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Mountain Conditions
General Conditions:
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Saturday 1st August 2020, 07:28hrs: Warm conditions continue; rainfall, so far, has been a non-event, with only light drizzle, cloudiness, and galeforce NW winds for past few days. It would appear a similar weather pattern is likely for the next 5 days - lowest forecast snow is 1600m on Monday. Snowpack is softening in the unseasonally warm temperatures, though surface ice has been reported on northern aspects.
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28/07/2020 17:34hrs: Incoming drizzle/rain for several days (variable intensities; greater quantity on Sunday/Monday ), with exceptionally high freezing levels; expect snowpack to slowly load up with moisture, high level snow (1700m+) may find its way downhill in wet sluffs by Monday. There is a impenetrable buried crust in the pack on many aspects reported by several climbers, so slope failures are conceivable later in this storm-cycle.
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24/07/2020 07:13hrs: The storm-cycle has past; about 30 - 50cm of fresh snow has fallen at 1800m (10 - 20cm @ 1500m), with wind deposits being much deeper. This fresh, unconsolidated snow is sitting upon icy melt-freeze crusts and could be poorly bonded. Preexisting snowpack was quite variable but hovered around 50 - 100cm at 1800m on the Main Range. Windslab has also formed on lee to northern half aspects. Weather is fine today, however cloud is forecast to thicken from tomorrow (Saturday) about the Alps, fine on Monday, and rain/snow return on Tuesday.
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21/07/2020 17:27hrs: After about 40-50mm of rainfall, snowfall levels are now dropping below tree-line (1400m); it has been snowing fairly heavily above 1900m from the beginning of this storm-cycle. Over next two days snow is expected to lower to 400m or less.
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19/07/2020 07:25hrs: Warming temperatures today after a week of sub-zeros; cloud, wind, rain (heavy Monday night/Tuesday) and lowering snowfall levels (100m eventually) takes us out to Thursday this week. The snow-pack has been consolidating over the past week with the freeze/thaw cycles; most snow-pack is 1500m+, though shadowed alpine valleys are holding snow at 1100m+.
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 (New) 31/07/2020 Hamilton Peak (1922m) - East aspect
 (New) 28/07/2020 Mt Enys (2194m)
 (New) 28/07/2020 Mt Manson (1859m)
 (New) 28/07/2020 Mt Wall (1874m)
 27/07/2020 Avalanche Peak (1833m)
 27/07/2020 Blimit (1921m)
 27/07/2020 Mt Philistine - Philistine Bluffs (1967m)
 27/07/2020 Mt Stuart (1906m)
 27/07/2020 Phipps Peak (1965m) - South Face
 27/07/2020 Phipps Peak (1965m) - West Ridge
 25/07/2020 Mt Cloudsley (2107m) - Summit
 24/07/2020 Mt Rolleston (2275m) - Bealey Face
 24/07/2020 Mt Temple (1913m) - West Face
 13/07/2020 Mt Bealey (1836m) - North aspect
 13/07/2020 Mt Philistine - Warnocks Bluff (1967m)
 11/07/2020 Mt Philistine - Philistine Ramp (1967m)
 11/07/2020 Mt Rolleston (2275m) - Otira Face
 11/07/2020 Mt Rolleston (2275m) - Otira Face (Middle)
 11/07/2020 Mt Rolleston (2275m) - Otira Slide
 11/07/2020 Mt Rolleston (2275m) - Philistine Traverse
 10/07/2020 Mt Rolleston (2275m) - Rome Ridge
 09/07/2020 Goat Hill (1656m)
 09/07/2020 Mt Alexander (1958m) - West Face
 09/07/2020 Mt Armstrong (2110m)
 09/07/2020 Mt Barron (1730m) - North aspects
 09/07/2020 Mt Howe (1660m)
 09/07/2020 Mt Philistine (1967m) - North aspect
 09/07/2020 Mt Tarapuhi (1605m)
 01/07/2020 Mt Aicken (1858m) - 1863m Point
 01/07/2020 Mt Cassidy (1850m)
Weather Information
Tuesday
4 Aug
3 / 7ºC | Wednesday
5 Aug
5 / 9ºC | Thursday
6 Aug
3 / 7ºC | Friday
7 Aug
0 / 6ºC | Saturday
8 Aug
-4 / 3ºC | Sunday
9 Aug
-1 / 5ºC | Click for more information
Update:04/08/20 11:30hrs |  |
LATEST DAILY READINGS
Update: 4/8/20 11:27hrs NZST
Sunrise: 7:42hrs
Sunset: 17:41hrs
Temperature: 6.8ºC
(Rising)
Temperature (Low): 5.5ºC
Temperature (High): 7.2ºC
Wind Chill: 6.8ºC
Humidity: 100%
(Rising)
Barometer: 1012.30mb (Rising)
Wind Speed: 9km/h
Wind Direction: WNW
Wind Gust: 51km/h (10:48hrs)
Cloud Base: 730m ASL
Freezing Level: 2076m
Daily Rainfall: 4.06mm
Hourly Rain: 0mm/hr
24 Hour Rain: 4.06mm
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THIS STORM CYCLE (5hrs)
Storm is currently in a lull period of 1hr.
Rainfall: 3.6mm
High Rain Rate: 1.1mm/hr @ 7:45hrs 4/8/20
Temp Low: 5.6ºC @ 7:00hrs 4/8/20
Temp High: 6.9ºC @ 11:00hrs 4/8/20
Wind Gust: 51kmph @ 10:48hrs 4/8/20
Dom.Wind Dir: West
Barometer Low: 1012mb @ 6:00hrs 4/8/20
SNOW MODEL
Last Update: 4/08/2020 11:04
Location: Mt Rolleston (Goldney Ridge) 1800m
Alt. Temp: 1.4ºC
Alt. Windspeed: 24.2kmph
Alt. Av. Windspeed: 12.6kmph
Alt. Max. Windspeed: 24.2kmph
Alt. Wind Chill: -4.0ºC
Alt. Air Pressure: 809hPa
Alt. 3 Day Rainfall: 3.6mm (Today: 2.2mm)
Daily Snowfall: 0.7cm
Snowfall Max. Intensity: 0.3cm/hr (06:04hrs)
Storm Snowfall (6hrs): 0.7cm
7 Day Snowfall: 1.9cm
Snowpack Depth: 78.1cm
Windslab E: 14.3cm
Surface Stability (@ 35º): Good (Warning: Slab present!)
Avalanche Chance: 7%
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| REMOTE WEATHER STATIONS |
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Location | Updated | Today's
Rainfall | 2 Day
Rainfall | 3 Day
Rainfall |
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| Carrington Hut | 04/08/2020 - 09:00hrs | 5.0mm | 5mm | 7.5mm |
| Mid Poulter River | 04/08/2020 - 09:00hrs | 0.0mm | 0mm | 0mm |
| Grasmere Stn | 04/08/2020 - 09:00hrs | 0.0mm | 0mm | 0mm |
| Mt Cheeseman | 04/08/2020 - 09:00hrs | 0.0mm | 0mm | 0mm |
| Upper Styx River | 04/08/2020 - 10:00hrs | 10.0mm | 34mm | 54.5mm |
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