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West Coast rain here at the moment! Pelting down!

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

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

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

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

Still sunny but the cloud is getting closer

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

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

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

Nice to see the snow pics snowstormwatcher.

There will be some good frosts tomorrow morn!

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!

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

Snow settling above about 500m around Akaroa.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Snowing in Darfield