Cold Outbreak, 24th - 27th May

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tich
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Re: Cold Outbreak, 24th - 27th May

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Wintry mix of rain, hail and sleet in Akaroa, driven in by howling southerly gale. Dusting of snow above about 400m.
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einzack
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Re: Cold Outbreak, 24th - 27th May

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a few cm (would say 3-5cm) of the white stuff at work @ 550m in Reefton.
The truck had some crunchy stuff on it this morning in town @ 200m as well. I thought it may have been hail, but have since had it confirmed that it did snow for a short period which then turned to rain.
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Re: Cold Outbreak, 24th - 27th May

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Mix of rain and big snowflakes. It's trying to snow.
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Storm Struck
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Re: Cold Outbreak, 24th - 27th May

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Gale force gusts here few spots of rain now mixing in some sleet, sky looking more whitey/grey to the south.
4.8C.
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Re: Cold Outbreak, 24th - 27th May

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Nice Snow Shower now in Sockburn :lol:
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Karliosis
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Re: Cold Outbreak, 24th - 27th May

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Heavy, very sleety here in last 5 mins, temp 2.9c, tried to get pics and video, will see how they turned out and post later.
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tich
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Re: Cold Outbreak, 24th - 27th May

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Just had a loud thunderclap. Hail settling.
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David
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Re: Cold Outbreak, 24th - 27th May

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The forecast low for Queenstown tonight is back to a more "modest" -9C now :lol:
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Re: Cold Outbreak, 24th - 27th May

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good 5m swell running on the west coast here today :)
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David
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Re: Cold Outbreak, 24th - 27th May

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The dewpoint is still 8C here, thought the air would be drier than that.
Our coolest day of the year so far with a high of 15.
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Re: Cold Outbreak, 24th - 27th May

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David wrote:The forecast low for Queenstown tonight is back to a more "modest" -9C now :lol:
The lowest May temp ever recorded at Queenstown Aero in Frankton since records began in 1969 was -8.8C in 1988. It was also the only May Queenstown has recorded temps below -8C. Queenstown's generally warmer lakefront Gardens site only got down to -4.7C that month, and its lowest recorded May temp from 1871-1881 and 1930-2014 is -6.7C in 1965.
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Thunder081
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Re: Cold Outbreak, 24th - 27th May

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This video shows sea spray being whipped up in Evans Bay, Wellington by the strong north westerlies yesterday.

http://youtu.be/lk9rvdzTusE
Wellington southerly front timelapse: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBl3hsuIg2Q
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spwill
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Re: Cold Outbreak, 24th - 27th May

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A few photos from near Dunedin this morning
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NZ Thunderstorm Soc
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Re: Cold Outbreak, 24th - 27th May

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After the fine clear night , the cool southerly moved on through this morning.
I never saw any sleet or snow but come hail and graupal.
The wintry showers that moved through around 2pm, had a good Cb form in behind it.
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Re: Cold Outbreak, 24th - 27th May

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Great photos, spwill - especially the second one!
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tich
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Re: Cold Outbreak, 24th - 27th May

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There was a heavy shower with hail mid-afternoon in Akaroa, plus some snowflakes at about 250m on Hilltop-Akaroa highway and abit of sleet near Lake Ellesmere about 5pm.
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