A heavy rain watch remains in place for eastern Otago, and snow's on the way for Canterbury. Heavy rain watch for eastern Otago, snow for Canterbury, alpine passesA heavy rain watch remains in place for eastern Otago but now includes part of Canterbury, MetService says. A heavy snow warning has also been issued for inland Canterbury, north of Twizel, south of Lake Sumner, to about 400 metres overnight on Sunday and Monday morning, with periods of heavy snow above 700 metres. A heavy rain watch remains in force for eastern Otago, and now includes southern part of Canterbury." In Canterbury about and south of Darfield, heavy rain was expected from 2pm on Sunday until 6am on Monday.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 27, 2020 20:48 UTC