Tasman Low 3 Thursday 5th-Saturday 7th July, Snow watch!!!

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Getting rather overcast here now with a temperature of 2.4C and still dropping, looks like some very grey/white snow clouds to my west at the moment so probly snowing in Rangiora etc.
Interesting to note the wind swung easterly for awhile this morning but is now more SE, I also don't think we are out of this just yet. ;)
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Why is it so cold out your way? its like 6+ degrees in the city!!! not fair!!! :(
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We've just dropped a couple of degrees in the last little while - down to 3.8 now. Aren't cities just "warmer" anyway?
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The central city weather station is showing north west wind, im confused!!! :?
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Just been for run round Hagley Park. Cool, calm, crisp and clearing skies. For those who are still clinging to snow in town, give it up!

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snowin down to 300m on picton hills out of the SE
Is that unusual?
For those who are still clinging to snow in town, give it up!
And then it'll snow!
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Razor wrote:Just been for run round Hagley Park. Cool, calm, crisp and clearing skies. For those who are still clinging to snow in town, give it up!

:lol:
I knew it wasnt go to snow, today or at all in the next few days at about 930am when it was clear blue skies.
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I think we could still get something. its starting to sleet over redwood way now
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Temp is now 5.6 degrees and the barometer is still raising 1010, and the wind is NORTH WEST.

If anyone thinks its still going to snow, they need serious help. :roll:
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It's the early afternoon potentially the warmest part of the day in winter so I wouldnt expect much at the moment but perhaps late afternoon/evening there could be, pwetty Pweezzzz snow demons.
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Yeah but we need something to fall out of the sky lol. very well for it to get colder but we need some moisture!!!!
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plenty of prcip on ch ra radar, western canterbury is getting a dump, banks pen is blocking ch as its a easterly flow, if the wind changes to S it should snow as there's plenty of precip out to sea.

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Went out a few minutes ago and I could see what must be snow or sleet falling over the Port Hills.
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tich wrote:Went out a few minutes ago and I could see what must be snow or sleet falling over the Port Hills.
My eyes must be deceiving me, im looking at the port hills, and its blue skies and seems to be clearing by the mintue, it was dark and cloudy about 20 mintues ago though.
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Massive amounts of blue skies over the hills now, its clearing up by the second.

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Black skies developing with weak CU popping up in some areas interesting and temperature on the drop again for sure.
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Well I'll be damned, they are too. Looks very black out to the north east, but not in the city
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Razor wrote:Well I'll be damned, they are too. Looks very black out to the north east, but not in the city
If ya missing sun and blue sky, come to burwood/shirley or go to the port hills. Its lovely. but very cold. :D
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gopolks wrote:
Razor wrote:Well I'll be damned, they are too. Looks very black out to the north east, but not in the city
If ya missing sun and blue sky, come to burwood/shirley or go to the port hills. Its lovely. but very cold. :D
The question HAS to be asked...gopolks...how long have you lived in CHCH? You sound as if this weather pattern is actually new to you? :? :D
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Well well well light snowflakes starting to waft around out side the office here (I'm in Riccarton). It does seem the wind has shifted and strenghtened a little bit
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Yes this is not unusual at all whats happend as i put in my post on page 16 have a read ;)
Skys at the moment appear too be all over the show and is that a thunderstorm building out in kiapoi way just north of here?? i see its very black :?

edit: snowing in parts of Christchurch but not here :lol: funny!
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Going by the city centre weather station the wind seems to be a straight southerly now. so this is good news?
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Brrr 2.1C with rain and sleet before i will get a pic of that CU and the shower cloud gone through in a minute .
Showers are developing but very rogue of that.
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There is a very impressive "rain/something"-band just to the south and west of the Port Hills...looks to be out near Lincoln/Hornby/Halswell area...looks a wee bit like the picture in the upper left corner of the Forum site, but not quite as bad. ;)
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That was quite weird, it got very very dark, all the blue sky went, it looked like something was happening, in the space of 40 minutes though, its back to clear blue sky in this part of chch, and judging by looking in the distance, its clearing up in other parts, it cant seem to make up its mind!

Im guessing the wind direction has been all over the place????
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