Snow Alert – Autumn Snow Signals

The colours in the alpine at this time of year are epic, but we’d all rather see them white. Image:: Alex Horvath

SNOW ALERT

Snow Likelihood rating: It’s looking favourable. (In New Zealand it’s already happening!)

Filed: April 28 2014

As the long weekend drew to a close we started to see a little something looming on the horizon. Is that… is it snow?

After consulting the almighty one, The Grasshopper, we confirmed that we weren’t seeing things, “At this stage it’s looking like some snow worth mentioning – it’s plenty cold enough – but the totals won’t be crazy. Don’t expect this snow to stick around, at best it will ruin a few hiker’s days and help to cool the ground. But any ground-cooling event at this time of year is positive!”

So this mightn’t be a season-starter, but it’s worthwhile getting hyped about.

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The Breakdown:

5 to 20cm across Friday/Saturday (Alert level: Confident)