Early July storms & Cold outbreak - South Is.

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Re: Early July storms & Cold outbreak - South Is.

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Rolleston ,got snow 2.5c,wind chill -5.0c RH 89%,BARO 993. :D :D
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Re: Early July storms & Cold outbreak - South Is.

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Really snowing hard here now ... starting to settle quite quickly too. Lawn is already nearly white.
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Re: Early July storms & Cold outbreak - South Is.

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Nothing but rain here.
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Re: Early July storms & Cold outbreak - South Is.

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I'm in central ChCh and it is most definitely snowing. :twisted:
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Really heavy flakes now. Starting to stick 1.4C.Blizzard conditions. \:D/ \:D/
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Re: Early July storms & Cold outbreak - South Is.

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Wow the flakes here are massive. IT WILL SETTLE!!!
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Just starting to settle in St Albans big fat flax=kes blowing in hard. Blizzard conditions this afternoon?
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Re: Early July storms & Cold outbreak - South Is.

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Some snow mixed in with rain here.
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we've just got sleet here, your all stealing it :( hope we get some good snow it's still trying to snow here
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Re: Early July storms & Cold outbreak - South Is.

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Nice big flakes here :) Starting to settle - am charging the camera :)
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Settling in Wigram now, about to head up the port hills for a look!
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Re: Early July storms & Cold outbreak - South Is.

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Snow here at sea level! Big flakes too!
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Snowy, not settling. Blizzard like conditions when big gusts come in. hoping for major settleage.
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Yep , snowy blizzard like not settling, its really quite an awesome site to see.
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snowing heavy here to, i wouldnt go up anymore then 200m on the port hills steve bout 2cm on the ground that high already
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Re: Early July storms & Cold outbreak - South Is.

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Not (yet) settling in central city, but coming down hard (and blizzard-like during gusts)
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Re: Early July storms & Cold outbreak - South Is.

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Flakes arfe getting a little bigger, I guess. Not that large though.

Def. settiling though.
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More rain than snow here, but very windy, blizzard like conditions, dont think it will settle, but an awesome site to see.
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Re: Early July storms & Cold outbreak - South Is.

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Still nothing settling.
Looks more like rain now as i type this.
Flakes seem to be getting smaller.
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Re: Early July storms & Cold outbreak - South Is.

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-5 WINDCHILL WOW!!!!!!!!!! Never seen it like that before
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gopolks wrote:More rain than snow here, but very windy, blizzard like conditions, dont think it will settle, but an awesome site to see.
Yep , snowy blizzard like not settling, its really quite an awesome site to see.
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out comes my camera haha
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Re: Early July storms & Cold outbreak - South Is.

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1.0 c now and still dropping 0.9 c now, still coming down in big flakes.Sticking well too. 8) @ 3mm/hr
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Re: Early July storms & Cold outbreak - South Is.

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Well conditions havent changed here.
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Re: Early July storms & Cold outbreak - South Is.

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Flakes coming down here mixed in with the rain. :)
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