South Island snow - July 6-10

TonyT · Unread post by **TonyT** » Tue 07/07/2015 11:44

And now a shower of small soft hail here in Amberley.

edit - a few mins later now turned to full on sleet, quite heavy rain and melting snow mix.

Razor · Unread post by **Razor** » Tue 07/07/2015 11:48

TonyT wrote:And now a shower of small soft hail here in Amberley.

edit - a few mins later now turned to full on sleet, quite heavy rain and melting snow mix.

Radar still not picking anything up in the area, except off the coast? How interesting! Chilly but sunny here in Christchurch but can see a few formations still to the NW

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Tue 07/07/2015 11:49

Some ominous looking weak cb's developing about here

Storm Struck · Unread post by **Storm Struck** » Tue 07/07/2015 11:52

Going by the MS 3 day maps there is now a corridor of moisture running inland north canterbury which would support why its doing what it is, also some areas near the penninsula and south of there that could get an isolated icy shower or two this afternoon.
It has clouded over all of a sudden, i think the radars are working by the looks im not sure why its not picking it up though.

TonyT · Unread post by **TonyT** » Tue 07/07/2015 11:53

Storm Struck wrote:Going by the MS 3 day maps there is now a corridor of moisture running inland north canterbury which would support why its doing what it is, also some areas near the penninsula and south of there that could get an isolated icy shower or two this afternoon.
It has clouded over all of a sudden, i think the radars are working by the looks im not sure why its not picking it up though.

I would guess the cloud is very low topped, and this far from the radar source, the beam is firing over the top of the precipitation. Everything is soaking wet out here now.

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Tue 07/07/2015 11:58

They are not that low topped this near north

melja · Unread post by **melja** » Tue 07/07/2015 12:34

Drove through heavy hail then snow shower from Rangiora to Amberley, will be up your way soon Richard.

mikestormchaser · Unread post by **mikestormchaser** » Tue 07/07/2015 12:36

500mb sitting at a chilly - 32 right now and the 850 is - 5 only getting colder later. Not at all surprised for the odd sleet shower this arvo.

Orion · Unread post by **Orion** » Tue 07/07/2015 12:54

Interesting: can see "cauliflower clouds" rearing up to my NNW; a layer of lower cloud this side of them.

Karliosis · Unread post by **Karliosis** » Tue 07/07/2015 14:25

It appears the Canterbury radar is actually down, and may have been for some time, which would explain why we haven't been able to see any of the showers.

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Tue 07/07/2015 14:53

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North Canterbury action from Bridle Path summit.

melja · Unread post by **melja** » Tue 07/07/2015 15:53

Few flurries at Hawarden and snow down to around 200m on hills around Waipara

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hozza95 · Unread post by **hozza95** » Tue 07/07/2015 16:11

Heavy snow here turned the ground white again In minutes after most of the 10cm melted during the day

moylanr · Unread post by **moylanr** » Tue 07/07/2015 16:11

Walking in sunshine east of Jacks Pass, Hanmer Springs @~3:30. Next minute, lots of graupnel & low cloud.

Bradley · Unread post by **Bradley** » Tue 07/07/2015 17:06

Christchurch airport now 1.8C

Razor · Unread post by **Razor** » Tue 07/07/2015 17:17

Bradley wrote:Christchurch airport now 1.8C

3.2 here with clear crisp conditions. If I didn't know any better I would be expecting to wake up to a fine frosty morning here, which I note is in apparent agreeance with Tony's forecast

Seems to be a few minor speckles showing up on the radar (now working)

matttbs · Unread post by **matttbs** » Tue 07/07/2015 17:30

Been below 0 since about 4.15pm here, currently -2.6C. Should be a very decent frost in the morning

Bradley · Unread post by **Bradley** » Tue 07/07/2015 18:15

-1C at 6pm here, easily the coldest night this year at only 6pm!!

Dean. · Unread post by **Dean.** » Tue 07/07/2015 18:26

Clear and frosty here,shower activity about 100km to our east,hard to see Metservice's sleety showers developing this evening.......
Minus 2 at 6.30pm

Ice Maiden · Unread post by **Ice Maiden** » Tue 07/07/2015 18:31

Snow has just started to fall in Dunedin

http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/council-onli ... s/highgate

hozza95 · Unread post by **hozza95** » Tue 07/07/2015 18:32

Been very heavy snow here since 4, already a good 5 cm's settled on the road and with the temp only 0.2 roads will be bad

Tim S · Unread post by **Tim S** » Tue 07/07/2015 19:25

Yep snow has arrived in Dunners, just had a Sneet (snow/sleet

) shower here, with some settling on the car, should be a fair bit more overnight so a good chance of a snow day, hopefully!!

RichyDunedin · Unread post by **RichyDunedin** » Tue 07/07/2015 20:04

Snowing non stop here and calm. Highgate cameras looking good. Not sure how town is at the moment but settling well at 150m.

ScottyD · Unread post by **ScottyD** » Tue 07/07/2015 20:41

RichyDunedin wrote:Snowing non stop here and calm. Highgate cameras looking good. Not sure how town is at the moment but settling well at 150m.

Looks very impressive.

Tim S · Unread post by **Tim S** » Tue 07/07/2015 20:55

Snowing and settling here at sea level. Large flakes too!

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