Polar Weather - last week of June

[Razor]

Yeah settle young Cantabs...no snow for us. head south and then west if you want that

[NZstorm]

The gfs hasn't budged, looks like the whole country gets a good chill. The central North Island towns like Ohakune stand to catch some snow later tomorrow.

[Richard]

Its an amazing looking fishhook low as of 9.00

[Ice Maiden]

I just viewed the sat picture and thought the same thing Richard, wind picked up here already some strong gusts rattling the chimney.

[jamie]

Wow I'm going to take a screen grab of this low. Stunning on the colour enhanced infrared image

[Manukau heads obs]

still must be very compact low
as the barometer is not very low at SW cape...and wind not very strong there either....
Southland and Stewart Island currently have strong NW, but nothing unusual
but the wind field should spread out today from what the models show

[snowstormwatcher]

Quite a gusty westerly here this morning but nothing unusual yet.
4mm of rain from a heavy shower just after midnight.

[Richard]

Nothing unusual here either,been a couple of gusts during the night that were strong but mostly light winds ATM.

[Ice Maiden]

Same here the gusty spell died down around midnight....watching and waiting

[NZstorm]

The flow is too westerly to get much weather in Dunedin off this system, although there will be a strong westerly, particularly tomorrow.

[Michael]

the main concentric systems positioned off the mainland so it be the far south and west to Wiatomo will cop it today and tomorrow.Wellington will get wind but not a lot of precipitation till late week.

[Manukau heads obs]

the frontal zone moving onto taranaki looks to be getting more active quickly now
and its moving fast too

[Nev]

The low has tracked a little further south than initially forecast. I think Stewart Island may have recorded gusts to 140 km/h, but a lot less at Invercargill.

[Manukau heads obs]

interesting how auckland city has been trapped under cold air overnight...which is only slowly getting pushed out of the way now..
nearly 15C here...with a strong WNW wind
and yet only 11C in the city

[NZstorm]

Lightning activity looks to have picked up on the approaching front.

[Manukau heads obs]

looks to be a nice cell to move onto north auckland

[bpo]

The timing hasn't been favourable. We've had heavy rain two nights in a row, but almost no snow. Had the cold air come through on either night we'd be looking at deep snow on the ground instead of just puddles of water.

[jamie]

the last scan the Taranaki radar did (11.45) before what i imagine was the ballloon going up causing it to stop looked very nasty towards waitomo area. lots of white and purple on the radar.

[Manukau heads obs]

yup, agree, and was lightning active too
looked nasty

[Ice Maiden]

Just heard from colleague in Gore heavy snow showers and 1C currently

[bpo]

Just heard from colleague in Gore heavy snow showers and 1C currently

Is it raining down there? We'd be fighting some very deep snow in the high country had a cold front come through during the last couple of nights.

[snowstormwatcher]

Is it raining down there? We'd be fighting some very deep snow in the high country had a cold front come through during the last couple of nights.

Where abouts in the High country are you located Bpo?
I heard there was some snow at Tekapo last night but not much.

[bpo]

Hi. I'm near Omarama. There is only some light snow on the tops around here.

The Basin elevation rises towards the Divide and Lake Tekapo, so it doesn't surprise me that the snow would be deeper there.

But man, if it had gone cold overnight we would probably have seen record snow falls.

[Tornado Tim]

Thunder here, nice!

[jamie]

dam i didnt hear it over the sound of rain thumping down on the roof at work