Posts Tagged Canterbury
- A Southerly ‘Buster’ - December 19th, 2011 , Written By: Bob McDavitt | No Comments
- Canterbury Snow, 10 May 2009 - May 13th, 2009 , Written By: Chris Noble | No Comments
On Monday 28th November, a south to southwest change swept its way northwards across Otago and Canterbury during the afternoon. Temperatures soared to 28 C preceding this change then rapidly plummeted to around 16. This was a good example of what is known in Australasia as a ‘buster’. The weather map for 1pm Monday 28 [...]
With clear skies over most of Canterbury on Monday, we got a good look at the fresh snow that fell on Sunday (10th May). Here’s the view late Monday morning (around 10:30am) from NASA’s Earth Observing System Terra Satellite, Based on the coverage in that image and reports from snow observers, the bulk of the [...]