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spitty rain starting here too....12 hours earlier than it looked like it would be way back on monday ;)

NE wind slowly increasing, looks like a gale on the way!
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Raining now and freezing as hits the ground. Very icey!

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NE at 5.6km/hr, 10.1ºC, barometer started falling sharply and wind is picking up. Temp still rising, 4.5ºC in last hour. Still fine and mild but high cloud here.

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Still steady rain here in CHCH :roll:
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Karshvardidgâh wrote:Still steady rain here in CHCH :roll:
Yes a dull day in Christchurch today, persistent rain should get abit heavier tonight with NE picking up a little.
Should be nice too go too bed and hear the rain on the roof :) not too cold out there i reckon, probably around 9C :D
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Yes a dull day in Christchurch today, persistent rain should get abit heavier tonight with NE picking up a little.
Should be nice too go too bed and hear the rain on the roof not too cold out there i reckon, probably around 9C
Latest radar shows the rain band over us moving southeastwards - rain should be starting to ease in Chch as the blue area seems to be departing.

If it's not snowing, there must be freezing rain in the Mackenzie Basin and Central Otago, as the noon obs shows near freezing temperatures and recent precipitation.
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tich wrote:
Yes a dull day in Christchurch today, persistent rain should get abit heavier tonight with NE picking up a little.
Should be nice too go too bed and hear the rain on the roof not too cold out there i reckon, probably around 9C
Latest radar shows the rain band over us moving southeastwards - rain should be starting to ease in Chch as the blue area seems to be departing.

If it's not snowing, there must be freezing rain in the Mackenzie Basin and Central Otago, as the noon obs shows near freezing temperatures and recent precipitation.
well yes, but going by models its showing the heaviest stuff is yet too come
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tich wrote:If it's not snowing, there must be freezing rain in the Mackenzie Basin and Central Otago, as the noon obs shows near freezing temperatures and recent precipitation.
It's been raining here in the Mackenzie since the early hours, but freezing stopped long ago. The roads were a skating rink until maybe 10 am but the warmish rain and higher temps thawed it to slush. Still lightly raining here off-and-on but not really cold.
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tornadoman18 wrote:
Karshvardidgâh wrote:Still steady rain here in CHCH :roll:
Yes a dull day in Christchurch today, persistent rain should get abit heavier tonight with NE picking up a little.
Should be nice too go too bed and hear the rain on the roof :) not too cold out there i reckon, probably around 9C :D
It's not as such the NE flow picking up but the warm and cold front crossing this evening when the rain will likly get heavier.
I am quite surprised at the surface and paddock flooding already and there has only been about 10mm so far if that, must be because we havn't had any proper rain in awhile therefore the grounds are dry and don't soak it up as easy.
Even after this low passes there is still some more interesting looking weather for sure 8) , and maybe some better shots for advective snow mid or end of next week.
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Temp 0.5°c and 7mm of rain
Still raining and icey


Cornet Peak lower base buildings 1100m temp 2.9° and raining 9mm
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Andy wrote:Temp 0.5°c and 7mm of rain
Still raining and icey


Cornet Peak lower base buildings 1100m temp 2.9° and raining 9mm
Not looking great for the skifields again. I've been told that much of the snow they've been frantically making at Round Hill and Ohau has been washed away. Days and days, even weeks, of effort damn near all for nothing after one day of rain. :? :shock: :o
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Temp 0.5°c and 7mm of rain
Still raining and icey


Cornet Peak lower base buildings 1100m temp 2.9° and raining 9mm
Interesting to see it is warmer up the Mnt and both locations in rain.


Temp 13C here, light rain.
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Yep not good.

Gary do you still have any snow left?
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Andy wrote:Yep not good.

Gary do you still have any snow left?
Some patches around the place, but mostly just icy. We didn't get a hell of a lot, maybe an average of 3-4" in the Mackenzie.
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Noticed a light fall of snow on the Dunedin hills this morning.
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Janos wrote:Noticed a light fall of snow on the Dunedin hills this morning.
I think much of the lower South Island got a light dusting late last night or early this morning, but most areas seem to have experienced a temperature increase and rainfall. Is it raining and warmish in Dunedin now, or is it cold and dry?
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question: how can it not snow but just rain when its only a temp of 0C?? :lol:
I dont get that. :?
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tornadoman18 wrote:question: how can it not snow but just rain when its only a temp of 0C?? :lol:
I dont get that. :?
It's been hovering around 0-2 °C around here all day. I guess it's quite warmish right up to that 2,500m freezing level, allowing the moisture to stay (or become) liquid.

I'm sure TonyT or RWood knows the answer.
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question: how can it not snow but just rain when its only a temp of 0C??
I dont get that
Because there is a warm layer of air above ground level that thaws the snow into rain. :)
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Jasestrm wrote:I am quite surprised at the surface and paddock flooding already and there has only been about 10mm so far if that
30mm here so far, and still raining. :shock:
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TonyT wrote:
Jasestrm wrote:I am quite surprised at the surface and paddock flooding already and there has only been about 10mm so far if that
30mm here so far, and still raining. :shock:
yeh i was a little surprised jase that u mentioned it had only been around 10mm :lol: theres been alot more here id say around 25mm with more too come aye
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TonyT wrote:
Jasestrm wrote:I am quite surprised at the surface and paddock flooding already and there has only been about 10mm so far if that
30mm here so far, and still raining. :shock:
I've recorded 23.8mm to 5pm. Most I've recorded since the 20th December with 55.4mm.
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NZstorm wrote:Because there is a warm layer of air above ground level that thaws the snow into rain. :)
That's a lie! Everybody knows it's because of the Evil rain fairies.
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tornadoman18 wrote:
TonyT wrote: 30mm here so far, and still raining. :shock:
yeh i was a little surprised jase that u mentioned it had only been around 10mm :lol: theres been alot more here id say around 25mm with more too come aye
I was actually referring as of up to midday of that rainfall total when the rain was lighter this morning and when the paddocks were puddling up.
This afternoon it has become more persistant and is now getting close to heavy.
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Jasestrm wrote:
tornadoman18 wrote: yeh i was a little surprised jase that u mentioned it had only been around 10mm :lol: theres been alot more here id say around 25mm with more too come aye
I was actually referring as of up to midday of that rainfall total when the rain was lighter this morning and when the paddocks were puddling up.
This afternoon it has become more persistant and is now getting close to heavy.
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Yeah, Jason, I agree with you...I don't have a rain gauge (sinner! repent!) but the rain has indeed gotten heavier even in the past hour...coincides with what the models have been showing all along...

(aside) The ski field opererators must be hacked off with all the "warm" weather and rain basically erasing the past week or so of snow making efforts.... :( :(
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