David Crow ~ Queenstown and Wanaka Weather Forecast http://www.southernlights.co.nz/weather Queenstown weather forecast by David Crow, including Wanaka, the Central Otago Lakes and Southern Lakes District New Zealand. Sponsored by iCommunicate Wanaka Wed, 16 May 2012 13:28:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Forecast for the Southern Lakes and Central Otago up until Sunday 20th May. http://www.southernlights.co.nz/weather/2012/05/17/forecast-for-the-southern-lakes-and-central-otago-up-until-sunday-20th-may/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=forecast-for-the-southern-lakes-and-central-otago-up-until-sunday-20th-may http://www.southernlights.co.nz/weather/2012/05/17/forecast-for-the-southern-lakes-and-central-otago-up-until-sunday-20th-may/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 13:28:15 +0000 CrowLikeMinds http://www.southernlights.co.nz/weather/?p=635 Continue reading →]]> A very large and complex trough of low pressure is moving off to the southeast of the South Island with the main centre southeast of Otago. Westerlies prevail over the North Island and much colder south to southwesterlies prevail over the South Island. Cold fronts lies over the North Island where the weather is showery with occasional thunderstorms and snow showers down to about 600 metres. Over the South Island snow showers should fall to 3 or 400 metres over southern districts, but the snow level should rise a little more by this afternoon. A large anticyclone lies over southeastern Australia and this should move into the Tasman Sea tomorrow bringing improving weather and decreasing southwesterly winds, which will gradually tend more westerly by the weekend. The anticyclone will cover New Zealand by early next week.

Forecast for the Southern Lakes and Central Otago for today is for cloudy skies with a few wintry showers this morning and snow down to about 400 metres. The snow level should rise this afternoon with any snow showers turning to rain showers. Moderate, cold southwesterlies. Maximum temperatures recorded yesterday were Queenstown 10.4 degrees. Arrowtown 9.8 degrees. Kinloch 10.6 degrees. Wanaka 9.3 degrees. Kingston no report. Forecast upper level winds for today at 1000 metres southwesterly 50 kph. At 2000 metres southwest gale 80 kph. Freezing level 600 metres rising to 1200 metres this evening. Forecast maximum temperatures for today for Queenstown, Wanaka and the Upper Clutha and Kingston 8 degrees. For Glenorchy 9 degrees. For Cromwell and Alexandra 10 degrees.

Tomorrow and right through until Sunday it should be fine with perhaps a little low cloud at first tomorrow. Moderate to fresh southwesterlies tomorrow otherwise light and variable winds with westerlies prevailing. It will be cold up to Saturday night with frosts each night in most parts. Afternoon temperatures may rise a little from tomorrow.

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