Polar Blast - August 7-11

Inny Binny · Unread post by **Inny Binny** » Sun 09/08/2015 10:14

yep, snow in prebbleton

joecam · Unread post by **joecam** » Sun 09/08/2015 10:19

Light snow settling in Westmorland approx 300ft ASL at home.

Bradley · Unread post by **Bradley** » Sun 09/08/2015 10:29

Snowing at a mates place in Halswell

matty25nz · Unread post by **matty25nz** » Sun 09/08/2015 10:37

Snowing in mairehau

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Sun 09/08/2015 10:37

Snowing in St Albans.

Skywatcher · Unread post by **Skywatcher** » Sun 09/08/2015 10:39

A brief burst of hail here in Templeton was followed by a dusting of snow but has now turned to very light rain.

Razor · Unread post by **Razor** » Sun 09/08/2015 10:57

Steady snow flurries here for the last hour, we are basically sea level

matttbs · Unread post by **matttbs** » Sun 09/08/2015 11:17

Richard wrote:What ive found interesting with this event is the inconsistent snow line, Mayfield got 15cm of snow while we got rain but yet both at the same height asl. Drove to Kaiapoi yesterday were there was some snow at on the side of the road at sealevel by Saltwater Creek

Have a look on metservices Facebook page, there is a picture of negative satellite imagery of the snow line and how inconsistent it is on the plains

RichyDunedin · Unread post by **RichyDunedin** » Sun 09/08/2015 11:17

Was no snow here at 3am just black ice. Had about 3cm at 6am and now snowing very heavy with big flakes again.

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Sun 09/08/2015 11:22

Snow flurries continue here in Queentown, non heavy.

hozza95 · Unread post by **hozza95** » Sun 09/08/2015 11:30

Still thick snow on the ground but haven't had any snow lately. If this stays on the ground until after dark, we have 3 frosts forecast in a row so could stay around for awhile

shovelopikis · Unread post by **shovelopikis** » Sun 09/08/2015 11:32

Snowline in south waikato /taupo is 800m roughly, very warm now... a non event for me and very localised reports of snow.

SnwAddct · Unread post by **SnwAddct** » Sun 09/08/2015 11:57

Decent hail shower here in Auckland

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Sun 09/08/2015 11:59

Looks like a hail storm over raglan from here. Been watching it build. Getting better and better!

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Sun 09/08/2015 12:14

I'm now hearing steady rumbles of thunder from here. Here is a recent pano.

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jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Sun 09/08/2015 13:02

Dang just had a ripper cg!!!! It was less than 5 seconds to the sound. Shook the house!

Orion · Unread post by **Orion** » Sun 09/08/2015 13:34

5.2 degrees, fine light rain and graupel falling; smoke from neighbour's chimney is swirling down and passing my house about three feet from the ground

MoorfNZ · Unread post by **MoorfNZ** » Sun 09/08/2015 14:02

Heavy snowfall here at the moment (nr Sheffield) almost white-out

Manukau heads obs · Sun 09/08/2015 14:35

Dang just had a ripper cg!!!!

looking at the rain radar, that was the best gig in town

matttbs · Unread post by **matttbs** » Sun 09/08/2015 14:52

Heavy snow here again now

David · Unread post by **David** » Sun 09/08/2015 15:28

Had a brief hail shower in Howick 3.15pm, first time I've seen hail in ages. Seems to be a NE/S convergence.

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Sun 09/08/2015 15:58

Manukau heads obs wrote:
Dang just had a ripper cg!!!!
looking at the rain radar, that was the best gig in town

if today had been even just 3-4 weeks down the track there would have been some awesome convection. 9th of September would have had just that bit more heating that we were only just missing today. Even then there was enough heating today for a storm to develop.

Manukau heads obs · Sun 09/08/2015 17:21

SE wind change here now...so the trough is to east of us here now

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Sun 09/08/2015 17:42

shovelopikis wrote:Snowline in south waikato /taupo is 800m roughly, very warm now... a non event for me and very localised reports of snow.

Looked quite a bit lower than that at the southern end of Lake Taupo (Mt Pihanga) this morning, according to Taupo webcam.

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Sun 09/08/2015 17:56

Gfs had been indicating thunder for the Waikato. There must have been some good hail with that storm.

12pm Whenuapai sounding had 500mb -32C which we don't see very often.

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