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Manukau heads observer wrote:

t's finally snowing hard here now

see, did not I not say, it will happen, but not overnight,Gary?

I got sick of hearing everybody say it. We've been hearing the prediction for a week! Omarama only got around 1-2cm in total though, dammit.

If it weren't for those meddling kids!

Still a boring sad Westerly here in the Horriblenua...

you are in a big rain shadow area, so you are not going to get as much snow as on the coast for starters...i.e it has to be big enough rain/showers to make it all the way inland to Omarama ...which is why often you miss out at other times...
just my 2 cents worth, inflation adjusted

This is the best time to visit the hot pools in Hanmer.

Hail Showers at 1330 - 10mm size then snow cleared by 1400

Chris Raine wrote:Hail Showers at 1330 - 10mm size then snow cleared by 1400

Excellent to get reports from Invercargill. Heavy hail reports out of Napier with gales.
Squally shower has arrived here again.



This forum and severe weather is extremely addicting!!

Deano wrote:This is the best time to visit the hot pools in Hanmer.

Or Maruia Springs!

In Mosgiel.

Breif rain,sleet and hail showers here this afternoon.

Took this photo on the hills just west of here mid afternoon in a heavy soft hail shower.

Cb clouds over snow.

We should have set up a post for snow photo's ohh well here's my photo's most snow settled here since ages ago I went around and measured the depths of the snow 6cm in one place of the lawn and other places between 4-5cm and 2-4 cm on the concreate paths and cobbles.
I have quite a few pics so enjoy them aye dunno if it's gonna snow again tonight forecasts still suggest it will hmmmmm .
Cheers
JASON

and more of the icy stuff........

And one more seems alot photo's but i still have more that i could have posted.
Cheers
JASON.

All good photos...

Strong cold Southerly has finally hit the Horowhenua in the last 1/2 hour...

Perhaps we will get some action yet...

Hail and sleet showers now returning to Chch - could turn to snow again quite soon, as it's only about 2-3C and the clouds look brown.

Snow has arrived on the Tararuas... Quite low but getting dark so hard to see how much...

My guess is that the Desert Road will close very soon...

gusting to 156kmh at 6pm at Cape Reinga
now thats windy!
(from the SW)
must have been a squall going through then...
I think its gonna get real windy here soon, with the small low passing just to the south of use soon...

Dump thunder twice to south before and seen a flash of ball lightning heavy hail showers and big sleet showers moving through now showers got CU look to them now.
winds reached gale in one of these blowing off and half snapped branch sparking a powerline south of kaiapoi fire brigade called out.
Cheers
JASON.

what a miserable day here stormforce gusts and rain with hail and freezing

Jasestrm wrote:...seen a flash of ball lightning...

Whoa! Seriously? That's something I'd love to see!

stormforce gusts

only 40 knot gusts michael, gale force gusts, not storm force

Snow has arrived on the Tararuas... Quite low but getting dark so hard to see how much...

My guess is that the Desert Road will close very soon...

Snow should already to be falling to quite low levels in the southern and central North Island, with 6pm obs showing temps of 4C at Kelburn, 5C in Taupo, and 6C in Hamilton - all 3 stations having recent precipitation.

Manukau heads observer wrote:gusting to 156kmh at 6pm at Cape Reinga

Was just mentioned by the lovely Toni on TV 3 Weather report...

Manukau heads observer wrote:gusting to 156kmh at 6pm at Cape Reinga
now thats windy!
(from the SW)
must have been a squall going through then...
I think its gonna get real windy here soon, with the small low passing just to the south of use soon...

Yip - we have just had a couple of squalls go through - had 33 knots by the house here, still in my 'office' clothes so didn't walk up the the more exposed top paddock.

Cheers,

G

Getting regular rain/hail showers here. Temp a cold 9C for Aucks. Thunder 6pm.

spike_01 wrote:Was just mentioned by the lovely Toni on TV 3 Weather report...

She wants me.