Polar blast & NI low 11-14th July

SnwAddct · Unread post by **SnwAddct** » Thu 13/07/2017 08:31

Another one from a Facebook friend taken in National Park village this morning.

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jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Thu 13/07/2017 08:43

Really coming down here in Taihape. Power out now for good with a tree falling on the lines right outside the house. Impressive bang and flash. Very heavy right now and it looks to be approaching 30cm now.

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Thu 13/07/2017 08:45

David · Unread post by **David** » Thu 13/07/2017 09:20

Nev wrote:
NZstorm wrote:Max for Auckland today is 10C, July 2012 was the last time we had a high that low.
If Akld Aero only gets to 10.0C or less, it will be the lowest there since 2011…

Interestingly it's already 9.8C at the airport, didn't think it would rise that fast

Rogue · Unread post by **Rogue** » Thu 13/07/2017 09:35

Great looking satellite image this morning showing the structure of the low pressure system

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Roads are atrocious here between Porirua and Kapiti, a lot of surface water on the highway and debris blowing around.

cbm · Unread post by **cbm** » Thu 13/07/2017 09:57

Impressive heavy snow video on nz herald website Mamaku near Rotorua. Looking at Radar it was an isolated patch that hit. Same leading edge coming up from Te Awamutu towards Hamilton now.

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Bradley · Unread post by **Bradley** » Thu 13/07/2017 10:57

Richard wrote:For northern North Canterbury this snow event has been a complete fizzier, Hanmer springs was forecasted up to 50cm, wouldn't have had much more than 5cm, here 20cm received a skiff only. Seven sharp reporter tonight asking a farmer from Hanmer if he's seen that much snow before in July , gees that cocky must of thought 'what a complete moron'.

Yes Hanmer Springs ended up getting around 10-15cm total (some has melted) so around a third of what was expected - must be just incredibly hard to predict these kind of events!

Bradley · Unread post by **Bradley** » Thu 13/07/2017 11:00

Lovely views in Hanmer Springs this morning, even if the epic snow dump didn't occur

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Thu 13/07/2017 11:31

22cm where I am. Still coming down hard. Place is a mess with broken branches and fallen trees.

Vertigo · Unread post by **Vertigo** » Thu 13/07/2017 11:39

jamie wrote:

Where is this?

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Thu 13/07/2017 11:48

In the hills just out of Taihape town, only 350 - 400m asl here.

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Thu 13/07/2017 13:18

Snowing in Rotorua city centre now.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-daily ... d=11890082

Razor · Unread post by **Razor** » Thu 13/07/2017 13:27

tich wrote:Snowing in Rotorua city centre now.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-daily ... d=11890082

Wow, how often does that happen?

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Thu 13/07/2017 13:35

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-daily ... d=11890082[/quote]
Wow, how often does that happen?[/quote]

About once every 5-10 years in the city, last time I think was August 2011. I remember a few light falls in the early 80s when I was living there. But I think you have to go back more than 50 years to find an occurrence of it settling on the ground in Rotorua. (except on the hills)

David · Unread post by **David** » Thu 13/07/2017 13:47

Certainly a chilly one, down to 7 degrees in Howick now with blustery SW and light rain. Normal July temp at this time of day is around 14.

Razor · Unread post by **Razor** » Thu 13/07/2017 14:44

Some awesome pictures on Stuff around NZ. Arthurs Pass looks to have had upwards of 30cm, easily!

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Thu 13/07/2017 14:53

Rare cold here for the time of day, 7C, precipitation bringing the temperature down from the high around 11C. I see Rotorua is on 3C.

SnwAddct · Unread post by **SnwAddct** » Thu 13/07/2017 15:05

There is talks of Ohakune and some of the surrounding towns having the biggest snowfall since 2001.. The highway cams at www.centralwaikato.co.nz are certainly very impressive.

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Thu 13/07/2017 15:06

My inlaws are having a hard time remembering when they last had 25cm snow fall. Much more than that at only slightly higher elevations.

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Thu 13/07/2017 17:18

Had no showers all day here, only picked up 6.8mm in total since 11th

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Thu 13/07/2017 18:49

It's been wet here in Geraldine for most of the day but the rain has eased off this evening.

Thunder081 · Unread post by **Thunder081** » Thu 13/07/2017 19:45

The peak winds in Wellington are over but it's still going strong right now along with persistent rain with some heavy falls. Here's the mt kaukau wind obs showing a 161 km/h gust.

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melja · Unread post by **melja** » Fri 14/07/2017 04:39

30mm here for the event.

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David · Unread post by **David** » Fri 14/07/2017 11:16

It feels weird to see bands of rain moving up from S-SE on the Auckland radar. Not a common direction for precip to come from here.

shovelopikis · Unread post by **shovelopikis** » Fri 14/07/2017 14:43

We had snow flurries on and off here in taranaki on Thursday morning but other than that the snow line did drop to 400m and top farms at base of mountain got coated for the morning. 110 km wind was max gust here

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