Winter is coming: Cold fronts to leave Victoria shivering as Sydney faces its coldest April morning in 11 years - but it's still sunny in Perth
- Sydney to reach a top of 23 degrees with a low of 11 degrees throughout Sunday
- Western Sydney suburbs like Campbelltown will start day with seven degrees
- Parts of Victoria shivered through coldest morning in decades on Friday night
- As country shivers Perth will enjoy a pleasant and warm 30 degrees tomorrow
Sydney could be in for its coldest April morning in more than a decade as parts of the country shiver through record lows.
The New South Wales capital city is expected to reach a top of 23 degrees on Sunday, though it will start the day with a frosty 11 degrees.
People living out west might have to rug up in places like Campbelltown, with a chilling low of seven degrees forecast for the area.
While the city is expected to bottom out at 11 degrees, if the mercury drops below the forecast at al it could mark the coldest April morning since 2008.
Sydney could be in for its coldest April morning in more than a decade as parts of the country shiver through record lows (stock image, a person layers on the clothes during a cold morning)
The New South Wales capital city is expected to reach a top of 23 degrees on Sunday, though start the day with a low of 11 degrees (stock image, a person stays warm under numerous layers of clothing)
The cold weather comes in sharp contrast to the past fortnight of sunshine, tipped as the city's warmest two weeks this late into the season on record.
Maximum temperatures in the city ranged from a warm 24 to 28 degrees.
The cold front brought an end to the pleasant run of warm weather on Friday, with parts of the state shivering overnight.
Temperatures plunged to minus seven degrees as Perisher, while Thredbo Top Station froze at minus 6 degrees.
People in Goulbourn, about 200km south-west of Sydney, slept through minus two degree weather.
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Records were broken in Victoria as parts of the state shivered through the coldest overnight temperatures in decades.
Mangalore, about 130kms north of Melbourne, battled through minus one degrees overnight on Friday - it's coldest April morning in 41 years.
Melbourne is forecast to begin the Sunday with a low of 13 degrees, and reach a maximum of 17.
Monday and Tuesday morning will dip even lower with a minimum of 10 degrees, with the week only to become mildly warmer with a minimum of 14 degrees on Thursday.
Hobart in Tasmania will suffer through a low of 11 degrees on Sunday, with the minimum temperature dropping to eight degrees towards the second half of the week.
Perth on the other hand is forecast to enjoy a warm 30 degrees on Sunday.
The warm weather will dip to a cool 22 degrees on Monday and linger around the 20 degree mark throughout the rest of the week.
The cold weather comes in sharp contrast to the past fortnight of warm weather, tipped as the city's warmest two weeks this late into the season on record (pictured, a graphic depiction of the cold snap to brace the country. The blue indicates weather in the lows with the temperature increasing as the colours warm)
Records were broken in Victoria as parts of the state shivered through the coldest overnight temperatures in decades (stock image, a person walks along Barangaroo in Sydney during a chill morning)
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