Heavy Rain & Sth'n Snow, Deep Tasman Low - Jul 29-Aug 3

[CHCH Weather Chaser]

i still reckon we in chch will get upwards of 150mm over the week

If that happened that would be one of the wettest weeks on record for the city...You have to realise GFS is a rough guide and doesnt take into consideration local knowledge of the area.

[CWUweather]

i still reckon we in chch will get upwards of 150mm over the week

If that happened that would be one of the wettest weeks on record for the city...You have to realise GFS is a rough guide and doesnt take into consideration local knowledge of the area.

i know lol. i reckon its going to be a record breaking week. mostly on S.I east coast

[Manukau heads obs]

a nice swirl on the rain radar west of northland

[CWUweather]

a nice swirl on the rain radar west of northland

yeh looking good

[David]

Reasonably heavy rain here at the moment, 8mm in the last hour

[Tornado Tim]

Getting fairly gusty in the Waikato, up to and past 55ks in some areas

[Razor]

Hitting the road at 5am tomorrow for Alex via the Lindis. Not expecting any action other than some drizzle/ moderate rain for the large part. Alex usually in the rain shadow a bit for easterly weather too.

[David]

Wind woke me up - baro has fallen 3.9 hPa in one hour!!

[snowstormwatcher]

Heavy rain warning out for this area with Metservice expecting 120-150mm of rain over the next 30 hours.

Light rain falling here now.

[Richard]

Just high cloud with a few patches of clear sky here this morning

[CWUweather]

mostly cloudy in chch. looking north its looking very dark and gloomy

[spwill]

We have sent our rain south a fine start to the day here.

[melja]

Action looks to be shifting north a little in the updated warning with the clutha/southland warnings lifted and more rain north of the rakaia this time not south canterbury, 150mm north 120m south.

[bmo]

Drizzle here, but looking very dark towards the SE

[snowstormwatcher]

Action looks to be shifting north a little in the updated warning with the clutha/southland warnings lifted and more rain north of the rakaia this time not south canterbury, 150mm north 120m south.

As expected, Areas south of Rakaia are More sheltered. Ive seen it time and time again all the heaviest rain and snow generally goes North of Ashburton more so in Winter than summer for some reason.

Been out to Burkes pass and there's steady but not overly heavy rain falling there.
Nothing much in Fairlie yet just light showers every now and then.

[CWUweather]

steady modertate rain in north west chch

[Flutterbye]

Action looks to be shifting north a little in the updated warning with the clutha/southland warnings lifted and more rain north of the rakaia this time not south canterbury, 150mm north 120m south.

Southland wasn't included in any warnings. There was a 'watch' out but we were removed from that yesterday morning. Currently, a strong SE wind with drizzle.

[Dean.]

Action looks to be shifting north a little in the updated warning with the clutha/southland warnings lifted and more rain north of the rakaia this time not south canterbury, 150mm north 120m south.

As expected, Areas south of Rakaia are More sheltered. Ive seen it time and time again all the heaviest rain and snow generally goes North of Ashburton more so in Winter than summer for some reason.

Been out to Burkes pass and there's steady but not overly heavy rain falling there.
Nothing much in Fairlie yet just light showers every now and then.

Calm before the storm,I expect big totals of rain in South/Mid Canterbury once the flow shifts more onshore.
Metre or more snowfalls for the local skifields.
Steady light rain here now.

[bmo]

Now raining moderately for the past 20 minutes

[Razor]

was certainly snowing heavily across the Lindis Pass when i went through an hour ago. graders were getting ready. was settling on the top, and falling but not settling as low as 500m.

wet and cold 5 degrees here in Alexandra

[Tornado Tim]

The cold front crossing the Auckland heading south is certainly intensifying in the past few hours.
Metservice's prediction of it intensifying was bang on.
Question will be now if Thunderstorms will develop on it......

I can see big bright white anvils to the SW. rather dark looking to the North as the front approaches Hamilton.

[David]

Absolutely torrential rain here at Auckland uni!!

[NZstorm]

Question will be now if Thunderstorms will develop on it......

GFS has been showing the front getting more active this afternoon but been very weak with the instability, but I wouldn't rule out possibility of elevated thunder. Rain is easing up in Grey Lynn.

[spwill]

Just had a heavy shower here with the wind change, brighter now

[Richard]

Drizzle has just started here in the last 10 mins,even saw the sun this afternoon for half an hour or so.