Polar Blast 19th to 21st June - Reports/Discussion
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Re: Polar Blast 19th to 21st June - Reports/Discussion
Snowing in methven not sure how much though. Reports of it being big flakes.
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Re: Polar Blast 19th to 21st June - Reports/Discussion
Is this on par to happen this early down to those levels in Otago? I am just wondering if theres an advection set up getting underway.
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Re: Polar Blast 19th to 21st June - Reports/Discussion
down to 2.9 still sleet temp is starting to fall quite quick now
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I see WW on there facebook page 2 hours ago say snow in Dunedin by Thursday night so they don't not whats happening, it seems very tricky to forecast for everyone.
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Re: Polar Blast 19th to 21st June - Reports/Discussion
Temp is dropping quite fast down here on the coast! Dropped 1.3deg in 25 min.
Currently 4.8 and a bit if sleet in the mix
Currently 4.8 and a bit if sleet in the mix
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Yea totally agree its past the point of trying to forecast all we can hope for is SNOW SNOW SNOW so sit back grab a beer and let it SNOW yyyyyeeeeeeeeaaaaaa
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Re: Polar Blast 19th to 21st June - Reports/Discussion
It certainly is a hard one to predict, Dunedin has been forecast some snow/sleet to low levels tonight since the outset but I think the coldest air will still be tomorrow evening and Friday morning. Its very wet outside now sleeting and the wind has really picked up and so has the temp now sitting on 4.2C
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Re: Polar Blast 19th to 21st June - Reports/Discussion
1.8 degrees, and I'll call that 'sleet' that's melting on the car.
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Only 4.9C here now and much colder than I expected so early on but im sure it will level out soon
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Re: Polar Blast 19th to 21st June - Reports/Discussion
can we see some pics if anyone has snow?
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Re: Polar Blast 19th to 21st June - Reports/Discussion
I saw what appeared to be green lightning in the sky here in Christchurch.
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I looked at a topography map:Ice Maiden wrote:
Mmm I thought Baldwin St at the bottom was 30m asl?
http://www.topomap.co.nz
and you're right the 40m contour meets North Rd just above Baldwin St and the 60m goes exactly through the corner where the Tavern sits. The valley floor is steeper than I thought.
The snow rain has eased right up.
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A photo from truckie friend this evening in Lawrence, Otago approx. 6.30pm
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Re: Polar Blast 19th to 21st June - Reports/Discussion
Others on trademe have seen this to.Hawkeye wrote:I saw what appeared to be green lightning in the sky here in Christchurch.
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Community/Mess ... 2&topic=45
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Re: Polar Blast 19th to 21st June - Reports/Discussion
Waddington (nr Sheffield) - sleet with some big flakes on occasion.. has been as such for about half hour, but keeps reverting back to rain.
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Latest M/S warning out are calling for up to 180cm snow to 500m in southern Marlborough that's dam huge for down that low.
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Whoa!melja wrote:Latest M/S warning out are calling for up to 180cm snow to 500m in southern Marlborough that's dam huge for down that low.
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Re: Polar Blast 19th to 21st June - Reports/Discussion
Reports varying in different areas, heavy full on snow in places like Methvan and Oxford which is to be expected being higher up but grapel in Rangiora flakes in Islington and also Timaru.
That radar really isn't doing too well its showing light rain over us but its real steady here almost heavy, no ice form that I can see as yet though.
That radar really isn't doing too well its showing light rain over us but its real steady here almost heavy, no ice form that I can see as yet though.
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Re: Polar Blast 19th to 21st June - Reports/Discussion
Strange, a friend in Oxford just said it was sleet with few big flakes...
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Re: Polar Blast 19th to 21st June - Reports/Discussion
How can it be flakes in Timaru? It's 4deg
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Re: Polar Blast 19th to 21st June - Reports/Discussion
I think it can snow in 4C if things are just right
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There will be a lot of idiotic reports on trademe, facebook etc about is it snowing isnt it snowing.... Just read a report that it snowing in ChCh already... I sometimes wonder if some people even know what snow looks like!
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Re: Polar Blast 19th to 21st June - Reports/Discussion
Totally agree with you there stormchaser, ive heard people saying in the past its snowing when infact its hailing.03Stormchaser wrote:There will be a lot of idiotic reports on trademe, facebook etc about is it snowing isnt it snowing.... Just read a report that it snowing in ChCh already... I sometimes wonder if some people even know what snow looks like!
On another note 1.8 metres of snow for Marlborough WOW!! Gosh what a storm this is going to turn out to be.