Potential Nationwide Snow Event Sunday 8th August 2021

[Dean.]

Be happy to be proven wrong but I'm not seeing the temperature dropping enough in town either

Temp has jumped up to 5 now as the sun sets...whens the next front due??

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Be happy to be proven wrong but I'm not seeing the temperature dropping enough in town either

Temp has jumped up to 5 now as the sun sets...whens the next front due??

Back down to zero point eight here, now

[Razor]

Did it snow in ChCh or is there snow on the Port hills like in other years of an event like this?
Seen no photos.

Nope, all clear here if anything like that. I understand its down to about 700m asl on the Peninsula

[Dean.]

Temp has jumped up to 5 now as the sun sets...whens the next front due??

Back down to zero point eight here, now

Sky clear?

[Chris W]

Did it snow in ChCh or is there snow on the Port hills like in other years of an event like this?
Seen no photos.

Nope, all clear here if anything like that. I understand its down to about 700m asl on the Peninsula

600m at best, but the lowest snow line I've seen there in two years. Will be interesting to see what showers we get tomorrow but not expecting much.

[Tracy Herbert]

Finally the shopping precinct in Methven is white with snow. Hasn’t had much snow in that part all day but now finally has a nice whiteness to it.

[Lawrence]

Continuous hail showers coming through the past few hours.

[mikestormchaser]

Did it snow in ChCh or is there snow on the Port hills like in other years of an event like this?
Seen no photos.

Nothing at all today John. But it was never meant to until early hours if any anyway. Roll on spring/ summer and thunderstorms??

[Razor]

Going by MS it looks like a dry night here with a chance of something round breakfast time

[Cyclone Tracy]

Cold convective cells popping within the 520 thickness zone moving into NZ waters. 16c temp difference from Canterbury bight waters to 850 hPa from 2am with a SSW 25 to 35 knot wind at 950 hPa. Plenty of energy in the cloud streets for thundersnow around dawn.

[mikestormchaser]

Nice heavy hail shower in Rolleston. Nice dusting of white on the drive and cars

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Clustered hail around the windscreen wipers of the car on return from the hailstorm that covered upper Geraldine around 4pm today.

[Razor]

The odd graupel shower sneaking through the gate here. Still 4.5 degrees though

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Interesting that the graupel/hail showers didn't show up very well on the rain radar

[hypersonic]

Sleet or haily mush on the ground here in Burnside

[Chris W]

Heavy hail shower in Lyttelton at 6am, sleet coming out of the tunnel just before 7, not a lot after that.

[Razor]

Snow shower coming through Chch

[Lawrence]

Looking very dark over to the North and East of here.Can only guess as to what's happening.

[Razor]

Its extremely coastal. Sun is shining in Lincoln

[TonyT]

Had a couple of very light snow showers here this morning.

[tich]

Just had a light snow shower in St Albans. Port Hills coated to a low level.

[einzack]

Wife says Upper Riccarton has had some snow showers as well. Nothing out in Rolleston.

[Lawrence]

Its extremely coastal. Sun is shining in Lincoln

Same here. The old dreaded Dunedin shadow effect.

[JP.]

Very light sleety showers now in Wigram, Christchurch.

[Captain Salty]

Been snowing steadily for the last hour here, about 200 metres up the port hills