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Snowing in methven not sure how much though. Reports of it being big flakes.

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.

down to 2.9 still sleet temp is starting to fall quite quick now

darfield temp is dropping much quicker now, maybe due to snow

http://www.darfield-weather.co.nz/

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.

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

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

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

1.8 degrees, and I'll call that 'sleet' that's melting on the car.

Only 4.9C here now and much colder than I expected so early on but im sure it will level out soon

can we see some pics if anyone has snow?

I saw what appeared to be green lightning in the sky here in Christchurch.

Ice Maiden wrote:

Mmm I thought Baldwin St at the bottom was 30m asl?

I looked at a topography map:

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.

A photo from truckie friend this evening in Lawrence, Otago approx. 6.30pm

Hawkeye wrote:I saw what appeared to be green lightning in the sky here in Christchurch.

Others on trademe have seen this to.
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Community/Mess ... 2&topic=45

Waddington (nr Sheffield) - sleet with some big flakes on occasion.. has been as such for about half hour, but keeps reverting back to rain.

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.

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.

Whoa!

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.

Strange, a friend in Oxford just said it was sleet with few big flakes...

How can it be flakes in Timaru? It's 4deg

I think it can snow in 4C if things are just right

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!

yea agree there stormchaser

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!

Totally agree with you there stormchaser, ive heard people saying in the past its snowing when infact its hailing.
On another note 1.8 metres of snow for Marlborough WOW!! Gosh what a storm this is going to turn out to be.