Monday Newsfeed: Wintry change – snow, gales, rain, temperature drop (+6 Maps)
15/09/2024 7:48pm
We’ve got a couple of significant cold fronts moving into the country over today and tomorrow/Tuesday and that’s going to bring winter weather conditions to parts of New Zealand, including snow to low levels in the South Island and snow across the ranges of the North Island and Central Plateau.
See MetService Warnings & Watches here.
Let’s get into the forecast for Monday…
RAIN:
Rain today moves into the western side of the North Island as the first cold front moves in there, while in the South Island the second cold front arrives into the afternoon and evening and races up the country bringing even colder air. Snow will fall across the South Island with snow to lower levels – we have snow maps at WeatherWatch.co.nz for more detail. Eastern areas look driest. Snow will move into the ranges of the North Island and central Plateau tonight and into Tuesday
WIND:
NW winds blow for the North Island until the cold front moves in, then S to SW winds will cover the country for the next couple of days – with potential wind warnings on the way, especially Tuesday.
TEMPERATURES:
Across the country temperatures will be dropping below normal, especially in the South Island but mild weather does creep back in again later this week.
TUESDAY
So on Tuesday the main cold change moves up and across all of New Zealand with a temperature drop for every part of the country. Snow on Tuesday may fall to very low levels in the South Island but there may be a dusting of snow even on the tops of the mountains and ranges over the North Island as well -something that may not have occurred for all of these areas even in the depths of winter. WeatherWatch.co.nz has maintained that because the Southern Ocean weather is extra stormy this spring we do expect a higher than usual risk this year for snow events like this – and of course possible frost events following it all.
As always drill down deeper with your hyper-local, hourly, 10 day forecasts at WeatherWatch.co.nz – or download our Free WeatherWatch App – including paid frost alerts where you set/move the criteria.
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