Weather conditions to ease tomorrow
Page 1 of 2 Updated 2:35PM Saturday June 23, 2007
A truck negotiates the Edith Cavell Bridge in driving snow near Arthurs Pt, Queenstown, yesterday. Photo / Otago Daily Times
The very strong, cold southwesterlies will continue today, bringing further snow showers to low levels in Southland and Otago.
Heaviest snowfalls are expected to be about the Catlins where another 10 to 15cm could accumulate down to 200 metres between this morning and early tomorrow.
The southwesterlies may rise to severe gale at times until Sunday morning in coastal areas from Stewart Island and Bluff to the Otago Peninsula with gusts to 120 kilometres an hour.
Westerly gales are likely again to hit the North Island today in many places with the strongest winds gusting to 130 kilometres an hour at times until Sunday morning in eastern areas between Napier and Masterton.
During Sunday the weather conditions should ease as a deep low, south of the Chatham Islands, moves away.
Dunedin police reported snow falling in the city overnight and continuing this morning.
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