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Light rain @ Kirwee with very heavy showers

Steady rain now here for past hour.

Snowing here 6 to 7cm has settled so far.

Being rain here since 6.30 last night but has only got heavier in the last two hours 26mm so far and 5C,cant see any snow falling on the tops of the nearby hills.

How close to the alps is it?probably be over there,never been to inland canterbury so have no perspective.

Richard wrote:Being rain here since 6.30 last night but has only got heavier in the last two hours 26mm so far and 5C,cant see any snow falling on the tops of the nearby hills.

[quote="Michael"]How close to the alps is it?probably be over there,never been to inland canterbury so have no perspective.[quote]

The hills that i can see Michael are to the east and would have to be about 400m,its raining to heavy to see the taller ones to the west though.There's another hill to the south that can just make out but cant tell if there's snow on top or not.

I would think the south level is higher the further north you go

10mm here so far in what looks like its going to be a very wet windy day. Very large raindrops too, big fat cold ones

Yes, its a north south thing as far as cold air goes with the coldest air over South Canterbury. Thats where the overlap between the heavy precip/cold air is occurring.

Thats why fairlie has snow , but temp has gone down here 1C in half hour with heavy rain.
Im up to 20mm since midnight and climbing fast, 3.9mm last evening also.

Razor wrote:10mm here so far in what looks like its going to be a very wet windy day. Very large raindrops too, big fat cold ones

They are very large drops here also but not a breath of wind so far

Snow starting to ease now 9cm so far must be at a good 15 to 20cm in the clayton area.

snowstormwatcher wrote:Snow starting to ease now 9cm so far must be at a good 15 to 20cm in the clayton area.

Thats a good dump of snow

Had a dusting of snow here in Arrowtown last night before precip eased, a good coating over the Mnts. Skii fields around here needed snow, I see Coronet Peak has 45Cm new snow from yesterday.

Sitting on 13.5mm here so far, been pretty steady rain since 2am, a lack of strong/gusty windy so far is surprising.

Rain lashing down now and wind is strong but not too bad with gusts to 40kph.
Temp gone down from 8.2C to 6.1C since 7am.

Leighton must be out drizzle chasing
Up to 21mm here now, still hosing down temp steady about 7-8 degrees

Winds picked up here now also,still no sign of any snow on the hills yet,temp still staying put at 5C,32mm of rain now.

Heavy rain now over Kirwee (been for a while too), some strong gusts but no sign of sleet.
Its friggin cold though, brr time to light the fire!

Razor wrote:Leighton must be out drizzle chasing
Up to 21mm here now, still hosing down temp steady about 7-8 degrees

Oh shush! yeah alright, alright! I'll eat my hat for this one! Very nice band over here. Little orange spec over the city at present keeping it more moderate at the moment but some heavier periods as well. I was out RAIN chasing, heathcote getting high. Need few more hours of good steady rain yet for it to burst.

Raining heavy here, had 27.4mm so far temp 7.2 wind is gusting 19.8 km/h. The fire is going - waiting for the white stuff

FIREFROG wrote:Raining heavy here, had 27.4mm so far temp 7.2 wind is gusting 19.8 km/h. The fire is going - waiting for the white stuff

You wont get the white stuff in Woodend unfortunately

Richard wrote:

FIREFROG wrote:Raining heavy here, had 27.4mm so far temp 7.2 wind is gusting 19.8 km/h. The fire is going - waiting for the white stuff

You wont get the white stuff in Woodend unfortunately

Agreed... only 20mm rain here last night, quite heavy at times... But more importantly, post 999!!!

Ya going to smack the scab of a bottle of bubbly for your 1000th Andrew ??? nothing else better to do on a day like this anyway

rain is only light to moderate now, looks far heavier on the radar than what it is