We had not a single dump of snow…. over winter. On Saturday night it snowed, hailed and then froze. It was one of the very, very rare days that my driveway — which faces due north and is roughened — iced up.
And now we have more coming.
WeatherWatch.co.nz says snow flurries are going to spread back in again in the early hours of Tuesday with winds shifting more southerly.
The cold air is coming from very near the Antarctic ice shelf.
Daytime highs will be between a couple of degrees inland to 7 or 8 in Invercargill and Dunedin.
WeatherWatch.co.nz says wind chills dropped to -5 in Invercargill on Saturday and exposed higher altitude parts of Otago had a -11 wind chill on Sunday afternoon. Wind chills are again expected to be around -5 in lower levels of Southland and between -10 and and -15 for farmers higher up.
Snow flurries may continue into Wednesday before winds turn more westerly.
