Strong winds spurred by sweeping cold fronts topped 100km/hr in four states yesterday in a freezing winter chill.
It followed strong winds reaching 119km/hr south of Perth on Monday.
Weatherzone reported 119km/hr winds at Thredbo in NSW yesterday morning, compared to 107km/hr at Mount Buller, Victoria, 104km/hr at Mount Read, Tasmania, and 102km/hr at Cape Willoughby on Kangaroo Island, South Australia.
Victoria also saw gusts of up to 106km/hr at Mount Hotham and 102km/hr at Mount William in the Grampians.
Winds picked up for NSW and Victoria on Tuesday afternoon, according to Weatherzone, reaching 111km/hr at Mount Hotham and 128km/hr at Thredbo.
Thredbo also endured an hour and a half of winds consistently at 100km/hr up to midday.
Weatherzone said the “feels like” temperature at that time in the area was -23 degrees.
The cold front is expected to bring snowfalls to the alpine regions through to Thursday this week.
