Beijing's first snow came 23 days earlier this winter season, and the temperature in the capital may hit a 10-year record low, which has led to the suspension of buses, as well as cancellation of flights and trains.
Then there is atmospheric streams. See Laura's comment below from a page back:..it seems plausible to think that there could be some issues with the Gulf Stream, looking at the predicted temperature , they looks like the "normal temperatures" that you should expect without the warming effect of the Stream.
So now those recently discovered "atmospheric rivers" are going to be dumping snow? Hoo boy! Things are most definitely getting interesting.
Initial data shows the temperature in Hobart fell to 2.9 degrees Celsius overnight — which would make it the city's coldest November night since 1953.
"The lowest snow would have fallen about the southern parts of Tasmania, but due to the elevated nature of the Central Plateau and some of the ranges in the west of Tasmania, they actually got more snow in the end, or very likely to have had more snow in the end, because they're just that much higher above sea level," he said.
Mr Johnston said the cold south-westerly air had come up from Antarctica.
Some shots from Snowvember in Tasmania: