http://www.theage.com.au/...41338.html

we are supposed to be in the middle of summer

"Melbourne's maximum temperature of 14.5 yesterday made it the city's coldest Christmas Day on record — eclipsing the 15.9 recorded on December 25, 1935, and falling more than 10 short of average for this time of year.

The coldest place in the state was Mount Baw Baw, where locals experienced they type of conditions they were denied for most of the 2006 winter — snowfall and a maximum temperature of minus 2.

Snow also capped other peaks across Victoria, southern NSW and Tasmania, including Hobart's Mount Wellington."

was around 70 degrees here just a few days ago

now looking at this ...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO
7 AM EST WEDNESDAY.

RAIN SHOWERS WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT...AND
INCREASE IN INTENSITY AFTER SUNRISE TUESDAY MORNING. ALONG THE
TENNESSEE BORDER THE SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES WITH 2 TO
3 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED...MAINLY AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3500
FEET...BY THE TIME THE PRECIPITATION TAPERS OFF TUESDAY NIGHT.
ELEVATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET WILL SEE ISOLATED AMOUNTS AS HIGH AS 5
INCHES. LOWER ELEVATIONS MAY SEE ONLY AN INCH OF ACCUMULATION.
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...WILL RESULT
IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW AND LOCALLY REDUCED
VISIBILITIES.



that's kinda the norm here 70's then snow then tepms go back up ...then snow

ZombieKitten said:

in minneapolis it's supposed to be winter but, aside from the one snowfall last week, the ground is bare and temps are in the 30s-40s