For the third time this year, Perisher Blue has received an early white winter coat after 10-15cm of fresh snow fell in the resort from about 11am on Sunday and continuing throughout the night and in to Monday. Temperatures reached a low of –3.5C at 7.45am on Monday.
According to Perisher Blue Snowmaking Manager John Palmer who was in the resort on Sunday when the snow started to fall,
The majority of the snow fell on Sunday and now the wind has crept up and it is blowing it about a bit.”
Again this early snowfall is excellent news for the resort, which is in its final stages of completing the $9.75M snowmaking development for 2008. The 34 new automated Techno Alpin snow guns have now been installed up to Mid Station of the Forester Express Chairlift and snowmaking is set to commence in mid-May when the weather conditions for snowmaking are generally optimal.
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