A colder south to south east wind flow is moving up the North Island over Wednesday and Thursday – as a high pushes over the South Island bringing more frosts. The high will push into the North Island by the end of the week then by the weekend the wind flow shifts more west to north west – bringing back warmer weather for many regions, although rain is predicted to move up the West Coast.
Snowfalls are expected in North Canterbury and Marlborough today as the front over the South Island moves northwards.
MetService said there had been little snow so far today, with just some scattered falls on hills around Queenstown and high points on Arthur's Pass.
Spokesman Dan Corbett said snow was expecteddown to about 400 or 500 metres in North Canterbury and the ranges of Marlborough later today.
"A lot of what we had from over the weekend has fizzled out and now we're waiting for the next batch to be moving in as we go through late morning to the afternoon,'' he said this morning.
Road snow warnings are in place for Lindis Pass, Arthur's Pass, Porters Pass and Lewis Pass, where rain was expected to turn to snow down to 500m later this morning. Snow was expected down to 700m, except for Porters Pass, where the snow level was expected to be 500m.
