Wednesday 8 June 2022 02:31 AM Aussies set to freeze as air 'straight from the Antarctic ice sheet' surges ... trends now
Five new polar pulses are set to hit Australia over the next two weeks as the country continues its freezing start to winter - the coldest in 124 years.
A massive surge of cold air is forcing temperatures to plunge several degrees below the June average, right across the country
The Bureau of Meteorology says even more polar blasts will hit the nation's southeast later this week, with frigid airs blowing in straight off the Antarctic Ice Sheet.
Those conditions will combine with a cold, dry surge of air surging in from the Southern Ocean, which will see icy temperatures last through until next weekend.
Brisbane will see minimums as low as 6C for the rest of the week - the lowest temperatures the Queensland capital has seen in early June since 1904.
Five new polar pulses are set to hit Australia in the coming as the country continues its freezing start to winter
The Bureau of Meteorology say five new polar blasts will hit the nation's south-east later this week, with frigid airs blowing in straight off the Antarctic Ice Sheet
The coldest of the five pulses is set to hit Tasmania on Saturday evening, before reaching the mainland next week.
The low-pressure system bringing the freezing winds to Australia will be slow moving, which will see the conditions extended through next weekend.
It will also see major cities in the country's south-east maintain cold starts to the wintry months, while Western Australia will see large periods of rain as another low-pressure trough moves in from the west.
Sydney will see an even cooler day on Wednesday than Tuesday, with a minimum of 6C and maximum of just 14C.
A low-pressure system bringing the freezing winds to Australia will be slow moving, which will see the conditions extended through next weekend - including rain to WA
Melbourne will be slightly warmer than Tuesday's top of 11C, with a max of 12C expect for the Victorian capital.
The miserable conditions are a result of a cold front moving upwards from South Australia, with parts of the country's southeast already seeing fresh dumps of snow.
Parts of typically mild Queensland will also be hit hard.
In Toowoomba, an hour-and-a-half west of Brisbane, the apparent temperature is set to plummet to as low as -5.4C on Thursday morning according to Weatherzone, with southern parts of Queensland to also suffer through the chilly weather.
Australians have woken up to yet another freezing morning as the country's southeast battles through
