Very cold southwest airflow/snow June 21-25th

Janos · Unread post by **Janos** » Mon 25/06/2007 20:08

1.2deg and heavy sleet now falling.

ScottyD · Unread post by **ScottyD** » Mon 25/06/2007 20:15

I've just read my emails and had one from dad in Wellington.

On his drive home from work, driving from the Hutt to Porirua, he went over the haywards hill road. He said he drove through a snow flurry. Don't know if i believe him or not. This was around 4.30ish. I guess it could have been a sleety shower.

mikestormchaser · Unread post by **mikestormchaser** » Mon 25/06/2007 20:57

was a couple of light snow showers that hit here earlier on! as the showers have come through onshore!
Very COLD SW showers still coming in. Very light though

Fujita Phil · Unread post by **Fujita Phil** » Mon 25/06/2007 21:01

Ok whats the big friggin deal Christchurch. Work made me fly up here for Monday to Wednesday and I'm missing all the snow in Dunedin. I heard the Motorway in Dunedin is closed and my partner just managed to get the little car up the hill, so I'm missing that.

It's certainly feels cold here. WHERE'S THE SNOW?

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Mon 25/06/2007 21:01

Metservice ChCh forecast

A few showers. Raw southwesterlies

Compared to what, "Well done" southwesterlies!

Janos · Unread post by **Janos** » Mon 25/06/2007 21:22

Ok whats the big friggin deal Christchurch. Work made me fly up here for Monday to Wednesday and I'm missing all the snow in Dunedin. I heard the Motorway in Dunedin is closed and my partner just managed to get the little car up the hill, so I'm missing that. Sad

Phil I would have thrown the proverbial you know what......today of all days to be in Christchurchurch...CONDOLANCES.

Snowlover · Unread post by **Snowlover** » Mon 25/06/2007 21:38

sleet outside in redwood now

very light tho

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Mon 25/06/2007 22:15

sleet outside in redwood now very light tho

Light precipitation on and off in central Chch; probably sleet mixed with rain, but I haven't seen any flakes yet.
North Island seems to be copping the icy air now - only 3C in Taupo and 9pm and 2C at Takapau Plains earlier, both with recent precipitation. Napier-Taupo and Desert Roads closed by snow. (former just reopened, but for how long?)

Storm Struck · Unread post by **Storm Struck** » Mon 25/06/2007 22:18

This has happend before from memory the showers only seem to make it so far north before petering out as it's still dry here and the clouds just are not producing anything at all here.
Definatly a lack of moisture although now unlike before I can't see the moon

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The Port hills will be getting a good amount falling.
Cheers
Jason.

mikestormchaser · Unread post by **mikestormchaser** » Mon 25/06/2007 22:29

Odd sleet shower still moving through.
As jase said its not enough moisture in the air! dammit!

Wildland · Unread post by **Wildland** » Mon 25/06/2007 22:38

We don't often get snow falling in Wellington, but it was trying hard today! Today's southerly was what many of us call a â€œlazy southerlyâ€ - too lazy to go round â€“ it just cuts straight through you.

We face north from the southern end of the deep valley that trends north from Tawa to Porirua and its harbour. After a near-frost overnight, the temperature here at Tawa has hovered between 5 and 8C all day with continuous squalls coming through from the south.

It was trying hard to snow between 11 am and 1 pm as dense, fine misty rain blew through â€“ but it was just a bit too â€œwarm.â€ The sun managed to break through intermittently for an hour around 2 pm. Intermittent bursts of chill rain and hail between 3pm and 6 pm but, again, its slightly too warm for the hail to hang about for long.

It will be interesting to see what happens overnight. No doubt the higher parts of the region will get a bit of snow (Rimutakas etc) but it seems so-ooo close for the snow to fall to lower levels briefly.

Brrrrrr.

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Mon 25/06/2007 22:51

As jase said its not enough moisture in the air! dammit!

No, Chch has some sheltering as the flow is still too SW, showery out to sea, BP collecting them.

Heavy showers here this evening, should be clearing here in the morning hrs.

Razor · Unread post by **Razor** » Mon 25/06/2007 23:09

Sleety showers with the odd snow flake continuing here in the ChCh CBD, the weather seems determined to do the oppositie of what the metservice says today, everytime they changed the forecast today it did an about face!

UPDATE....significant graupel/ hail/ ice now falling, enough to settle and turn the patio white

mikestormchaser · Unread post by **mikestormchaser** » Mon 25/06/2007 23:14

Razor wrote:Sleety showers with the odd snow flake continuing here in the ChCh CBD, the weather seems determined to do the oppositie of what the metservice says today, everytime they changed the forecast today it did an about face!

UPDATE....significant graupel/ hail/ ice now falling, enough to settle and turn the patio white

yeah your right

This cold blast aint nothing compared too what we can get, Christchurch is yet too get a decent polar blast this winter.
But i think snow will come when it is least expected as it normally does also, like last year

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Mon 25/06/2007 23:37

Cold air is a bit late to arrive here, temp is 8Â°C.
Nice few days on the way with the sheltered winds.

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Tue 26/06/2007 07:36

Ok whats the big friggin deal Christchurch.

This final flick of cold air was always looking ridgey in the models with very shallow instability only. For decent sea level snow as far north as Christchurch you need some vorticity in the flow, not ridging.

RWood · Unread post by **RWood** » Tue 26/06/2007 12:12

spwill wrote:
Dont know why youre complaining only being there a few hours about it if youre going overseas...some of us are stuck here RWood wrote:
Another nice clear day here - pity I have to fly to Auckland where it may be a lot less so.
Atleast Michael you dont have to go back to Wellington

Speak for yourself spwill. At least I dont have to go back to Auckland!!!

31C in Rio on Sunday but rain Mon. morning.

Manukau heads obs · Tue 26/06/2007 15:53

talked to my brother inlaw in taupo
there was snow on the hills above acacia bay first thing (i.e 550m or so above sea level,200m above taupo town)

mikestormchaser · Unread post by **mikestormchaser** » Tue 26/06/2007 18:27

I see lots of snow on the back of the hills today, on MT Herbert!
very cold wind chills today, Going to be one big frost tonight id say going down too around -4 or -5 tonight , should be fine tomorrow!

TokWW · Unread post by **TokWW** » Tue 26/06/2007 18:35

The cold IS moving north - a high of 10.5C at 1:45 and a frost this morning of -1.4C. Right now its 1.9ÂºC and dropping quickly at -1.0ÂºC /hr.

Clear skies and no wind both lead to a hard frost tonight mid NI...

I should start a mid NI Weather Blog...

TokWW

Storm Struck · Unread post by **Storm Struck** » Tue 26/06/2007 20:42

Wind was sure bitter this morning with a rather nice view towards the snow coverd mountains

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A very light dusting on the port hills too with the Scarborough hills getting the most towards Sumner way, which explains how SW the flow was.
Severe frosts tonight, but I certainly wouldn't call a -1C frost severe as MS indicates.
That would be more a light frost to me, as a severe frost should be -4C or more

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Cheers
Jason.

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Tue 26/06/2007 21:11

That caught my eye too Jason.. Karen kept on saying severe frosts?

http://www.metservice.com/default/index ... ytxt#frost
So what will they call it when it really is severe...

1.7Â°C here and a wandering breeze.

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Tue 26/06/2007 22:41

talked to my brother inlaw in taupo
there was snow on the hills above acacia bay first thing (i.e 550m or so above sea level,200m above taupo town)

A poster on Trademe forums living in 'rural Taupo' said it snowed last night and there was still some around this afternoon. Dusting on Mt Tarawera also reported.

About 3C now in central Chch, but still quite abit of cloud around, so a big frost might not happen.

Smeagol · Unread post by **Smeagol** » Tue 26/06/2007 22:55

Certainly is cold outside, about 1.5Â° at the moment. A bit of cloud here too, so I don't see a frost happening tonight. Dam, means I have to go to work early tomorrow...

Storm Struck · Unread post by **Storm Struck** » Tue 26/06/2007 23:06

Ohh thats good then if there is no frost as I won't have to worry about cold hands while planting

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By the way I have a new website it's just really pretty much a blog page as I would like to call it with weather forecasts,warnings and photo's.
http://www.freewebs.com/cwwcanterburywe ... /index.htm
Cheers
Jason.