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Posted: Wed 08/11/2006 17:24
by Storm Struck
Was looking good for awhile but it's too offshore of being stuck in a SW flow. Also the Westerly is tearing the storm apart unfortunatly.
Maybe later on tonight when the trough moves over us things should be looking much better
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Cheers
Jason.
Posted: Wed 08/11/2006 18:25
by Storm Struck
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.
Cheers
Jason.
Posted: Wed 08/11/2006 18:30
by tich
Had a briefly heavy shower of rain about 1/2 hour ago. The southerly change arrived and sent the temperature plummeting - now only 9C. At 4pm, Oamaru was 4C, Timaru 5C and Tara Hills 3C, so snow could be well down on the hills of South Canterbury.
Posted: Wed 08/11/2006 18:34
by tich
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.
(From Newstalk ZB)
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.
Posted: Wed 08/11/2006 18:52
by Snowlover
Wow is this a weather bomb? lol bring it on!!!! i want to see snow again!!!
Posted: Wed 08/11/2006 18:58
by Snowlover
TV 3 just said there has been reports of snow around inland timaru!!! and snow down to 200m for christchurch now
Posted: Wed 08/11/2006 19:02
by Snowlover
also the ashburton weather station is currently saying sleet fall
Posted: Wed 08/11/2006 19:08
by mikechamble
Its looking nice and black over the south-west of Christchurch now
Posted: Wed 08/11/2006 19:31
by Fujita Phil
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
Posted: Wed 08/11/2006 19:35
by mikestormchaser
few thunderstorms about just before the front hit today!
now raining hard laced with hail.
And snow in dunedin? OMG!
Posted: Wed 08/11/2006 19:38
by TonyT
Snowlover wrote:also the ashburton weather station is currently saying sleet fall
I wonder how it knows that?
Posted: Wed 08/11/2006 19:41
by kaimaikid
Posted: Wed 08/11/2006 19:46
by Dean.
Snowing on and off in Ashburton
Posted: Wed 08/11/2006 19:53
by Snowlover
ashburton is down to 2C any1 think that we may see flakes in Christchurch tonight?
Posted: Wed 08/11/2006 20:15
by tich
ashburton is down to 2C any1 think that we may see flakes in Christchurch tonight?
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)
Posted: Wed 08/11/2006 20:15
by 03Stormchaser
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??
Posted: Wed 08/11/2006 20:27
by mikestormchaser
yes 03stormchaser is very hard to predict somtimes, its only around 4C here now! heavy rain hint of maybe some sleet
Posted: Wed 08/11/2006 20:31
by TonyT
Odds on a white Christmas anyone?
Posted: Wed 08/11/2006 20:35
by Snowlover
well i think we may see some sleet here anyway temperture continuing to fall!!!! maybe another hour? any thoughts?
Posted: Wed 08/11/2006 20:36
by Storm Struck
Definatly ice in that rain maybe sleet or grapel now 4C too
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Cheers
Jason.
Posted: Wed 08/11/2006 20:36
by mikestormchaser
i wouldnt wanna put a bet on it TonyT
but its looking good for snow later!
at this stage
Posted: Wed 08/11/2006 20:40
by Smeagol
I got snow here
Posted: Wed 08/11/2006 20:46
by 03Stormchaser
Snow on the ground in Methven, temuka and geraldine.
(taken from trademe posts)
Posted: Wed 08/11/2006 20:55
by spwill
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
The ECMWF has been indicating a wintry out break for over a week now so no suprise to see the low level snow today.
Posted: Wed 08/11/2006 20:56
by tich
Snow on the ground in Methven, temuka and geraldine.
(taken from trademe posts)
Another poster now reports it's snowing in Weedons, near Rolleston and not far from Chch. Down to 3.8C at Hillmorton and it's raining steadily in central Chch.
