Icy blast on the way: rain, hail and snow forecast for weekend

Senior meteorologist Miriam Bradbury told ACM the first cold front on Thursday July 25 bought very strong winds across south east Australia but those winds should ease.

"Hot on the heels of this front another one will move late tomorrow and into the weekend," she said.

"This is a cold, cold one."

"On Saturday we can expect cold air, brisk winds, showers as well as local hail and it will bring the snow level right down across Victoria, Tasmania and NSW," she said.

Melbourne could drop to 16 degrees on July 26 and to 12 degrees over the weekend while Hobart will drop from 15 degrees to 11 degrees in the same period. Sydney is expected to reach just 14 degrees on July 28 and Canberra will also shiver with a 10 degree day on Sunday.

"There will be a very icy blast for Saturday and Sunday," Ms Bradbury said.

Snow is also on the horizon on late Saturday and into Sunday, July 28.

"We could see the snow dropping below 400m below southern Tasmania , 600-700m to eastern Victoria and southern alpine NSW," she said.

Ms Bradbury said they were not expecting the "huge" dumping of snow that occurred last week but more of a "dusting of snow at lower peaks".