Some drivers have become stuck in the snow at Gorge Hill on SH94 in Southland. Snow started to settle in Southland this afternoon as the first taste of winter began to bite.
About 10 centimetres of snow settled on State Highway 94 at Gorge Hill, between Mossburn and Te Anau.
Earlier, MetService updated its forecast to show Dunedin may get a dusting of snow in the hill suburbs tonight, and a heavy snow watch has been issued for inland Otago and Southland over the next two days.
❄Heavy Snow Watch Snow returns to the hills and mountains of the Mackenzie Country, northern Southland, North Otago, Dunedin and Clutha. The snow is likely to be above 400 metres with the heaviest above 700 metres.
She said a strong cold west or southwest flow would cover the south later today, bringing snow as low as 300 metres over the southern and eastern South Island.
Watch the effective, or feel, temperature drop Wednesday into early Thursday.The combination of strong wind ➕ colder air will mean wind chill temps of near or below zero for large parts of the South Island.Rug up!
Road snowfall warnings have been issued for the Lindis Pass (State Highway 8), Crown Range Road, and Milford Road (SH94), and for alpine passes in Canterbury.
Makgabutlane said the southwest flow was expected to ease over New Zealand on Friday as a ridge of high pressure spread on to the country.
Credit: radionz.co.nz
