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Snow flurries could fall in the centre of Canberra and surrounding suburbs on Friday, the Bureau of Meteorology says. The predictions come as elevated parts of the ACT became blanketed in snow on Thursday, as a severe weather system makes its way through the south-east of Australia. The bureau said snow was predicted to fall on most of the western parts of the ACT, as well as near parts of Tuggeranong and over the border in Queanbeyan, late on Friday evening and early on Saturday morning. The snowy conditions have led to predictions of the chance of snow flurries in the city and suburban areas on Friday as the weather system intensifies. Craig Ryan from the Bureau of Meteorology said the snow was likely to hold off until late on Friday, despite earlier predictions it could fall during the AFL clash between the Hawks and Giants at Manuka Oval. "We're looking at falls quite late this evening into the early hours of tomorrow morning," Mr Ryan said on Friday. "There's the possibility of snow on local hills and it will happen in the late evening and early morning. "In Canberra itself, it's more likely to be flurries but on local hills it will be more of a dusting." Heavy snowfalls forced the closure of Corin Road for parts of the day on Friday, with 15 centimetres recorded, before being reopened to traffic. Large snowfalls have been recorded at ski resorts in the Snowy Mountains yesterday, with up to 60 centimeters falling near Perisher and Thredbo. Wind gusts of up to 100km/h were recorded at Thredbo, making the temperature on the ski slopes feel as low as minus 20. The bureau has said there was also a 60 per cent chance of snow on Sunday, falling mostly in the morning and in western parts of the ACT. Bureau meteorologist Helen Kirkup said a colder air mass was expected to move across the ACT on Friday, bringing with it colder conditions. "The colder air mass will arrive on Friday night, so that's when we expect the level that snow will fall to drop even further," Ms Kirkup said. "It will fall around 800 metres, which is the higher than the city, but it's not out of the question for it to drop down even lower. "It's going to be cold, wet and windy, and the worst thing will be the wind chill." The chilly weather has been brought on by a cold front moving across the Great Australian Bight and through NSW, followed by a second, stronger cold front on the Friday. The stronger front will bring with it winds of up to 60km/h, along with the chance of a thunderstorm and hail. "At this time of year, we get these severe weather warnings that cover parts of the ACT," Ms Kirkup said. "It can come through as a dry wind, but the system's deep and pulling air up from Antarctic waters and coming far enough that there should be enough moisture with it. "The western side of the slopes and the Brindabellas get the uplift, so they're more likely to see showers which will start falling as snow." While Friday's conditions are expected to bring strong winds and snow, Ms Kirkup said it was unlikely there would be blizzard-like conditions in elevated parts of the ACT. The bureau has also issued a severe weather warning for damaging winds from Thursday until Sunday, warning of peak gusts of up to 90km/h. The weather front has made for bumper snow conditions for ski resorts in the Snowy Mountains, with up to 100 centimetres of snow predicted for coming days. More than 15 centimetres fell at Thredbo on Thursday, with the bulk of the falls to happen on Friday. The bureau has said Jindabyne and areas near Cooma could also see snowfalls. Temperatures will rise to just 8 degrees in Canberra on Friday and Saturday. Showers are forecast for most of the weekend, before clearing up on Monday, with a low of minus 2 and a high of 10 forecast.

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