Wintry blasts set to chill country
4:20PM Tuesday April 10, 2007
A series of wintry blasts is set to hit the South Island on Wednesday and then drift up the rest of the country, sharing its misery.
The MetService has issued severe weather warnings for wind and rain for the south of the South Island for tomorrow.
Spokesman Bob McDavitt said after the first of the fronts, a bitterly cold southwesterly would hit Southland on Thursday and spread over the country on Friday.
The weather would be driven by a low pressure system over the Southern Ocean.
As the low deepens west-northwest winds over exposed hills of Southland are likely to rise to gale force tonight and peak around dawn tomorrow.
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