Canberra wakes up to snow flakes

Canberrans are waking up to a light flutter of snow as strong winds deliver a wintry chill.

Most suburbs are being dusted by snow flakes on Wednesday morning, with photos of snow-covered rooftops and cars on social media.

The temperature is sitting at 1C in the city, but Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Mohammed Nabi says it feels more like minus 7C, thanks to northwesterly winds.

The city is expected to receive one to two centimetres of snow until mid-morning when the weather warms up to a maximum of 7C.

"Most of the suburbs in Canberra have reported snow except for the far northern ones," Mr Nabi told AAP.

"It will be more like a dusting of snow."

Winds are expected to remain brisk throughout the morning, with a severe weather warning for damaging winds covering much of the ACT.