David Crow's Weather Statistics

Queenstown and Wanaka New Zealand

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Saturday, July 11, 2020

 

Forecast for the Southern Lakes and Central Otago up until Tuesday 14th July.

An anticyclone is centred in the north Tasman Sea and covers the North Island.      A strong westerly airstream flows to the south of the South Island with a lighter westerly over the South Island.    A couple of weak fronts lie to the west of the South Island.    A cold front lies well to the south of the Tasman Sea and should move up onto Southland tomorrow, crossing the Southern Lakes and Central Otago later in the day.   It should bring a brief period of snow in the evening.   An anticyclone in the Australian Bight should extend a ridge of high pressure onto the South Island on Monday with fine conditions.
 
Forecast for the Southern Lakes and Central Otago for today is for high cloud otherwise fine during the day but rain developing about the western ranges tonight.    Light to moderate westerly winds, freshening this evening.    Cool daytime temperatures after a frost this morning.    Maximum temperatures recorded yesterday were Queenstown 8.7 degrees.   Wanaka 8.5 degrees.   Kinloch 6.0 degrees.     Arrowtown 6.0 degrees.    Forecast upper level winds for today at 1000 metres westerly 35 kph rising to 60 kph late evening.    At 2000 metres westerly 45 kph rising to northwesterly gale 85 kph late afternoon.    Freezing level 1400 metres.  Forecast maximum temperatures for today for Queenstown. Kingston and Wanaka 9 degrees.    For Glenorchy 8 degrees.    For Cromwell and Alexandra 10 degrees.
 
Tomorrow cloudy with scattered rain and snow to 1000 metres at first, changing to general snow by evening, then clearing overnight.    Frosts by morning.    Northwesterly winds fresh at first the changing to lighter southerlies in the afternoon.
 
Monday and Tuesday fine weather after the clearance of morning low cloud.   Frosty each morning.   Cool during the days with light southwesterly winds.
 
 
 
 
 

posted by David Crow  # 10:08 AM

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NEW: David's forecast is once again published simultaneously at the old southernlights site - it's now easier to read there and has scope for improvements.

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