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Mountain Conditions
General Conditions:
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Monday 6th July 2020, 09:06hrs: NW rainfall continues. Freezing levels have varied wildly throughout this storm-cycle; snow has fallen to 1700m, but subsequently been melted back by wind and rainfall. About 15cm of new snow has held at 2000m, and 10cm at 1800m, snow-pack depths vary considerably depending on aspect and exposure to wind.
Currently snowfall has lowered again to 1600m from NW; it is forecast to find 1000m later today, and 800m tomorrow when winds change southerly.
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05/07/2020 07:29hrs: Heavy rain & NW gales continue today; snowfall has lowered to 1700m in past few hours (dusting only) and is expected to lower further to 1500m today, and 700m by Tuesday.
Sorry the Goldney Ridge (Temple) webcam has cooked (lightning); I have also removed the weather station off the hill whilst I rebuild everything.
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04/07/2020 09:17hrs: Heavy weather rolling in now - commences with heavy rain/gales for 30-40 hours, then snowfall lowering to 900m as storm progresses.
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27/06/2020 06:04hrs: Conditions remain extremely variable; there have been several light snowfalls during the past week accompanied by galeforce southerlies.Snow-pack is thin on northern aspects below 1900m, though there is now some wind-slab development at higher altitudes (1900m+) on northern half aspects. Southern aspects remain plastered with loose snow on icy crusts.
Poorer weather develops tomorrow (Sunday) with snowfall lowering to 1700m; from Monday snowfall lowers to 600m driven by southerly gales for several days.
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20/06/2020 11:09hrs: Conditions are now extremely variable; a substantial amount of snow-pack was removed by high level rainfalls, particularly about the top of the Main Range and west, then subsequently replaced by fresh new snow. It is expected that new snow has fallen onto icy crusts, and present poor bonding. It is also unclear whether wind-slab present a week ago on numerous aspects 1650m+ has been penetrated by enough moisture to stabilise it. There is more fresh snowfall present on east & southern ranges; it fell onto raw ground in many instances.
Sorry: the Temple webcam did not reboot after solar power returned.
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 (New) 01/07/2020 Mt Aicken (1858m) - 1863m Point
 (New) 01/07/2020 Mt Alexander (1958m) - West Face
 (New) 01/07/2020 Mt Cassidy (1850m)
 (New) 01/07/2020 Mt Howe (1660m)
 (New) 01/07/2020 Mt Philistine - Warnocks Bluff (1967m)
 (New) 01/07/2020 Mt Rolleston (2275m) - Bealey Face
 (New) 01/07/2020 Mt Rolleston (2275m) - Rome Ridge
 (New) 01/07/2020 Mt Tarapuhi (1605m)
 (New) 01/07/2020 Mt Temple (1913m) - West Face
 27/06/2020 Mt Philistine (1967m)
 27/06/2020 Mt Rolleston (2275m) - Goldney Ridge
 27/06/2020 Mt Rolleston (2275m) - Otira Face
 27/06/2020 Mt Rolleston (2275m) - Otira Slide
 27/06/2020 Mt Stuart (1906m)
 27/06/2020 Phipps Peak (1965m) - West Ridge
 26/06/2020 Avalanche Peak (1833m)
 20/06/2020 Blimit (1921m)
 20/06/2020 Mt Franklin (2145m) - West aspect
 19/06/2020 Mt Bealey (1836m) - North aspect
 19/06/2020 Mt Bruce (1630m) - North aspect
 13/06/2020 Mt Armstrong (2110m)
 12/06/2020 Lyell Peak (1828m)
 09/06/2020 Baldy Hill (1834m)
 09/06/2020 Black Range (1800m)
 09/06/2020 Castle Hill Peak (1998m)
 09/06/2020 Hamilton Peak (1922m) - North aspect
 09/06/2020 Mid Hill (1831m) - North aspect
 09/06/2020 Mt Binser (1860m)
 09/06/2020 Mt Cloudsley (2107m)
 09/06/2020 Mt Davie (2280m) - East aspect
Weather Information
Monday
6 Jul
-4ºC | Tuesday
7 Jul
-6ºC | Wednesday
8 Jul
-9 / -3ºC | Thursday
9 Jul
-9ºC | Friday
10 Jul
-6 / -1ºC | Saturday
11 Jul
-3ºC | Click for more information
Update:06/07/20 17:00hrs |  |
LATEST DAILY READINGS
Update: 6/7/20 16:57hrs NZST
Sunrise: 8:05hrs
Sunset: 17:14hrs
Temperature: 4.7ºC
(Falling)
Temperature (Low): 4.7ºC
Temperature (High): 6.4ºC
Wind Chill: 1.3ºC
Humidity: 100%
(Stable)
Barometer: 991.10mb (Rising)
Wind Speed: 5km/h
Wind Direction: W
Wind Gust: 45km/h (13:57hrs)
Cloud Base: 730m ASL
Freezing Level: 1753m
Daily Rainfall: 21.59mm
Hourly Rain: 0mm/hr
24 Hour Rain: 24.13mm
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THIS STORM CYCLE (59hrs)
Rainfall: 67.8mm
High Rain Rate: 3.5mm/hr @ 18:19hrs 4/7/20
Temp Low: 3.1ºC @ 6:01hrs 4/7/20
Temp High: 7.3ºC @ 15:01hrs 5/7/20
Wind Gust: 64kmph @ 1:38hrs 5/7/20
Dom.Wind Dir: West
Barometer Low: 990mb @ 13:01hrs 6/7/20
SNOW MODEL
Last Update: 6/07/2020 16:04
Location: Mt Rolleston (Goldney Ridge) 1800m
Snow Fall-Line: 1289m
Alt. Temp: -0.9ºC
Alt. Windspeed: 16.1kmph
Alt. Av. Windspeed: 5.0kmph
Alt. Max. Windspeed: 18.1kmph
Alt. Wind Chill: -5.7ºC
Alt. Air Pressure: 791hPa
Alt. 3 Day Rainfall: 47.3mm (Today: 10.1mm)
Daily Snowfall: 7.6cm
Snowfall Max. Intensity: 1.1cm/hr (10:04hrs)
Storm Snowfall (59hrs): 14.2cm
7 Day Snowfall: 18.5cm
Snowpack Depth: 65.4cm
Windslab S: 4.0cm
Windslab E: 4.8cm
Surface Stability (@ 35º): Very Poor
Avalanche Chance: 100%
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| REMOTE WEATHER STATIONS |
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Location | Updated | Today's
Rainfall | 2 Day
Rainfall | 3 Day
Rainfall |
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| Carrington Hut | 06/07/2020 - 15:00hrs | 23.5mm | 37.5mm | 97mm |
| Mid Poulter River | 06/07/2020 - 15:00hrs | 5.5mm | 7mm | 16mm |
| Grasmere Stn | 06/07/2020 - 15:00hrs | 1.5mm | 2mm | 3.5mm |
| Mt Cheeseman | 06/07/2020 - 15:00hrs | 1.5mm | 2mm | 3.5mm |
| Upper Styx River | 06/07/2020 - 16:00hrs | 31.0mm | 43.5mm | 132.5mm |
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