Sonya Fiddes – The Conversation

Snow fell during the AFL match between the GWS Giants and the Hawthorn Hawks at the UNSW Canberra Oval. AAP Image/Lukas Coch

August 13, 2019

Snow at the footy? Just how unusual was last weekend’s weather?

Andrew King, The University of Melbourne; Blair Trewin, Australian Bureau of Meteorology; Linden Ashcroft, The University of Melbourne, and Sonya Fiddes, The University of Melbourne

Cold fronts swept south-eastern Australia, bringing snow and freezing temperatures. While snow is expected to decrease with climate change, cold snaps are likely to keep coming.

Future snows will mostly happen in big falls. Alan Lam/Flickr

July 10, 2015

Winter is coming, but don’t hold out for future snows

Sonya Fiddes, The University of Melbourne

This weekend is predicted to be the coldest of the year in Australia. But it has otherwise been a slow start to the snow season, and my research shows that this is a sign of things to come.

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