More snow here at the high country!!

[waterboy]

Hi every one. It has been snowing quiet a lot in this area tonight and today and there is I would say about 1 inch of snow in Tekapo village. The following roads are now closed --- SH8 Fairlie to Twizel - SH80 Lake Pukaki to Mount Cook - SH79 Geraldine to Fairlie. It is still snowing well and begining to settle a bit all over. There was snow in the Haka valley and around Waitaki and Aviemore this morning. The snow is falling fast here at Tekapo B power station and I have just come back from Tekapo A where it is snowing hard to. The ski fields will be loving this!! I think this year has had the first decent lot of snow falls since the early or the mid 1990s.

[waterboy]

Also there is heavy snow falling at twizel and Omarama now. That could mean the roads will get closed there.

[trickytiger]

was sleeting here in Temuka at 2am, then turned to light snow and then back to sleet just raining at the moment, hope some snow comes back again

[waterboy]

I don't think this snow will last long unless we get some very cold air arrive because it's fairly warm at the moment. The snow is still falling and if it keeps falling thru to night time and the morning then may be it will be cold enough to build up.

[waterboy]

Hi again every one! It is snowing again here at Lake Tekapo. I have driven home from Twizel just now and it snowed all the way. At work we were all talking about how this is easy the the best snow year since the 1990s. May be it is time for me to learn how to ski again!!

[waterboy]

Hey if any of you are coming to the high country area you will need chains from Fairlie to Tekapo. I am pretty sure they will close that road soon. I just got off of the phone with a mate in Twizel who said they have no snow but he came thru the Lindis pass just before they shut it and Omarama has quite a bit of snow to. So if you do come here be careful on the road and don't be silly buggers.

[CHCH Weather Chaser]

Still snowing in lake tekapo? How much ya had so far? Lucky bugger!!

[southernthrash]

Queenstown looks to have copped a fair bit right down to lake level

[Weathermad]

I heard that Queenstown had 10cm of snow in the centre of town, by later yesterday afternoon.

[waterboy]

Hi Mark I heard there was 6 inches of snow on the canal road last night near Tekapo b head gates. The snow was falling very thick at one point I was out side. The snow also fell off and on for the night but there was only may be 1 inch on the ground this morning. It is quiet warm here which means the snow doesnt last. The snow usually won't settle when its this warm. There was more snow around places like mt Cook and the back of Twizel and the back of Omarama if the reports are accurate.

[CHCH Weather Chaser]

Ok great, looks like a lot more yet to come too!! Holy just looked at Metservice 7 day forecast maps and it shows another low moving in from the Antarctic Next Friday. Pretty intense looking at this stage too. Blue skies already forecasting snow to 200m for canterbury for that period with wintery rain/ showers

[Manukau heads obs]

amazing footage of all the snow in the high country on TV1 news 2 nite
very sad about the loss of the guide with helen clarke

[Razor]

Yes Rest in peace Gottlieb....a rare human being. The high country is losing too many Mountain Men this year.

Ka kite arohanui to the Braun-Elwart clan and hats off to all those involved with the events of yesterday. A true tragedy.

[waterboy]

Well no more snow around these parts today. It has been very warm --- the snow has melted away in most places and it is still warm. My thermometer says its about 5 degrees now. What ever some body said about Gottlieb I am glad I did not see it because I have known the man most of mf life and his family well to and I would be ropable if I read some thing bad here!! And I would be mad as hell because the person who said it probably never even knew the man!! There are already some angry people in town because out siders are trying to blame Helen Clark for what happened and it is sick. So RIP Gottie you were a top bloke in my book and still are. Sorry about that forum but I am not happy.

[Manukau heads obs]

but it was nothing bad said about him or anything like that
(this is why I think the moderators could have handled the situation better)

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

but it was nothing bad said about him or anything like that
(this is why I think the moderators could have handled the situation better)

There was nothing said that was bad or derogetory about Gottlieb, but the posting contained also political matter which is not acceptable on this forum.
Maybe it is my fault. I shoud of just removed the offensive matter.

JohnGaul
NZTS

[Myself]

but it was nothing bad said about him or anything like that
(this is why I think the moderators could have handled the situation better)

There was nothing said that was bad or derogetory about Gottlieb, but the posting contained also political matter which is not acceptable on this forum.
Maybe it is my fault. I shoud of just removed the offensive matter.

JohnGaul
NZTS

What is offensive about claiming that Georgia is a tragedy? It's barely even political.

[sthguy]

What is offensive about claiming that Georgia is a tragedy? It's barely even political.

Both events are tragic, its a question of size. I understand what the author was getting at but the wording was poor and blunt

What is of interest now is what scale of snowpack we are going to see by the end of spring should the weather pattern continue.

Another delighted group: http://www.electricitycommission.govt.nz/

The large and increasing snowpack will make for a restful summer for them.

[waterboy]

I am going to eat my words now because it is snowing heavily here!! The guys in Twizel have told me that there is a lot of snow falling around the white Hills wind farm and also at Manapouri power station.

[Janos]

but it was nothing bad said about him or anything like that
(this is why I think the moderators could have handled the situation better)

There was nothing said that was bad or derogetory about Gottlieb, but the posting contained also political matter which is not acceptable on this forum.
Maybe it is my fault. I shoud of just removed the offensive matter.

JohnGaul
NZTS

Offensive..??
Sometime one just has to bite his lip...
But back to the weather boys...and girls....4.3deg here some sleet .

[waterboy]

Hi Janos --- no worrys mate but we are a bit sensitive about Gottlieb's death because a lot of people have been trying to use it for political reasons like bashing Helen Clark. If you were not doing that then I am not worried at all.
Now about the weather!! There is still some snow left on the ground at Tekapo village but it is melting away fast. It is a real surprise all these snow falls because we have not had much for a long time and now it is like the old days again all of a sudden. What you other guys have been getting I don't know. There has not been a lot of snow really if you look at it in perspective its just that there have been a lot of snow falls but each has been quiet small. I would say that on average for the passed decade we have had 1 half decent snow fall per year and possibly 1 or 2 very light snow falls. In the old days we usually got at least 1 big dump of snow every winter and a lot of lighter falls to. This year is a bit like that with the number of snow falls but there has not been a big dumping of snow. What I am saying is that we have had a lot of falls like in the old days but no big dumping but still more snow than we have got since the beginning of the 1990s.

[melja]

I wouldnt say we havent had any big falls, over 1m at arthurs pass now and some ski areas have had two 1m dumps

[spwill]

Maybe it is my fault. I shoud of just removed the offensive matter.

Thanks John, your doing a good job.

[Janos]

but it was nothing bad said about him or anything like that
(this is why I think the moderators could have handled the situation better)

There was nothing said that was bad or derogetory about Gottlieb, but the posting contained also political matter which is not acceptable on this forum.
Maybe it is my fault. I shoud of just removed the offensive matter.

JohnGaul
NZTS

by spwill on Sun 17/08/2008 19:48
Thanks John, your doing a good job.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

by spwill on Sun 17/08/2008 19:48
Thanks John, your doing a good job.

I don't know why, either?

JohnGaul
NZTS