DESPITE snow expected to fall as low as 700 metres in some areas of state on Wednesday, the only warning Bureau of Meteorology climatologist Ian Barnes-Keoghan gave was that this summer’s forecast was looking ‘‘trite’’.
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Mr Barnes-Keoghan said comparisons with other summer weather patterns was difficult.
‘‘I know it sounds like I’m hedging bets a bit but it’s the way it is – overall there’s not a strong signal one way or the other,’’ he said.
‘‘Indications for temperature are a little bit mixed, there’s a tug of war between a tendency towards above average and below average.’’
However, a very dry and very warm spring has meant that people should be diligent about being bushfire-ready.
‘‘Through spring and especially October we had some summer type weather already – we’ve already got a lot of fields dry,’’ Mr Barnes-Keoghan said.
Rain will bring in the first day of summer across the north of the state, with Launceston predicted to reach a maximum of 26 degrees on Friday.
