Cold southerly low level snow 27-28th May

[snowstormwatcher]

What are the chances of Ashburton or slightly further south seeing snow?

Doesn't look likely, Like always during a SW event the showers are well out to sea and will bypass North Otago,South and most of Mid Canterbury only to flow inland from Rakaia northwards.

Mix of sunshine and passing clouds here but cold with 4.9 degrees.

[CHCH Weather Chaser]

Radar shows the first real line of showers to hit chch from the south in about 20-30mins. The question is - what will it fall as...

[snowykiwi]

Cool, just when I'm about to head out for the afternoon run.

[Storm Struck]

Yeah the 300km radar shows how its lining up abit better now coming onto the coast at a better angle.
Certainly an increase in cloud now and those winds very strong at times, currently 7C but that wont take much to drop once the activity arrives.

[snowykiwi]

It's absolutely freezing outside now. Those clouds coming over from the coast are quite dark looking and more fluffy white clouds to the south.

[LittleTreeHouse]

Yeah the 300km radar shows how its lining up abit better now coming onto the coast at a better angle.
Certainly an increase in cloud now and those winds very strong at times, currently 7C but that wont take much to drop once the activity arrives.

Just on the other side of the lake to us I hope we get a little action here!

[CHCH Weather Chaser]

Grass is white here now from graupel. Just got back from Victoria park where its white from snow and graupel. Its raining here now. Dammit!

[sw_windbow]

2.5C right now. Today's max was 3.3C at 4am. Still snow showers coming, one overhead presently. Breeze is still mercifully gentle.

Interesting mix of graupel and flakes during each shower. I would describe the ratio of flakes to graupel being like the ratio of popped and unpopped corn in a pot where you haven't had the heat up enough.

[Orion]

Sunshine and passing clouds here, and in Ashburton today.
Mean wind, strong enough to rock the parked car at times.
5.0 degrees here now.

[Growler]

Graupel and the odd small snow flakes here in St Albans. Trying its best to snow I think.

[Skywatcher]

Photo of hail/snow falling to the SE of here. Sunny and 8C, no precip at all so far.

[LittleTreeHouse]

we've having little hail showers out here now - very dark skies coming our way.... right on school pick up hahahaha

[sw_windbow]

I see Kaitaia has the national high of 11.9C!

[CHCH Weather Chaser]

Its running between graupel, sleet snow and hail. It cant make its mind up but its fairly wet stuff. Want some nice powdery stuff.

[Inny Binny]

first precipitation at uni, seems to be a mixture of sleet and snow

[Storm Struck]

I like how when the showers hit land they intensify, good signs i feel.
Still dry here just about clipped the hail shafts from that last one, but the next lot looks more in line for here.

[CHCH Weather Chaser]

Obviously the airport is getting nothing (too far west) as its 7 degrees still there, way too balmy Need that temp to plummet!

[CWUweather]

Snow shower out here by the airport haha
EDIT: Sleet

[Classicford]

Getting very fine graupel/small flakes in Ilam.

[CWUweather]

looking at the radar there is a good band lining up the city, about 2 hours away.

[Razor]

Prolonged hail and show shower in Cracroft, settling thick on the ground. Pretty sure I also saw lightning, but wind was too loud to hear if there was thunder

[CWUweather]

4.1 deg at the airport now!! thats a huge drop

[Skywatcher]

Rain with very fine hail/snow pellets here now.

[CWUweather]

Full on sleet now
Edit: i take that back, heavy snow

[Skywatcher]

Strange, wind has eased off a lot in the last half hour...