Easter weather: NSW, Victoria and Tasmania in for a cold long weekend with cyclone in WA

Australians are heading into a cold long weekend with snow en route to some states, while Victoria is on track to experience its coldest Easter in 80 years.

The temperature in Melbourne drops to just 14 degrees this Easter Sunday.

The last time Victoria experienced such low temperatures on an Easter weekend was in 1943, when the mercury dropped to just 14.3°C.

Below average temperatures are also forecast across New South Wales this weekend, while snow is expected to fall in parts of the state, along with Victoria and Tasmania.

The temperature in Melbourne drops to just 14 degrees on Easter Sunday. The last time Victoria experienced such low temperatures over Easter weekend was in 1943, when the mercury dropped to just 14.3C (Melbourne is pictured)

Sarah Scully, senior meteorologist for the Bureau of Meteorology, said the forecast didn’t look good for Aussies living in southern states hoping to celebrate Easter weekend outdoors.

“Maximum temperatures are likely to be well below average for the Easter long weekend, with possible snowfall in mountain areas on Saturday night and Sunday,” she said.

Showers are forecast in the south on Saturday, decreasing to the mountain ranges on Sunday before turning dry all day on Monday.

“Hazardous surf conditions will develop on the south and central coast on Sunday and spread to the north coast on Monday.”

Cold, wet and windy conditions are the result of a series of cold fronts making their way across South Australia.

Snow was predicted to fall in Tasmania’s highlands and in the alpine regions of Victoria and NSW on Saturday.

Lower than average maximum temperatures are predicted for this long weekend

Sydney will see a mostly sunny Easter Sunday with a low of 15C and high of 21C forecast.

Melbourne will see some showers and a cold 14°C day, while Canberra will see a top 16°C on Sunday with no chance of rain.

Hobart could get as cold as 8°C on Sunday with storms likely over the Easter holiday.

Adelaide will see an overcast day with highs of 20C, while Brisbane residents can bask with the mercury reaching a blistering 29C.

A series of cold fronts will see cold, wet and windy conditions across the southern states over the long weekend. Women are seen in Byron Bay

Snow is also expected to fall in alpine regions in NSW, Victoria and Tasmania (pictured snowfall in Katoomba, NSW)

Meanwhile, those in Western Australia have been told to brace themselves for a tropical cyclone expected to hit northern parts of the state on Sunday night, bringing gale-force winds of up to 90 km/h to the west coast of Kimberley.

Thunderstorms and heavy rains are expected to hit the northern Kimberley region on Easter Sunday due to the wild weather system.

The system is likely to move further southwest early next week to be off the coast of Pilbara on Tuesday or Wednesday.

If the system does become a tropical cyclone, the next name on the list will be ‘Ilsa’.

Further south in Perth, residents will enjoy a sunny day with a maximum temperature of 24C.

While residents of the Southern States and Western Australia are set to experience some wild weather over the holiday weekend, residents of Queensland and Sydney have already experienced heavy hailstorms.

Hailstones up to 11 cm wide were seen in the Darling Downs region on Friday, while hailstones as large as 8 cm fell in Haden, in the Toowoomba region.

The Bureau of Meteorology recorded wind gusts of up to 65 mph in the rural QLD town of Oakey.

Similarly, massive hailstones were seen in northwestern Sydney and in Bowral, southern NSW.

Australia’s east coast was battered by sudden thunderstorms and heavy hail on Good Friday (pictured in Marsden Park, Sydney)

Sydneysiders saw a mild 24C quickly turn into a vicious thunderstorm with massive hail falling from the sky Friday evening (pictured)