilВ **Sourced by the Bureau of Meteorology

Looking to the north of the state, many rain gauges recorded 24-hour falls of 25-50mm, with several places even reaching the 50-70mm range. Tasmania's Launceston also recorded its highest 24-hour rainfall for April in 30 years with 41.8mm. Essendon Airport is one of these locations, recording its highest 24-hour rainfall for April in 38 years with 34mm.ДЇigure 2: Victoria 24 Hour rainfall totals to 9am Saturday 30th AprilВ **Sourced by the Bureau of MeteorologyДЄs mentioned earlier, it wasn't just Victoria receiving this end-of-month wet weather.

These widespread showers also brought about April rainfall not seen in decades for some areas.

Some notable locations were Mt Donna Buang receiving 58mm, Melbourne receiving 31mm, Marysville receiving 37mm, Geelong receiving 37mm and Warburton receiving 40mm. Widespread falls of 10-50mm were recorded over Victoria in the 24 hours to 9am April 30th. A thick northwest cloud band (which you can read more about here) drawing tropical moisture into the southeast, along with a cold front and trough, brought widespread showers overnight for VIC and TAS, and continues to push through NSW today.ДЇigure 1: Satellite image with rain radar at 18:59 AESTВ Friday 29th April Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania awoke to a cool and wet morning as a cold front swept through the southeast. Today, 4:10AM UTC Cold front brings wet end to April for southeast

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