A congelarse se ha dicho

Vamos que viene un frio polar para esta semana! me quedare en casa y no me movere hasta que pase, comiendo quelitas como si estuviera en mallorca.


http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2010/09/15/172911_most-popular-stories.html

Stand by for snowy polar blast

MATT SMITH | September 15, 2010 02.00am

HOBART residents will need to brace for Antarctic-like conditions expected to hit the city over the next few days.

Snow down to sea level, icy winds and freezing conditions are expected to arrive today and tomorrow and persist until Friday.

Weather Channel senior meteorologist Dick Whitaker said the weather chart for Thursday looked similar to that of July 25, 1986, when Hobart had snow down to very low levels.

Mr Whitaker said a cold air mass from Antarctica sweeping over the Southern Ocean yesterday would provide the cooler than usual conditions.

The cold air would cause temperatures to drop rapidly, lowering the snow level to below 300 metres today and to sea level by Thursday.

"The winds behind the front are coming from the far southern latitudes and they are going to drag up some very, very cold air," Mr Whitaker said.

If tomorrow's temperature in Hobart only climbs to its forecast 10C it will be 5C below average and the coldest September day in three years.

The winds are also expected to generate phenomenal seas with maximum wave heights to exceed 14 metres off the southern coastline on Thursday afternoon.

The forecast conditions continue the yearly trend for unpredictable weather in the state.

Southern Tasmania experienced its driest and warmest January-July period on record this year, before a 36-hour deluge in the second week of August delivered more rain than Hobart had seen in five months.

The weather has come as a welcome surprise for local surf shop owner Victor Tilley.

Mr Tilley said his shop Red Herring had struggled to sell winter gear this year because of the mild weather, but people had been in over the past few days getting ready for the cold water and potential waves.

"We have already had heaps of crew in buying hoodies, boots and gloves."

Mr Tilley said his staff, most of whom are keen surfers, were also relishing the thought of 14-metre waves.

"We are all pumped about it," he said.