Just stuck my head out the front door and there’s the odd bit of sleet in amongst the rain.
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Re: Potential Nationwide Snow Event Sunday 8th August 2021
4.6C in Burnside, CHC. Dropped from around 5.4C at 7am. Moderate rain.
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Snowing heavily in Methven, the really cold air that will allow it to snow down to sea level is still 2-3 hours away, unfortunately this heavy rain will be gone by then…
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Re: Potential Nationwide Snow Event Sunday 8th August 2021
Here at Waddington, 300asl, we have a few flakes within increasingly sleety heavy falling rain.
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Re: Potential Nationwide Snow Event Sunday 8th August 2021
My Westerfield Spy at around 171m reports "big fat white flakes beginning to settle".
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Re: Potential Nationwide Snow Event Sunday 8th August 2021
Just heavy showers here at the moment with a few icey sleet drops added in the mix. Next report in an hour.
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Re: Potential Nationwide Snow Event Sunday 8th August 2021
The top 300m or so of Mt Herbert and Mt Evans have a good white dusting with it snowing heavily up there. Green and rainy below that.
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Re: Potential Nationwide Snow Event Sunday 8th August 2021
Just started snowing in Waddington (300asl)...
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Re: Potential Nationwide Snow Event Sunday 8th August 2021
And true to form taking husbandly advice on board they left at 6am and have had only rain as far as Castle Hill but are now sat at the top of Porters Pass with the road just closing. Sigh. No doubt they'll get down, but.....
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Sleeting in Ashburton now. Very chunky on my windscreen.
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Coming down fast in Waddington, ground white.
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Re: Potential Nationwide Snow Event Sunday 8th August 2021
Still raining in Rakaia. Just checked my business cameras and nice to see it snowing in Methven and settling. (Although not nice knowing we might not get to our business tomorrow if we end up with large accumulations)
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Re: Potential Nationwide Snow Event Sunday 8th August 2021
Fetch, current temp difference of 15c sea surface to 850 hPa temp converting into frictional convergence over land. Lovely ocean effect
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Re: Potential Nationwide Snow Event Sunday 8th August 2021
CT where are you currently picking the LP in relation to models. It seems further south. Secondly, are you seeing this main band of moisture feeding into foothills. On very light precip within 10km of them which seems unusual.
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Re: Potential Nationwide Snow Event Sunday 8th August 2021
Circulation is starting to develop at 850 hPa over the upper SI, surface low will develop further in the next few hours around Cook strait. Attaching the latest overlay of wind speed and direction at @950 hPa, with surface barometric observations and moisture in the mid levels gives a good picture. Atmospheric snow machine.Northsouth wrote: ↑Sun 08/08/2021 10:10 CT where are you currently picking the LP in relation to models. It seems further south. Secondly, are you seeing this main band of moisture feeding into foothills. On very light precip within 10km of them which seems unusual.
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Re: Potential Nationwide Snow Event Sunday 8th August 2021
Pouring down in Johnsonville, Wellington and there was thunder and lightning at 9:17am!!
Wellington southerly front timelapse: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBl3hsuIg2Q
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Starting to settle
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Re: Potential Nationwide Snow Event Sunday 8th August 2021
I noticed the temperature dropped 1.5C in half an hour there Dean?
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Re: Potential Nationwide Snow Event Sunday 8th August 2021
Nothing but rain here in Kirwee.Expecting something soon though.Mind you, your a bit higher than me.