Cold Outbreak behind a Low, 6th-9th
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Just heard Queenstown Airport is closed due to snow sure sounds like it's a cold one coming hopefully tonight proves interesting.
Windchange just hitting with black clouds about no lightning but perhaps some heavy rain on the cards soon.
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Jason.
Windchange just hitting with black clouds about no lightning but perhaps some heavy rain on the cards soon.
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(From Newstalk ZB)The bad weather predicted in Canterbury may be hitting home.
Hail has been reported in Fairlie in South Canterbury.
A caller to the Christchurch newsroom says his daughter, who lives five miles south of Fairlie, told him the hail there is so thick she cannot see the next door neighbours' house. She told him they are experiencing thunder and lightning. The southerly storm is predicted to hit Christchurch this evening with the possibility of snow to 500 metres.
Tonight's low is expected to drop to 4 degrees.
And there's just seen an item on TV1 News showing snow in Central Otago falling in Arrowtown and the Crown Range, and saying that snow's just started falling in Dunedin.
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Snow to about 400m so far here. Sleet and hail (would just about admit flurries) here at 200m.
Not a bad coverage on Flagstaff too
Not a bad coverage on Flagstaff too
There is no such thing as bad weather, just the wrong clothes.
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Earlier today, I wouldn't have thought so, but the way that the temp has dropped in Canterbury in recent hours (and that's already been snowing in Ashburton - only 100m asl), I wouldn't be so surprised now. That said, November snow in Chch is a very rare event - I think the last time it happened was 1976. (30 years ago)ashburton is down to 2C any1 think that we may see flakes in Christchurch tonight?
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Looks like weather forecasters may have been stumped again, re snow to lower levels! Although I never saw anything in models I guess its alot harder to forecast flurries more than anything, and if there were to be put into forecasts that would probably just panic people more than anything.
does that make sense??
does that make sense??
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Snow on the ground in Methven, temuka and geraldine.
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The ECMWF has been indicating a wintry out break for over a week now so no suprise to see the low level snow today.Looks like weather forecasters may have been stumped again, re snow to lower levels! Although I never saw anything in models I guess its alot harder to forecast flurries more than anything
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