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A precursor to winter
A precursor to winter
A trough of low pressure moved southeastwards over the country overnight Saturday, and lay southwest of the Chatham Islands Sunday morning. This system brought significant amounts of rain to much of the North Island during Saturday and into Sunday morning. In the 24 hours leading up to midday Sunday Stratford in Taranaki recorded 57mm, several stations in the Tararua Ranges recorded between 60 and 70mm, with one station in the Tararuas recording a total of 122mm. Parts of the Bay of Plenty also received significant rain, with many stations seeing around 50mm, but over the eastern Bay of Plenty ranges, one station (Haparapara) recorded 175mm in 24hrs.
The rain-bearing front all but cleared the North Island around midday today, but a cold front moving up the South Island spreads a very cold airmass over the country from the Southern Ocean. This front brings a cold, southerly outbreak to most of New Zealand during today and Monday, lowering temperatures and bringing gale force cold southerlies to many places. MetService has issued a Severe Weather Watch for Southerly Gales spreading north from Bank Peninsula to coastal Gisborne today and early Monday.
“There is a touch of winter around today and overnight
for higher parts of the South Island and the central North
Island” MetService Meteorologist Andy Best said. “Road
Snowfall warnings have been issued by MetService for the
Lewis Pass, Arthur’s Pass and Porters Pass.” Snow also
gradually lowering to 900 metres for a time this evening in
Nelson Lakes National Park, to around 800 metres today for
Marlborough and the Canterbury Plains and to 700 metres in
Central Otago and Southland. Over the North Island, snow
lowering to 900 metres for a time overnight Sunday and early
Monday over Egmont and Tongariro National Parks, as well as
the Tararua and Ruahine Ranges. With the building of a ridge
of high pressure over much of the South Island from Monday,
clear skies and light winds are a recipe for light frosts
around sunrise Tuesday in many inland sheltered parts of
Southland, Otago and the Canterbury
Plains.
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