"There's quite a cold air mass in circulation, we see that snow reaching to lower levels than we would normally see. "At this point, it is looking pretty good for there to be some snow, especially for the South Island regions, and there are indications for possible snow in the central plateau of the North Island, so things are still tracking fairly well for that to happen." The places most likely to see snow are high-level areas such as the Westland ranges, Fiordland, Southland and Canterbury in the South Island. In the North Island, snow is expected to fall on the central plateau and the Tararua ranges as well. Forecaster WeatherWatch is predicting snow to around 100m to 200m is most likely to fall in Otago and Southland, while Canterbury looks to have snow chances around 200m.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 05, 2021 23:03 UTC