Early July storms & Cold outbreak - South Is.
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Re: Early July storms & Cold outbreak - South Is.
Rolleston ,got snow 2.5c,wind chill -5.0c RH 89%,BARO 993.
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Really snowing hard here now ... starting to settle quite quickly too. Lawn is already nearly white.
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I'm in central ChCh and it is most definitely snowing.
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Really heavy flakes now. Starting to stick 1.4C.Blizzard conditions.
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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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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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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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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.
Not (yet) settling in central city, but coming down hard (and blizzard-like during gusts)
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Flakes arfe getting a little bigger, I guess. Not that large though.
Def. settiling 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.
Still nothing settling.
Looks more like rain now as i type this.
Flakes seem to be getting smaller.
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.
-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.
Your last two post with in 10 min of each other just repeat, like the old saying goes.Yep , snowy blizzard like not settling, its really quite an awesome site to see.
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Re: Early July storms & Cold outbreak - South Is.
1.0 c now and still dropping 0.9 c now, still coming down in big flakes.Sticking well too. @ 3mm/hr
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