General October Weather

CHCH Weather Chaser · Mon 22/10/2012 07:46

West Coast rain here at the moment! Pelting down!

Orion · Unread post by **Orion** » Mon 22/10/2012 07:47

Lucky you, Richard!
I am told it's been snowing in Methven since just after 7am, ground turning white up there now.

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Mon 22/10/2012 07:51

If i could get photobucket to work i'ld post photo of the clouds

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Mon 22/10/2012 07:57

I can't recall seeing so much cold troughing over the South Island as over the past 5 weeks, most winters would not have this much.

I'm off to Sydney today for a short holiday, I see cooler southerly conditions there today but hot by Thursday

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Mon 22/10/2012 08:01

spwill wrote:I can't recall seeing so much cold troughing over the South Island as over the past 5 weeks, most winters would not have this much.

I'm off to Sydney today for a short holiday, I see cooler southerly conditions there today but hot by Thursday

Enjoy yourself

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Mon 22/10/2012 08:13

Still sunny but the cloud is getting closer

snowstormwatcher · Unread post by **snowstormwatcher** » Mon 22/10/2012 08:17

Massive snowflakes here now but seems to be brightening up slightly.

CHCH Weather Chaser · Mon 22/10/2012 08:30

Rain band discintigrating over CHCH. 7mm thus far with heavy falls in the area

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Mon 22/10/2012 08:31

Wow,good dump

at this time of year with trees in full leaf,it could do some damage if there's to much.

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Mon 22/10/2012 08:33

Nice to see the snow pics snowstormwatcher.

There will be some good frosts tomorrow morn!

tgsnoopy · Unread post by **tgsnoopy** » Mon 22/10/2012 08:40

Ohh, I'm suppost to be helping with the clean up at the Waiora Scout Camp after the Geocaching Mega event this weekend. Tempted to instead hit the road & try to find some snowfall instead. Must confess to being concerned about high winds affected flights in and out of Wellingtown on the way home this afternoon.

Nice photo's guys!

Orion · Unread post by **Orion** » Mon 22/10/2012 08:56

Great photos above, thankyou.
Light snow falling here for the last half-hour; 2.0 degrees.
Edit to add: 5cm of snow at Methven.

bpo · Unread post by **bpo** » Mon 22/10/2012 09:02

Mount John at Lake Tekapo (1,031m) looks to have a dusting of snow at the top, but again this appears to have been a a non event for southern SC and North Otago.

Skywatcher · Unread post by **Skywatcher** » Mon 22/10/2012 09:03

Orion wrote:Edit to add: 5cm of snow at Methven.

From the Methven webcam: http://www.andi.co.nz/other_camera_methven.php

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Mon 22/10/2012 09:03

Had a brief hail shower and now the suns back out again

snowstormwatcher · Unread post by **snowstormwatcher** » Mon 22/10/2012 09:11

bpo wrote:Mount John at Lake Tekapo (1,031m) looks to have a dusting of snow at the top, but again this appears to have been a a non event for southern SC and North Otago.

Yeah pretty sheltered in the southern Mackenzie basin, in the past Ive seen 30cm of snow in Tekapo yet absolutely nothing 20-30km further south.

Ive Just measured 4cm on the grass here and 3cm on top of the car, Nothing on the roads yet.

bpo · Unread post by **bpo** » Mon 22/10/2012 09:24

snowstormwatcher wrote:Yeah pretty sheltered in the southern Mackenzie basin...

It is. It's wonderful!

...n the past Ive seen 30cm of snow in Tekapo yet absolutely nothing 20-30km further south.

That must have been a long time ago! I haven't seen a foot of snow on the ground in Tekapo in at least a decade.

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Mon 22/10/2012 09:39

Snow settling above about 500m around Akaroa.

Orion · Unread post by **Orion** » Mon 22/10/2012 09:50

Bigger flakes falling fast now; grass, ferns etc. coated white.
1.6 degrees.

Dean. · Unread post by **Dean.** » Mon 22/10/2012 10:07

7 cm here in Tekapo at 720 metres asl.Tekapo is a lot higher than Twizel etc further south.

Dean. · Unread post by **Dean.** » Mon 22/10/2012 10:09

Deano wrote:7 cm here in Tekapo at 720 metres asl.Tekapo is a lot higher than Twizel etc further south.

Stayed here two years ago BPO and there was at least a foot on the ground

Orion · Unread post by **Orion** » Mon 22/10/2012 10:53

Posting from Ashburton now where it's an unofficial 2deg., and raining with Bits melting on the windscreen.

bpo · Unread post by **bpo** » Mon 22/10/2012 10:55

Tekapo is a lot higher than Twizel etc further south.

Well, by "a lot" you mean around 150 metres.

Stayed here two years ago BPO and there was at least a foot on the ground

Perhaps in drifts and piles, but not as even, settled snow. It's been a long time since this area has seen 30 cm of settled snow on the flat. Even the 2006 fall was no more than 20 cm at most, and even that was at higher elevations than Tekapo village. It's easy for people to overestimate snow depth, especially when they want it to be deeper.

Manukau heads obs · Mon 22/10/2012 11:02

seems to be an over represented amount of people on this forum from Tekapo who say it does not snow as much as it used to
you guys should all get together

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Mon 22/10/2012 11:49

Snowing in Darfield

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