Potential Nationwide Snow Event Sunday 8th August 2021

[Razor]

Decent snow shower through Lincoln 15 mins ago, not settling though. Lincoln is 10m asl

[Cyclone Tracy]

Just putting in a snap shot of the radar around 10:20am for the thread history.

[harveyt86]

Might be some snow flurries in higher suburbs from that blob currently approaching Wellington..

[mikestormchaser]

Starting to come in nicely out here in rolleston

[jamesh]

Snow falling in Burnside CHCH. breaks to either sun or rain. thick at times. not settling

[Chris W]

It's had a few goes in the last half hour in Amberley with the radar through Ashburton and west of Chch now looking more impressive. Would be nice to see a settling layer but the ground is very wet.

[snowchaser01]

Starting to come in nicely out here in rolleston

I'm over in izone and it's dry. Weird

[TonyT]

Snow showers have been coming and going all morning here in Amberley, and the last one was a bit heavier with large flakes.

[Chris W]

1.5C at the airport (and likely much of the city) at 11:20am with a feels like temp of -5C. Brr.

[Lawrence]

Light snow flurries here, seem to be more wind associated, the stronger the wind/breeze, the more of it.

[Chris W]

Light snow flurries here, seem to be more wind associated, the stronger the wind/breeze, the more of it.

Wind speed normally rises with showers/squalls due to rising/falling air associated with them. So the wind change is caused by the shower.

[Wildland]

Hail showers overnight and this morning in Tawa north of Wellington. No sign of snow as yet. Thermometer has clawed its way up to +6.2.

[Chris W]

Now just back to cold rain in Amberley from a brief excursion outside, sleety at times.

[mikestormchaser]

Gone from 0 at midday to 3C now. So has warmed up abit with just sleet showers.

The freezing level will have risen to 300m I think now

[Awhituobs]

snow flurries reported from western bays of lake Taupo

[Chris W]

Top half of the port hills is white, but no issues getting home tonight.

[Awhituobs]

i see there been rolling power cuts to reduce demand!

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

i see there been rolling power cuts to reduce demand!

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Power is now back on now fortunately..
As it was a controlled power cut/outage, people should of been notified, especially because of the current cold weather event.

[TonyT]

Max temp of 4.5 degrees here yesterday

[Thunder081]

Snow in the Rimutakas yesterday at 700m asl.

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[tich]

Max temp of 4.5 degrees here yesterday

Was similar in Chch, but it's about 10C warmer this afternoon. Cold spell definitely over here.

[Chris W]

Beautiful scenes driving through Greta Valley and across the Hundalees this morning with snow lying right up to the road, 4C much of the way there then 12C as soon as we got to Oaro. Not as much around Cheviot-Ferniehurst though. Low snow on the Seaward Kaikouras, melting quickly lower down but the lowest level I've seen there in years.

[tgsnoopy]

Not a lot of point going up the Kaimais yesterday as it was clear. The strong wind flow over the top put me off it big time. Today I went down as far as Opotiki expecting to see snow on the Ureweras etc. There was a little, but it was gone by mid-day. IMO up here it wasn't as big an event as forecasted. We only got down to 4.1°C this morning. No severe frost and a beautiful blue dome day.

[Orion]

"A montage of the best aerial footage from the Orange Warning snowfall, 8 and 9 August, 2021. From the Lewis Pass, to the Inland Kaikoura Road, to Porters Pass and Lake Lyndon. ..." Runs 3:31

[Chris W]

Quick look across at the Seaward Kaikouras this morning, snow still hanging around down to about 2-300m (particularly in more shaded spots) which is the base of the mountains where it transitions from the flats. Simply stunning mountain views today.

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