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Re: South Island Snow

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Thanks for the photos spwill :wave: man there will be some hard frosts after this lot.
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Wow 3 to 4 metres estimated in some places on the Milford Road via one news.
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Well clear skies here for the first time in over a week.

Heres some pics of the mountains from my home. :smile:
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Beautiful!
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Swap place? :lol:
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Has just started snowing in Gore, heavy too. Won't take much to settle ground is dry with a light frost early on.
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11am news said snowing heavily on Banks Peninsula currently and is helping put out the bush fires there. Its nice here in Christchurch, plenty of sun and 5 degrees.
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There was a brief flurry of flakes here about 10 minutes ago despite it being 6C.

View from Te Oka (south of Lake Forsyth) looking west along Kaitorete Spit.

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