Yet...another cold Weekend

[CHCH Weather Chaser]

Im not sure about that, it certainly looks more like a monday night and all tuesday and wed morning thing now though. GFS models have slightly higher precipitation totals as well and they have been consistent all week so did change just a little. If you look at M/S 7 day maps its showing another significant low developing from the southern tasman and working its way over all New Zealand again. Looks like heaviest falls will be central plateau, westland and the alps in Canterbury as well but much more precipitation in Canterbury. Its got a low of 967hpa at one point. Its a long way away but something to keep an eye on.

[frosty]

well its a warm n/w day in christchurch and i think its the calm before the storm,you almost always get low level snow in canterbury with these types of conditions with an approaching system,but lets wait and see

[Storm Struck]

Thats interesting to hear about the snow in hokitika certainly a rare event for there.
Could be a chance for thunderstorms and hail this evening with passage of the trough going through, it will be short and sharp though.
Certainly a mild day out there scrappy cloud about and a few weak bits of CU now showing up near the Port Hills.
Yes the following weekend looks interesting as well, but lets get through this one first.
Cheers
Jason.

[mattyj46]

Snowing heavly here in Invercargill, my sisters outside taking photos now so I shall upload later, starting to settle a bit despite the very wet ground.

[mattyj46]

Back to sleet/rain now, was great while it lasted.

[Philip Duncan]

Wish it snowed in Auckland!

[Michael]

Boring never does anything but rain/wind or both.not much durnial spread unfortunately year round.Like to see snow in winter and 35+c in summer

Wish it snowed in Auckland!

[Janos]

Wish it snowed in Auckland!

Choices....When we have Aucklanders visit my place of work.....they always seem to love the cold and when theres snow on the hills there off. They have had a good run this year.

[mikestormchaser]

yes beautiful day in chch today!! all arfternoon off, managed to mow the lawns lol
interesting to hear possible storms tonight jasestrm we'll see.. last couple of hours has been some weak CU over my part of town and hills area, be fantastic start to a pre storm season if it does happen tonight and being sat night what better night to have a storm

[Janos]

In contrast to Christchurch we are sitting around 5dg heavily overcast and a cold wind blowing.

[gopolks]

So whats the latest for chch for the next few days? Is tuesday looking worse than monday?

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

So whats the latest for chch for the next few days? Is tuesday looking worse than monday?

Probably

JohnGaul
NZTS

[gopolks]

Fun fun fun, what a winter!!!!

[waterboy]

Hi. Don't you think that it is getting abit warm for much more snow? Sure thing that we used to get a lot of snow late in the year back in the old days but we haven't seen much snow in August or September for a long time --- probably not since the late 1980s in my memory. The temperature is definitely raising this last month. What I wonder is that if this snow that we got the passed week or 3 was to have fallen in June or July? I think it would have been a very big snowfall because it was a lot colder in those months than now.

[NZstorm]

Don't you think that it is getting abit warm for much more snow?

There is colder air coming in waterboy though there won't be a repeat performance of that amazing cold pool that occurred over the west of the South Island.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

snowing in Hokitika at the moment. Bit too wet to settle on the ground tho.

The NW here was very cold here yesterday. It was only 6ºc with the Nor-wester bowing and the wind-chill would of been much lower.

JohnGaul
NZTS

[frosty]

Hi. Don't you think that it is getting abit warm for much more snow? Sure thing that we used to get a lot of snow late in the year back in the old days but we haven't seen much snow in August or September for a long time --- probably not since the late 1980s in my memory. The temperature is definitely raising this last month. What I wonder is that if this snow that we got the passed week or 3 was to have fallen in June or July? I think it would have been a very big snowfall because it was a lot colder in those months than now.

if i remember rightly we did get a decent fall of snow to sea level in christchurch in september 2005

[melja]

And the big chch snow of 92 was late august not that im saying that we are in for any snow.

[waterboy]

It is snowing here now again so I eat my words!!

[carrot]

Could it be snowing further north too? Geraldine station reporting about 0.7deg and 1.5mm/hour. temp dropping.
Nothing happening in Chch.

I didn't think it would be getting that cold, maybe its wrong

[waterboy]

Hi --- It could be snowing there. It is coming down quite hard here tonight. I would say it is almost 6 inches deep on the ground right now. Actually you know it is probably less. I will go out and measure it in the morning.

[Inny Binny]

Raining nicely at 4.0 and falling...interesting.

[gllitz]

Certainly the numbers, at least, would suggest very low level snow (possibly even sea level) for late MON/TUES for here in CHCH...not sure how widespread it will be, probably similar to what we had last weekend...

[tich]

Fresh dusting of snow above about 600m around Akaroa from overnight showers. Looks like it's clearing now.

[gopolks]

Its nice and fine in chch, but the met service are saying sleetly showers for tuesday I think.