Cold, occasional snow to finish the week, with increasing sunshine on the weekend

For the rest of the week and into the weekend we have a lovely cold pool of air overhead.

This brings cold temperatures, day and night, perfect for snowmaking.

The next big weather system affects eastern NSW, and the alps just graze the edge of this. This means that we have precipitation from time to time - and it's perfectly cold enough to fall as snow, nearly throughout alpine elevations - but we don't get a lot of accumulation.

There is also a large high pressure system just to the west, encouraging sunshine.

-> So, until Saturday, it is cold, with snow showers from time to time, and long sunny breaks (especially in the west). We're also removed enough from the mess of low pressure further north that the winds are fairly light.

That high moves in on Sunday and temperatures rise.

The weather pattern shifts into a series of cold fronts (rather than slowly wandering lows) - and the high over the southeast acts like a block ensuring those fronts peak in the west and slide across the southeast. At least for the early to mid part of next week.

One of these is likely later Monday, mainly on Tuesday (watch the individual model guidance hopefully come into better consensus on the timing of this as it nears - how do I do this? At Jane's Weather on the Forecast Graph turn the PRO toggle on and look at the differences between the pastel coloured lines). At this stage some models have a hint of colder air, while others keep it too warm. With the front sliding it won't bring huge falls.

There may be something bigger brewing at the end of next week, as a feed of tropical moisture sweeps down from the Indian Ocean - but it will all depend on where the low pressure/troughs/fronts move as to who sees the snow/rain from this.