IDN11032 Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology New South Wales Snowy Mountains District Forecast Issued at 9:53 pm EDT on Saturday 20 December 2025 for the period until midnight EDT Wednesday 24 December 2025. Warning Information For latest warnings go to www.bom.gov.au, subscribe to RSS feeds, call 1300 659 210* or listen for warnings on relevant TV and radio broadcasts. Weather Situation A broad low pressure trough is moving into the west and south today, drawing heat and moisture into the state, and will become associated with a cold front and deepen on Sunday as a low develops to the south, before pushing into the northeast early in the new working week. Following this, a high pressure ridge will build across the west and south early next week. Forecast for the rest of Saturday 20 December Clear. Winds north to northwesterly 15 to 20 km/h. Chance of snow at elevation 1000 metres: 0% Chance of snow at elevation 1400 metres: 0% Chance of snow at elevation 1800 metres: 0% Forecast for Sunday 21 December Cloudy. The chance of fog near the Victorian border in the early morning. Very high chance of rain. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening. Thunderstorms possibly severe with destructive winds, large hail and heavy rain which may lead to flash flooding in the afternoon and evening. Winds north to northwesterly 15 to 25 km/h increasing to 25 to 35 km/h in the middle of the day then tending west to northwesterly 25 to 40 km/h in the evening. Cabramurra Rain. Storm developing. Min 14 Max 18 Cooma Rain. Possible storm. Min 15 Max 27 Jindabyne Rain. Possible storm. Min 16 Max 25 Perisher Valley Rain. Possible storm. Min 12 Max 17 Thredbo Top Station Rain. Storm developing. Min 10 Max 13 Chance of snow at elevation 1000 metres: 0% Chance of snow at elevation 1400 metres: 0% Chance of snow at elevation 1800 metres: 0% Fire Danger: Monaro Alpine: Moderate Australian Capital Territory: Moderate Southern Slopes: Moderate Sun protection 8:30am to 5:30pm, UV Index predicted to reach 14 [Extreme] Forecast for Monday 22 December Mostly sunny. Slight chance of a shower in the southeast, near zero chance elsewhere. Winds northwest to southwesterly 25 to 35 km/h decreasing to 15 to 25 km/h in the morning then tending northeast to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h in the evening. Cabramurra Sunny. Min 8 Max 17 Cooma Sunny. Min 11 Max 27 Jindabyne Mostly sunny. Min 12 Max 25 Perisher Valley Mostly sunny. Min 6 Max 16 Thredbo Top Station Wind easing. Mostly sunny. Min 4 Max 13 Chance of snow at elevation 1000 metres: 0% Chance of snow at elevation 1400 metres: 0% Chance of snow at elevation 1800 metres: 0% Forecast for Tuesday 23 December Partly cloudy. The chance of morning fog in the east. Slight chance of a shower in the southeast in the morning. Near zero chance of rain elsewhere. Winds northwest to northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h tending northwest to southwesterly 20 to 30 km/h during the morning then tending south to southwesterly during the day. Cabramurra Mostly sunny. Min 7 Max 15 Cooma Partly cloudy. Min 8 Max 25 Jindabyne Partly cloudy. Min 9 Max 23 Perisher Valley Partly cloudy. Min 3 Max 15 Thredbo Top Station Partly cloudy. Min 1 Max 12 Chance of snow at elevation 1000 metres: 0% Chance of snow at elevation 1400 metres: 0% Chance of snow at elevation 1800 metres: 0% Forecast for Wednesday 24 December Sunny. The chance of morning fog in the southeast. Winds north to northwesterly 15 to 20 km/h turning west to southwesterly 20 to 30 km/h during the morning. Cabramurra Sunny. Min 6 Max 16 Cooma Sunny. Min 7 Max 26 Jindabyne Sunny. Min 8 Max 23 Perisher Valley Sunny. Min 2 Max 15 Thredbo Top Station Wind easing. Sunny. Min 2 Max 12 Chance of snow at elevation 1000 metres: 0% Chance of snow at elevation 1400 metres: 0% Chance of snow at elevation 1800 metres: 0% The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:05 am EDT Sunday. * Calls to 1300 numbers cost around 27.5c incl. GST, higher from mobiles or public phones. Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2011, Bureau of Meteorology (ABN 92 637 533 532). Users of these web pages are deemed to have read and accepted the conditions described in the Copyright, Disclaimer, and Privacy statements (http://www.bom.gov.au/other/copyright.shtml).