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Mount Hotham is a mountain located in the Victorian Alps of the Great Dividing Range, in the Australian state of Victoria. The mountain is located approximately 357 kilometres (222 mi) north east of Melbourne, 746 kilometres (464 mi) from Sydney, and 997 kilometres (620 mi) from Adelaide by road. The nearest major road to the mountain is the Great Alpine Road. The mountain is named after Charles Hotham, Governor of Victoria from 1854 to 1855.

Mount Hotham's summit rises to an altitude of 1,862 metres (6,109 ft) AHD.[1]

Mount Hotham Alpine Resort, a commercial alpine resort, is located on the slopes of Mount Hotham summit and nearby mountains.

Administratively, the mountain is within Mount Hotham Alpine Resort unincorporated area, land which is managed by Alpine Resorts Victoria. This unincorporated area is surrounded by Alpine Shire.

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It's a wild one out there across southeastern Australia this Monday, with strong winds lashing the east coast and heavy snow still falling in the mountains.

Just after 10 am, the BoM issued an updated Severe Weather Warning for Damaging Winds for several southeastern NSW forecast districts – including the Illawarra, South Coast, Central Tablelands, Southern Tablelands, Snowy Mountains, and parts of the Sydney Metropolitan area.

As we write this story at 11 am Monday, gusts of 70 km/h or slightly higher have been recorded in southwestern Sydney and the nearby Illawarra area, while even stronger gusts whipped the alpine regions of NSW and Victoria overnight as yet more snow fell in what has been a very productive week for snow lovers.

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MetService reported a possibility of snow later in the week - especially for those higher elevations in the south.
"While it is too far out to pinpoint the finer details of the forecast for next week it is looking like a cold and windy start to the school holidays," MetService meteorologist Amy Rossiter said.

Meanwhile, rain or showers were forecast for much of the country today as a band of rain moves eastwards across the country, followed by an unstable showery flow.

Thunderstorms were also possible for the north and west of both Islands this afternoon and evening.

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The school holidays are off to a chilly start as a “strong cold southwesterly” sweeps over New Zealand, bringing gusts, rain and some snow, MetService says.

Fiordland, Otago, Southland, Clutha, Dunedin Southern Lakes and Stewart Island are now under orange heavy snow warnings which will stretch from Saturday until Monday morning.

Canterbury, High Country, Clutha, Dunedin, Marlborough, Nelson, Southland and Stewart Island are under a strong wind watch from 8pm until midnight.

Hawkes Bay and Tararua are under an orange strong wind warning.

MetService metrologist David Miller said the wild weather is going to “get worse” over the weekend.

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A cold wintry blast is continuing to affect parts of the country, with snow, weather warnings and some roads closed.

MetService said the strong southwest flow was expected to last through to Monday morning.

The forecaster posted strong wind warnings or watches for Hawke's Bay and Tararua, Marlborough, Nelson, the Canterbury high country, Dunedin, Clutha, Southland, and Stewart Island. While NIWA warned areas experiencing strong winds could see power cuts.

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Sneeuwwaarschuwingen voor bergwegen in Nieuw Zeeland

Automobilisten worden geadviseerd om voorzichtig te rijden vanwege de verwachte sneeuw op de alpine wegen op het Zuidereiland vanaf dinsdag.

Er werd sneeuw verwacht op de passen Lewis (State Highway 7) en Porters (SH73), meldde MetService.

De sneeuw zou dinsdagavond ook dalen tot 700 meter op de Crown Range Road, die Queenstown en Wanaka met elkaar verbindt.

Een waarschuwing voor Southland's Milford Road (SH94) en de Lewis Pass (SH8) in Central Otago is opgeheven.

Op de Desert Road op het centrale Noordereiland werd woensdagochtend vroeg sneeuw verwacht tot 700 meter, met naar verwachting tot 8 cm op de weg.

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Road snow warnings have been issued for the Crown Range Road and the Milford Road (State Highway 94) for Saturday morning, and there is one currently in place for the North Island's Desert Road

With the last of the snow falling on the volcanic plateau, MetService was also keeping watch on a fresh weather system due to move up the country in the middle of next week.

Makgabutane said at this stage it was too early to tell how cold it would get, but snow was expected to fall in elevated areas of the South Island.

“The next weather system looks to come through midweek next week, Wednesday into Thursday.

“Over the next week or so we can expect some unsettled weather, which is very typical for this time of year.”