The official opening of the ski season has come and gone but fields in Australia’s alpine regions remain largely bare.

A scan of the webcams dotted around the various resorts in NSW and Victoria confirm there is little or no snow to speak of, with conditions unlikely to greatly improve anytime soon.

The Bureau of Meteorology says there is potential for “a little more than snow dust” to arrive this Friday with snow expected above 1200 metres.

The bureau has blamed the lack of snow on unusually warm weather with Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide recording their longest stretch of warm autumn days on record.