{"id":469776,"date":"2025-12-25T00:43:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T00:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/469776\/"},"modified":"2025-12-25T00:43:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T00:43:18","slug":"christmas-morning-snow-on-kunanyi-mount-wellington-and-central-tasmania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/469776\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas morning snow on Kunanyi\/Mount Wellington and central Tasmania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Residents in Australia\u2019s southernmost state have awoken to a white Christmas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Kunanyi\/Mount Wellington in Hobart received a dusting of snow this morning and at 8:40am the mercury on the mountain had fallen to minus 1.4 degrees Celsius.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Snow on rocks and trees\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cc9a4c6b440f3a022226ad9a7fc75a0b\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Kunanyi\/Mount Wellington is a wintry sight on Christmas morning. (Supplied: Hobart City Council)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"snow and grey cloud\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/a696157202c44f4c26e3217211984e99\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Chilly conditions on Kunanyi\/Mount Wellington\u00a0on Christmas morning. (Supplied: Hobart City Council)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The Bureau of Meteorology says rain showers are falling as snow above 700 metres.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The central midlands also received a Christmas morning dusting of snow.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Snow covering road signs\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/d36cd65826bb99f65992f3e89c32d82a\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Miena, central Tasmania, looks more like a northern hemisphere Christmas postcard. (Supplied: Sand Van)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"snow covers a boat\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cabb3b82f18b3dfb2f579d986a6caed6\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Not a morning to inspire boating at Miena. (Supplied: Sand Van)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Meanwhile, temperatures are expected to be much hotter elsewhere in the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Perth is forecast to have the hottest temperatures of all capitals on Christmas Day \u2014 a mostly sunny day reaching 40.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Brisbane is expected to reach 35, with a chance of showers and a possible thunderstorm.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">A maximum of 30 and wet weather is forecast for Darwin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Canberra is sunny and expecting a top of 28.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Adelaide will see cloudy and windy conditions with temperatures peaking at 24.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">It will be cloudy with a slight chance of a shower in Sydney, with a top of 24.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Melbourne will be similar to Hobart, minus the snow \u2014 cloudy with a slight chance of showers and a maximum of 17.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Residents in Australia\u2019s southernmost state have awoken to a white Christmas. 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