"In recent days Tasmania, Victoria and NSW have all had snow events on the mountains and ranges with snow levels as low as 300m," WeatherWatch.co.nz noted today. "NZ has the chance of snow to sea level in Southland and Otago and to low levels in some parts of Canterbury, based on data today." WeatherWatch is basing the forecast, in part, on a Southern Ocean storm that is looking possible this week. New Zealand's national weather authority, MetService, has taken a more conservative approach to the possible wintry blast. "Next weekend's quite far ahead to be making decisive statements about snowfall forecasts," MetService meteorologist Dan Corrigan told The New Zealand Herald.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 05, 2022 11:07 UTC