South Island Snow

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Sun 10/07/2011 10:00

Heavy snow showers here in Queenstown overnight and this morning, about 20cm for higher parts of the town , conditions are easing now.

Looks like more wintry weather is on the way for the SouthIsland this week .

southernthrash · Unread post by **southernthrash** » Sun 10/07/2011 10:10

20 cm? sounds like a long stick

nice to see, none-the-less. A smattering of very wet snow on the ground in Invercargill this morning, starting to disappear, with patches of hail remaining.

Western Southland looks to have gotten a good snowfall. Went for a drive in the Longwoods yesterday, will try get back out there today.

It came a bit later than usual, but this is the one system needed to get the skifields going.

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Sun 10/07/2011 11:06

southernthrash wrote:20 cm? sounds like a long stick
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southernthrash · Unread post by **southernthrash** » Sun 10/07/2011 11:28

Top of fernhill does tend to do well. Freaking miserable part of town in the winter mind you.

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Sun 10/07/2011 18:59

Good to see some snow pics. Looks like the freezing level drops overnight with the snow returning to Queenstown.

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Sun 10/07/2011 20:38

The weather closed in again late afternoon with a period of heavy sleet tending to light to mod rain this evening, currently 4C.

View of Coronet Peak and Remarkables.

bmo · Unread post by **bmo** » Sun 10/07/2011 21:49

How i miss those winters. We used to have them in Holland.

Tim S · Unread post by **Tim S** » Sun 10/07/2011 22:04

Great pics Spwill!

Was hoping to get some snow at St Arnaud this morning but level was around 1000 meters, looks like heaps have fallen on the higher peaks though.

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Mon 11/07/2011 10:31

Rain heavy at times last night washed away a lot of the low level snow cover.
Wintry showers here in Queenstown this morning , a rather chilly 1.6C with snow falling to about the 400m level.
Photo this morning along Malaghans Road.

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Mon 11/07/2011 18:35

Drove over to Cardrona today via the Crown Range road.

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Mon 11/07/2011 18:38

View to Cardrona Ski Field and a couple more photos along the Crown Range road.

David · Unread post by **David** » Mon 11/07/2011 18:41

Nice photos. Think I would rather be down there than here, never experienced snowy conditions before.

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Mon 11/07/2011 18:44

Think I would rather be down there than here, never experienced snowy conditions before.
Nice photos. Think I would rather be down there than here, never experienced snowy conditions before.

The central North Island can be a great spot for snow chasing.

Great pics spwill.

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Mon 11/07/2011 19:38

Only once experienced this sleety stuff almost snow more like hail near Wiaouru once in the 80s other than that never been on a mountain or been in a country where snow falls.

David wrote:Nice photos. Think I would rather be down there than here, never experienced snowy conditions before.

Andy · Unread post by **Andy** » Mon 11/07/2011 20:20

Nice pics Spwill.

CHCH Weather Chaser · Tue 12/07/2011 08:24

Looks like some heavy snow this morning in Queenstown with currently 0.6 degrees and 5.8mm for the last hour. Spwill can you confirm? Ski fields are shut due to whiteout conditions.

Daylight breaking there now and can see good coating around the city on the webcam

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Tue 12/07/2011 08:43

I'm in the Mackenzie Country today, some snowfall here at Twizel. I am hoping to visit Lake Ohau this morning, waiting for the weather to clear. I see Ohau Ski field has had 1.5 meters of snow since Thursday evening.

Yes, looks like more snow to lake level again around Queenstown this morning

Andy · Unread post by **Andy** » Tue 12/07/2011 09:06

More snow down to lake level in QT

QDT story
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/queenstown-lakes

Webcam
http://www.takeabreak.co.nz/accommodati ... nstown.asp

Rain here with snow settling down to 300-400m

Andy · Unread post by **Andy** » Tue 12/07/2011 09:54

Up to 1 m of snow east and west of the Homer Tunnel now.

Miford Rd weather stations and snow graphs.

http://www.nzta.govt.nz/projects/milfor ... efresh=600

borris89 · Unread post by **borris89** » Tue 12/07/2011 10:46

Nice sleety shower in Dunedin just now with a few flakes every now and then, and according to metservice only 2.5 degrees.

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Tue 12/07/2011 20:16

Some winter weather in the Mackenzie Basin today.

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Tue 12/07/2011 20:19

Hope youre wearing your chains the cops are ticketing those are not.

Dean. · Unread post by **Dean.** » Tue 12/07/2011 20:29

spwill wrote:Some winter weather in the Mackenzie Basin today.

Great pics

Twizel Dave has been quiet of late....must be in hibernation

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Wed 13/07/2011 13:09

Back in Auckland today, 16C feels warm.
Satellite pic shows the next burst of very cold wintry weather developing just south of NZ, looks like the weather will clear for inland areas Friday with some good frosts over the weekend.

tidd66 · Unread post by **tidd66** » Wed 13/07/2011 14:28

Have a heavy snowfall warning for southland now. Wind has picked up and is beginning to cloud over now. Temp is around the 8deg mark but will probably drop quickly when this front moves in.

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