THE ATMOSPHERE TODAY · EVENT← TODAY'S COVERwinter
New Zealand — snow above 600 m, clearing Thursday
THE STORM
The front pushed up the South Island overnight — heavy snow in Otago and the Mackenzie Basin above 600 m, 1–3 cm down to 400 m, many roads affected, Christchurch about 19 °C falling to 10 by Thursday. A short, sharp event that clears Thursday.
WHO IT TOUCHES
Maritimea depression on a ramp to a typhoon, a fishing coast under red, and a coastal wind ramp booked for tomorrow
Energycooling load in one hemisphere, heating load in the other, and a hydropower release with a schedule
CONNECTED
Two separate southern-hemisphere cold events that both landed on the Wednesday they were called for — Patagonian snow to 30 cm and South Island snow above 600 m, timed two editions ago and arriving on the day.