The situation
A STORMY NIGHT FOR MOST – CONDITIONS SET TO EASE WEDNESDAY MORNING.
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Good evening. It’s been a mostly cloudy and wet day across the region. Temperatures have remained on the cool side; noticeably cooler in South & Mid Canterbury. Culverden grabbed top honours with a modest 17.3 degrees, while Mt Cook Village recorded just 9.7 degrees. The full list of the daily ‘highs’ below.
Conditions will deteriorate once again this evening, with widespread rain setting in across the region. We can expect occasionally heavy falls through the night with strong cold southerly winds; winds will reach gale at times about Coastal Canterbury north of Banks Peninsula. Snow will gradually lower to around 1200m about the higher hills & ranges. Source your town page for specific information.
Despite widespread and occasional heavy falls our warning has now been removed; with rainfall totals remaining below warning criteria.
We have another colder and disturbed southwest change on Friday, which will bring more widespread showers and possibly severe thunderstorms across the entire region; additionally more snow about the eastern ranges.
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YOUR DAILY ‘HIGHS’ FOR TUESDAY.
Culverden 17, Amberley 17, Rangiora 16, Kaikoura 16, Cheviot 16, Hanmer Springs 16, Waiau 16, Rolleston 15, Akaroa 15, Leeston 15, Christchurch 15, Darfield 14, Oxford 14, Geraldine 14, Methven 13, Timaru 13, Mt Lyford Village 13, Ashburton 13, Twizel 13, Waimate 13, Fairlie 13, Lake Tekapo 12, Arthur’s Pass Village 12, Castle Hill Village 12, Mt Cook Village 9.
A large area of low pressure will dominate the remainder of our Tuesday, with widespread rain and heavy falls for many areas; additionally strong to gale force winds about Coastal Canterbury. Conditions will quickly clear on Wednesday morning.
An active and volatile system will bring significant rain to the Main Divide & Headwaters on Thursday afternoon and evening and we may issue a heavy rain warning on Wednesday.
A colder and disturbed southwest change will bring strong winds, showers and thunderstorms on Friday afternoon and evening before clearing late at night.
High pressure will move in on Saturday clearing our weather for a mostly fine and settled weekend.
Please source town pages for specific details and keep up to date with our ‘Live Weather Feed’ for all the very latest information.
GENERAL TWO DAY SUMMARY FOR CANTERBURY – PLEASE CHECK YOUR TOWN FORECAST FOR MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION.
THIS EVENING & OVERNIGHT.
Widespread rain setting in this evening; occasional heavy falls through the night. Strong cool southwest winds, gale about Coastal Canterbury, with gusts possibly exceeding 100km/hr about Banks Peninsula and the Kaikoura Coast. Snow gradually lowering to around 1200m at night, with heavier falls above 1500m. Overnight Lows: 4-7 degrees.
WEDNESDAY.
Early rain north of Ashburton; then easing to occasional showers by late morning and clearing across the region by mid-afternoon. A few isolated thunderstorms may develop north of Amberley from early afternoon; any showers clearing at night. Strong southwest winds, gale about the coast north of Banks Peninsula early on. Snow showers above 1200m about the eastern ranges early on. Modest afternoon temperatures are a cold start. H: 14-17 L: 6-9
Source our town pages for 1-7 day forecasts for 27 towns across Canterbury – no computer-generated content and specific information for each town.
Weather Consultation & Advice for the Coast to Coast 2019.
