General September Weather

[tich]

Reports of snow falling in Port Hills. Looking towards the hills, the precipitation definitely looks like snow/sleet.

[Thunder081]

Currently snowing on the summit road at sugarloaf in Christchurch at 400m asl!!!! Not settling yet and there was snow flurries at 320m asl 25 minutes ago

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Clearing up here, looks like a good frost tonight. or to our tender frost plants and trees which we have covered with frost cloths.

[Richard]

Sleeting here with temps dropping now at 1.6deg

[03Stormchaser]

Yup a bust day.it happens, other nights we are debriefing with how good the day was. I'm picking perhaps the lack of surface moisture today, there was definitely a chance though

Might have to keep a tally this year in my signature when MS forecast storms and we get none

[David]

Baro on my station is sitting at 985 hPa, this is the lowest reading in the last 5 years

[spwill]

Dunedin webcams, a wintry night there.
https://www.dunedin.govt.nz/dunedin-city/webcams

Rain has returned here and it is very heavy currently

[Awhituobs]

54mm here for the day so far...
wind swinging to south more here now

[spwill]

17mm here last hr, 45mm for the day.

[03Stormchaser]

Driving home (Belfast, Christchurch) just now from the gym and noticed a little sleet. Could we have a light dusting in the morning!

[Brassnz]

73mm for the day.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Bit of a non event down here in Geraldine today. mild this morning but gradually cooled down this afternoon as the southerly wind freshened.
The wind was a bit raw but you expect that in this situation.
Today's maximum was 14.4C this morning but dropped away gradually with the cold southerly.
A few showers resulting in a grand total of 0.4mm for today.
Clearing away this evening and becoming fine and frosty, down to 0.6C at 10pm this evening.
Here's a picture i took looking towards Mt. Peel just as the southerly change came through.
Interesting too, the sky looked more "thundery" looking before the change than the other day when MS forecasted thunderstorms down here

[Karliosis]

Soft hail showers in the Ilam area around 10pm, no signs of recent precipitation in Somerfield though.

Edit: Brief hail shower through Somerfield just before 11pm, a few stones up to near 5mm.

[tich]

Brief hail shower in St Albans, whitening the ground.

[Razor]

Hail settling and roads white here in Halswell

[einzack]

Looking out the window in Rolleston, it's snowing here. A little has settled.

[JP.]

Some light snow settling on the ground in the ChCh CBD. Very unexpected! Current temp 0.6c with a -0.5 DP.

[Dean.]

Fine and frosty in Ashburton...the usual southwest drift

[Richard]

A light coating here this morning as well, temps have been hovering around the zero mark, ideal for my predawn dip.
This cold air mass moves off during today, warm front moving onto Southland atm

[Lawrence]

Just a light dusting of the white stuff here overnight.

[kiwisk8er]

Snow on the ground here in Mosgiel this morning. Looks like around 1 cm, it's quite patchy.

[harveyt86]

My brother reporting sleet/snow in Johnsonville this morning.

[Simon Culling]

Nice to see a bit of snow on the ground for you guys, even if it is into September. This sprinkling is more than I had all last winter in Devon, UK!!

Pictures from Highgate, Dunedin on this tweet with snow + hail on the ground. How high up would this be?

https://twitter.com/weatherpaulg/status ... 4330483712

[mikestormchaser]

Had around 2cm on ground this morning in rolleston. Not a bad wee dusting. Woke up at 4 30am with it snowing and settling. Haven't seen that sight for awhile. Calm and quiet outside

[spwill]

Nice to see a bit of snow on the ground for you guys, even if it is into September. This sprinkling is more than I had all last winter in Devon, UK!!

Pictures from Highgate, Dunedin on this tweet with snow + hail on the ground. How high up would this be?

https://twitter.com/weatherpaulg/status ... 4330483712

Highgate Bridge is 165m above sea level.
The low level snow months for Dunedin are usually May-August, 1 -3 days a year . Low level snow has been on the decline last decade