CORONET PEAK
• Snowbase: Upper, 140cm; lower: 115cm.
• Last snowfall: 2cm, August 26.
TODAY
• Forecast: Rain with some heavy falls about the headwaters, a few falls spreading further east. Snow above 1200m about the headwaters.
• Wind at 1000m: Northerly developing.
• Wind at 2000m: Northwest rising to 60kmh.
• Free air freezing level: About 1800m.
• Temperature: Maximum 7degC, minimum 2degC.
TOMORROW
• Forecast: Rain about the headwaters, with some heavy falls, and a few showers further east, clearing in the evening. Snow lowering to 800m.
• Wind at 1000m: Northwest, rising to 50kmh in exposed valleys in the morning, then dying away.
• Wind at 2000m: Northwest rising to 50kmh in the morning, then tending southwest 30kmh.
• Free air freezing level: Lowering to 1100m.
• Temperature: Maximum 4degC, minimum -3degC.
WEDNESDAY
• Forecast: Mostly fine, but occasional showers about the headwaters. Westerlies developing, gale for a time about the tops and exposed valleys.
THE REMARKABLES
• Snowbase: Upper, 80cm; lower: 60cm.
• Last snowfall: 5cm, August 27.
TODAY
• Forecast: Rain with some heavy falls about the headwaters, a few falls spreading further east. Snow above 1200m about the headwaters.
• Wind at 1000m: Northerly developing.
• Wind at 2000m: Northwest rising to 60kmh.
• Free air freezing level: About 1800m.
• Temperature: Maximum 4degC, minimum -1degC.
TOMORROW
• Forecast: Rain about the headwaters, with some heavy falls, and a few showers further east, clearing in the evening. Snow lowering to 800m.
• Wind at 1000m: Northwest, rising to 50kmh in exposed valleys in the morning, then dying away.
• Wind at 2000m: Northwest rising to 50kmh in the morning, then tending southwest 30kmh.
• Free air freezing level: Lowering to 1100m.
• Temperature: Maximum 2degC, minimum -6degC.
WEDNESDAY
• Forecast: Mostly fine, but occasional showers about the headwaters. Westerlies developing, gale for a time about the tops and exposed valleys.
