Canterbury Weather Updates

Issued at 17th December at 3:38 pm by Russell Voice

Conditions deteriorating this evening. Widespread rain setting in, with persistent falls; chance of heavy rain at times - continuing overnight. Strong SW winds (50-60km/hr, gusts up to 90km/hr.) Rainfall total: An additional: 20-30mm by midnight. Snow about the ranges above 1200m.

Today's Weather

Now
9°C

High
14°C

Low
6°C

rain Chance
100%

Feels Like: 8°C

Rain Today: 21.08mm
Current Windspeed: SSW 6km/h.
Wind Gusting To: 8km/h.
Humidity: 93%
Pressure Reading: 1000hpa

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17 December 5:53pm

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SNOW FOR THE HIGHER HILLS & RANGES – THE LATEST NUMBERS.

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17 December 5:51pm

WEATHER ANALYST - Russell Voice

RAIN RISK DAYS UP UNTIL CHRISTMAS.

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17 December 2:42pm

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💧🌀 CONDITIONS SET TO DETERIORATE THIS EVENING – STRONG WINDS RAMPING UP, HEAVY RAIN & LOWERING SNOW LEVELS.

Good afternoon. It’s set to be a wild & stormy night across Canterbury, with strong southerlies across the Canterbury Plains, reaching gale force about the Kaikoura Coast and Banks Peninsula.

💧Rain will become more widespread this evening, with heavy & widespread falls through the night.

❄Snow will gradually lower about the ranges and higher hill country tonight.

📌 Please note – we don’t expect snow to fall about Porters & Arthur’s Pass. Snow showers may lower to around 1100-1200m, with more significant accumulations to around 1500m providing a novelty factor rather than any practical implications.

➡️ All town pages have been updated with all the latest information.

➡️ We have more wild weather on the way, with heavy falls about the Main Divide & Headwaters on Thursday and another cold southwest blast on Friday, with widespread thunderstorms possibly across the Canterbury Plains & Coast.

🌡YOUR DAILY ‘HIGHS’ FOR TUESDAY brought to you by Plains Power

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.

➡️This evenings’ weather? 27 towns across the region, live data, webcams and more @ www.cwu.co.nz

💧Christchurch forecast @ https://cwu.co.nz/forecast/christchurch/

💧Rangiora @ https://cwu.co.nz/forecast/rangiora/

💧Timaru @ https://cwu.co.nz/forecast/timaru/

💧Ashburton @ https://cwu.co.nz/forecast/ashburton/

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➡️CLOUDY & WET CHRISTMAS? Our Christmas & New Year’s forecast preview which is updated twice daily; we’ve seen changes - more @ https://cwu.co.nz/the-focus/

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📷 Photo - Can you guess the spot? Scenes like this tomorrow morning are likely as freezing levels drop tonight; pretty impressive for middle stages of December. Photo captured brilliantly by Laurie Winter.

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Laura

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Judi Colyer

Ines Topolanski, 😭😭😭😭lluvia si, viento nooooo!

Going to be a wet drive home through the Hundalee🌧

Loving all the rain out here in dry North Canterbury 👏🏻

Love the rain, more please.

7mm so far waipara from last night - great start

And this is our summer.

Bhawandeep look at the lake 😍😍😍😍

Lake Camp with Mt Potts in the background

very windy in chch

Heavily overcast, breezy with wind gusts, and cool - in Ashburton

Lovely day cool and refreshing

Garden is loving the rain & it's not cold tbh I'm not minding it

Beautiful

👌

Lake camp

Brrr

Shot

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💧🌀 BECOMING WETTER, COLDER AND WINDIER TODAY – CWU WARNING IN PLACE.

➡️ Weather of significance on Thursday (Main Divide) & Friday - thunderstorms for the Canterbury Plains & Coast.

Good morning Canterbury. A large area of low-pressure tracks over Central New Zealand today, bringing widespread rain across the entire region.

➡️From midday southerlies will start to strengthen, rising to gale force this evening about the Coastal Canterbury. Additionally, as our cooler southerly flow becomes more established snow levels will start to lower; falling to around 1100m tonight, with significant falls above 1500-1600m.

❄40cm-50cm may accumulate around 1700m + between Fairlie and Mt Hutt

📌 This system will play out at various levels of intensity through the day and we expect more sustained and heavier falls in parts of South & Mid Canterbury where our warning remains in place. Source our town pages for specific details.

➡️ MORE WILD WEATHER ON THE WAY.

💧An active system will move up the West Coast of the South Island on Thursday, bringing heavy and significant rainfall totals. More slips and flooding are possible about the West Coast of the South Island. Watch our main river systems in the east by evening. Road information on the day at NZ Transport Agency - South Island

🌩 Widespread storms. We’re looking at quite a volatile situation on Friday, with the possibility of widespread thunderstorms; possibly severe for the Canterbury Plains & Coast.

➡️Todays weather? 27 towns across the region, live data, webcams and more @ www.cwu.co.nz

💧Christchurch forecast @ https://cwu.co.nz/forecast/christchurch/

💧Rangiora @ https://cwu.co.nz/forecast/rangiora/

💧Timaru @ https://cwu.co.nz/forecast/timaru/

💧Ashburton @ https://cwu.co.nz/forecast/ashburton/

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⚠️Rain warning in place today. Member link - read the full warning @ https://cwu.co.nz/warning/heavy-rain-warning/

➡️CLOUDY & WET CHRISTMAS? Our Christmas & New Year’s forecast preview which is updated twice daily; we’ve seen changes - more @ https://cwu.co.nz/the-focus/

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Lou Hopkins more wild weather coming

Samantha Tarres

Boy Richardson

Fiona Irving

Vicki Brimer oh cool

Fabulous rain here in Woodend Beach... So hoping it will rain all over Australia for days...put out those awful bushfires and water the land

Lovely steady overnight rain in St. Albans. Garden saying thank you 😊

Love the rain and cooler days/nights. Got the fire roaring, perfect x

Thank you for the rain last night 😊

This rain is welcome. Paddocks are so very dry

Anybody want to do a house swap ? 44 forecast for 2 weeks in nsw ? ☄️

Thank God for this beautiful rain! And 💯 in Mandeville! 😉

Just wondering how the Rangitata is coping as I need to drive to Christchurch tonight at 5?

So good to get some rain & may it last 🤗🤗🤗

Garden happy beautiful pic again

Nice to see a bit of rain

Awesome photo!

My cell bn saying rain xmas day.

This photo is amazing!!! 😍

AWSOME PHOTOS.😁😁😁

16mls looks like more to come our fire lit as well

Bring it on we need the rain

15m waddington Sheffield

Vince. Currently cloudy, drizzling and fresh.

💧WILD WEATHER ON TRACK FOR TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY.

⚠️ HEAVY RAIN - CWU WARNING IN PLACE.

Our Tuesday is looking incredibly bleak, with widespread rain and now heavy and sustained falls across parts of South & Mid Canterbury. The exposed hill country between Fairlie and Mt Hutt will receive significant rainfall and we now have a warning in place with full details.

Slips and surface flooding are now all distinct threats in those worst hit feed zone areas.

🌀In addition to heavy rain, we can also expect strengthening southerlies from midday; rising to gale about Coastal Canterbury, with an emphasis on Banks Peninsula and the Kaikoura Coast at night, where gales may reach 100km/hr.

❄Snow will also fall about the higher hills and ranges; with over 50cm possible above 1700m in our feed zone; lighter falls may accumulate to around 1000m.

📌 Our warnings are similar to the Government provider; just with more intensity, detail and specific local information for the Canterbury Region.

⚠️Member link - read the full warning @
https://cwu.co.nz/warning/heavy-rain-warning/

➡️ All town pages have the latest rainfall totals and specific information.

🌡YOUR DAILY HIGHS FOR MONDAY brought to you by Plains Power

Twizel 17, Culverden 17, Hanmer Springs 17, Lake Tekapo 17, Christchurch 17, Rolleston 16, Amberley 16, Rangiora 16, Akaroa 16, Leeston 16, Oxford 16, Darfield 16, Geraldine 15, Arthurs Pass Village 15, Ashburton 15, Kaikoura 15, Mt Lyford Village 15, Timaru 15, Kaikoura 15, Methven 14, Fairlie 14, Mt Cook Village 14.

📌 Todays weather? 27 towns across the region, live data, webcams and more @ www.cwu.co.nz

🌥Christchurch forecast @ https://cwu.co.nz/forecast/christchurch/

🎥Cloudy and wet scenes for most this evening @ https://cwu.co.nz/webcams/

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➡️We have a new trend in our latest Christmas & New Year’s forecast preview which is updated twice daily @ https://cwu.co.nz/the-focus/

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Photo - Luipin season at Mt Cook Village sunset. Captured by Lee Cook.

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Stunning..

Bring it on! The ground has cracks everywhere

Send some over to us, needed badly.

We certainly need some

Sonya Ford

Michele McCormack

Paulette Prestney

Tracey Cane

Debbie Peebles see what I mean. Is this stuff following you and Gordon?

Loredana

Poppy Mullan

Angela Ward

Ricky Andrews what a piccy

Vince FFS Gorgeous pic though

Matty Tuatagaloa 🌧

Michael O'Connor 😬

Lupins Mike Harbott

Gina Elisabeth 😩

Georgia Lawson rip

Haylee Darling yuck

Bon Johanna

Red morning sky shepherd warning

Is this going to affect the Rangitata Bridge and travel to Christchurch?

Its raining in Cheviot boy do we need it!

Any rain for Christchurch, apart from maybe Banks Peninsula ?

💧🌀❄ RAIN, GALES & SNOW FOR THE HIGHER HILLS LOCKED IN.

➡️ Map - a great representation of Tuesdays large area of low pressure. MSLP & pressure anomaly.

As a professional forecaster one of the most exciting parts of the job is complex and demanding weather. Weve just been putting together our Tuesday forecasts and they more resemble a winters day!

➡️Tuesday will be quite a day across New Zealand, with the arrival of widespread heavy rain, southerly gales and snow about the Canterbury High Country from evening.

➡️Keep up to date with our Live Weather Feed & town pages for all the latest details; regarding arrival of fronts, rainfall totals and snowfall accumulations. Simply unmatched content for the Canterbury region.

➡️Our Christmas Day and forecast and beyond has been issued for members - check it out! Temperatures and the bigger picture with clarity & confidence; a forecast which has remained consistent for almost 3 weeks!

📌 Todays weather? 27 towns across the region, live data, webcams and more @ www.cwu.co.nz

⛅Christchurch forecast @ https://cwu.co.nz/forecast/christchurch/

🌥Kaikoura @ https://cwu.co.nz/forecast/kaikoura/

🌥Hanmer Springs @ https://cwu.co.nz/forecast/hanmer-springs/

🌥Rangiora @ https://cwu.co.nz/forecast/rangiora/

🌥Oxford @ https://cwu.co.nz/forecast/oxford/

🌥Ashburton @ https://cwu.co.nz/forecast/ashburton/

🌥Methven @ https://cwu.co.nz/forecast/methven/

🌥Geraldine @ https://cwu.co.nz/forecast/geraldine/

🌥Lake Tekapo @ https://cwu.co.nz/forecast/lake-tekapo/

🌥Twizel @ https://cwu.co.nz/forecast/twizel/

📌 MEMBER LINK.

➡️ Our Christmas & New Year’s forecast preview which is updated twice daily @ https://cwu.co.nz/the-focus/

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Daniel Prusass

Canterbury Weather Updates any thoughts on how this will affect the rangatata river ?

Gina Elisabeth 😭😭😭

Woohoo we desperately need rain out our way in Eyrewell Forest. I hope we get lots of the wet stuff.

Xmas day looks showery and cool

Any in kaikoura Russ?

Will be towing one of these from Oxford to Dunedin tomro, Tuesday. Good idea in the gales or not ?

Yes!!! I love the rain!!! It’s so peaceful yet with heavy rain so thrilling!!

We need rain for our water tanks and farmland in Northland

Let the wet stuff fall where needed!

Full the wood boxes🙄

Um Christchurch needs rain too