Polar Blast - Oct 5-6
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Re: Polar Blast - Oct 5-6
Quite dramatic through west Christchurch with the wind change, heavy hail/graupel for about 15 minutes started to settle on the grass.
Some lightning observed and good peels of thunder.
Next round of the snow showers should be from about 9pm.
10c down to 2c in less than 5 minutes
Some lightning observed and good peels of thunder.
Next round of the snow showers should be from about 9pm.
10c down to 2c in less than 5 minutes
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Re: Polar Blast - Oct 5-6
Surface warmed up enough In the end to get the thunderstorm going. That extra time with the timing of the change further north of ashburton makes a difference. Here's two photos I captured out the back of rolleston. One with a small bolt I managed to get.
Reasonable size hail stones aswel, about 15mm in size
Reasonable size hail stones aswel, about 15mm in size
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Re: Polar Blast - Oct 5-6
A Culverden spy reported lightning right over the town 10 mins ago, first time i can remember thunder snow in this area
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Re: Polar Blast - Oct 5-6
This afternoon’s southerly change on the outskirts of Rolleston.
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Re: Polar Blast - Oct 5-6
The chain of showers is quickly establishing itself offshore with Chch and Banks Peninsula in its sights. I’m not expecting anything in Ashburton tonight except for this awful wind.
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Re: Polar Blast - Oct 5-6
Agreed, looking like the showers are skirting around the coast and hitting the banks instead.Unless we get something more inland I don't think we will see anything more wintery than a frost in the morning.darcyplumb wrote: ↑Wed 05/10/2022 21:31 The chain of showers is quickly establishing itself offshore with Chch and Banks Peninsula in its sights. I’m not expecting anything in Ashburton tonight except for this awful wind.
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Re: Polar Blast - Oct 5-6
I'm starting to think show might be over for chch too. Going to be some punters a bit hacked off on the social media threads if thats so too
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Re: Polar Blast - Oct 5-6
Yes snow for Chch has been hyped big time by our usual suspects and also NIWA.
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Re: Polar Blast - Oct 5-6
Looking like the capital is about to get slammed.
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Re: Polar Blast - Oct 5-6
The front that just hit Wellington dropped hail
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Wellington southerly front timelapse: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBl3hsuIg2Q
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Re: Polar Blast - Oct 5-6
Yup. We did! Very intense hail and some thunder too.
Was not a breath of wind before the front hit. Temp dived 3 deg to 4 in 20 mins
Was not a breath of wind before the front hit. Temp dived 3 deg to 4 in 20 mins
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Re: Polar Blast - Oct 5-6
The forecast southerly front hit here at Tawa just north of Wellington at 23:20 with rain, hail and thunder. Temperature down to 4.5C - a drop of 3.6C in an hour. As Beaconhill describes, it was relatively calm here late evening until she came through. Rain is now steady and that wind has 'attitude'.
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Re: Polar Blast - Oct 5-6
Nice to see you guys are getting some interesting weather.
The earlier forecasts for the maximum temperature for Wednesday at Invercargill were only out by one degree. Still very chilly at 6°C.
Lower down this tweet there is a picture of snow on the beach on Stewart Island.
https://twitter.com/NiwaWeather/status/ ... 6750714880
The earlier forecasts for the maximum temperature for Wednesday at Invercargill were only out by one degree. Still very chilly at 6°C.
Lower down this tweet there is a picture of snow on the beach on Stewart Island.
https://twitter.com/NiwaWeather/status/ ... 6750714880
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Re: Polar Blast - Oct 5-6
Getting graupel in Linwood, Christchurch
Wellington southerly front timelapse: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBl3hsuIg2Q
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Re: Polar Blast - Oct 5-6
Snowing in Linwood right now!!! Not settling
Wellington southerly front timelapse: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBl3hsuIg2Q
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Re: Polar Blast - Oct 5-6
Heavy snow shower settling in Somerfield, heavy graupel now too.
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Re: Polar Blast - Oct 5-6
Heavy graupel now for about 20 minutes with snow flakes mixed in, settling fast as the ground was dry prior to it falling.
See what its like by 7am should be a good dusting.
See what its like by 7am should be a good dusting.
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Re: Polar Blast - Oct 5-6
Currently getting graupel and snow showers in Linwood and settling
Wellington southerly front timelapse: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBl3hsuIg2Q
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Re: Polar Blast - Oct 5-6
Seems to have had the lightest of dustings here in Parklands. Bit of a non-event.
However the port hills look pretty in a little white
However the port hills look pretty in a little white
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Re: Polar Blast - Oct 5-6
1-2cm though the night that melts fast in halswell. Parts of Banks Peninsula will have taken a battering
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Re: Polar Blast - Oct 5-6
We've got 8 cm of snow here in Mosgiel this morning, and still falling. The snow is dry and big and flakey.
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Re: Polar Blast - Oct 5-6
A clear crisp night here with the cloud well offshore...some decent snow showers yesterday morning
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