Melbourne weather: Snow expected in Melbourne suburbs as cold front hits

By Chloe Booker, Daniella Miletic
Updated July 12 2016 - 9:08pm, first published 8:56pm
Be prepared to rug up on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Be prepared to rug up on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Snow fell at Mount Macedon last month. More snow is expected as low as 300 metres on Tuesday night. Photo: Paul Rovere
Snow fell at Mount Macedon last month. More snow is expected as low as 300 metres on Tuesday night. Photo: Paul Rovere
June's cold front saw snow fall at Mount Macedon. Photo: Paul Rovere
June's cold front saw snow fall at Mount Macedon. Photo: Paul Rovere
People are rugging up for the cold front which is set to hit Melbourne today.  Photo: Paul Jeffers
People are rugging up for the cold front which is set to hit Melbourne today. Photo: Paul Jeffers
There could, just possibly, be a dusting of snow on the very top of 292-metre-tall Eureka Tower. Photo: Craig Abraham
There could, just possibly, be a dusting of snow on the very top of 292-metre-tall Eureka Tower. Photo: Craig Abraham
Hats and scarves are the order of the day. Photo: Paul Jeffers
Hats and scarves are the order of the day. Photo: Paul Jeffers
A powerful cold front moving through the state could dump snow as low as 300 metres on Tuesday night. Photo: Andrew Railton
A powerful cold front moving through the state could dump snow as low as 300 metres on Tuesday night. Photo: Andrew Railton
The severe wind chill factor is making it feel even colder. Photo: Paul Jeffers
The severe wind chill factor is making it feel even colder. Photo: Paul Jeffers
The cold front is tearing its way across Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania.
The cold front is tearing its way across Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania.
Wind gusts reached 100km/h in Melbourne on Tuesday, bringing down trees and even a car park wall. Photo: Chris Hopkins
Wind gusts reached 100km/h in Melbourne on Tuesday, bringing down trees and even a car park wall. Photo: Chris Hopkins

The temperature is set to plunge even further and snow is set to fall over Melbourne's outer suburbs on Tuesday night.

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