Winter is set to arrive one week early, with weather forecasters warning Victorians to rug up from today as an icy southerly wind blasts the state.
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Snow is forecast to fall in the state's alpine resorts - Mount Buller, Falls Creek, Mount Hotham and Mount Baw Baw - from late today until Wednesday.
...tempting fate with a long-range forecast, but it comes from a man who knows...
comes as long-range snow forecaster Pete Taylor said Australia's ski resorts could expect bumper snow falls for the 2011 season.
Mr Taylor, who runs snowatch.com.au, said the break-down of the La Nina weather pattern should translate into good snow falls for June, with between 70-100 centimetres of snow for the month.
"Looking back over the last 30 years some of the best snowfalls have been on a weakening La Nina," mr Taylor said.