It's snowing - in the Waikato!
11:45AM Saturday July 05, 2008
Snow is falling as far north as the Kaimai Ranges in the Waikato as a bitterly cold wintry blast hits the country. Eyewitness reports from Te Aroha confirm snow has fallen to about 800 metres on Mt Te Aroha in the eastern Waikato.
Just a hundred kilometres north and snow clouds can be seen around Auckland city. "They tend to have a bronze tinge to them" says TRN's chief weather analyst Philip Duncan.
"If Sky Tower was 3 times its height it would be snowing on the top". Duncan says the freezing level will lower to around 1000 metres over Auckland today.
Hail showers lashed the city this morning and a cold sou'wester is blowing.
Sleet has been reported in New Plymouth, Palmerston North and Wellington.
Snow is now falling in Queenstown, Dunedin, Ashburton and just recently started in Christchurch.
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