Storm-force gales, snow and monster seas are set to batter the country in an onslaught of wild weather. ROAD SNOWFALL WARNINGS• Dunedin to Waitati Highway (Northern Motorway SH1)Snow showers are expected early tomorrow morning. • Lewis Pass (SH7)A period of snow is expected tomorrow morning and afternoon. • Desert Road (SH1) Central North IslandShowers are expected to turn to snow about the summit of the road for a time this afternoon. Further snow showers are possible about the summit of the road on Thursday night and Friday morning, when 1-3cm could accumulate about the summit.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 22, 2020 00:11 UTC