Drew Casper-Richardson, 19 Apr 2014, 11:57 PM UTC
Chilly Easter egg hunt for NSW
Parts of New South Wales have shivered through their coldest night of the year with temperatures as much as nine below average.
Cold mornings need three key ingredients: a cool airmass, calm or light winds and clear skies. On Saturday a cold front swept through New South Wales bringing with it a cooler airmass. Overnight and into Sunday morning a high pressure system kept skies clear and winds light. These three factors combined to make for a chilly (even frosty for some) Easter egg hunt on Sunday morning.
Overnight temperatures dipped between five and nine degrees below average in the North West Slopes & Plains, Central West Slopes & Plains and the Riverina. Those in Cooma needed to throw an extra layer on before heading out to look for Easter eggs with their first frost of the year. It chilled to minus two degrees which is five below average. Coonamble dropped to just three degrees which is nine below average and the coldest morning since October.
Other places in the state had their coldest April morning in two years including Bombala (zero degrees), Moss Vale (three degrees) and Albion Park (seven degrees). In the Sydney Basin most suburbs cooled between two and four degrees below average.
Increased cloud cover will trap some of the day time heat bringing a slightly warmer start to Monday. It will still be a cold morning through much of the same areas though with temperatures generally only expected to be a degree or two above Sunday morning.
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