Winter Weather
We've been "enjoying"quite a mix of weather here. A couple of weeks ago it seemed like the ski season would be getting going with snow falls on the hills and cold temps all over allowing snow making. Then last weekend torrential rains hit much of the north island with warm temps (up to 20C, 68F) wiping out much of the snow base. This week has brought thunderstorms with destructive tornadoes in Taranaki to our west (and a couple locally) and hail.
This weekend has been more settled and we finally had the first sub zero temps in Wanganui. On the whole though it's mild and not too wet in the day, I've still only donned a jacket once to walk the 10 minutes to work... though one night was very cold for running. Right now Ruapehu has pretty good snow cover and there is some on the lower Ruahine hills north of Palmerston North. I'm told it never snows here though.
We've been "enjoying"quite a mix of weather here. A couple of weeks ago it seemed like the ski season would be getting going with snow falls on the hills and cold temps all over allowing snow making. Then last weekend torrential rains hit much of the north island with warm temps (up to 20C, 68F) wiping out much of the snow base. This week has brought thunderstorms with destructive tornadoes in Taranaki to our west (and a couple locally) and hail.
This weekend has been more settled and we finally had the first sub zero temps in Wanganui. On the whole though it's mild and not too wet in the day, I've still only donned a jacket once to walk the 10 minutes to work... though one night was very cold for running. Right now Ruapehu has pretty good snow cover and there is some on the lower Ruahine hills north of Palmerston North. I'm told it never snows here though.
posted by Tim | 6:28 PM
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