Fiordland

Expect around 10cm new snow from the W above around 1300m over Wednesday night and Thurs am.

The terrain below about 1500m has had a lot of rain and snow, and is mostly rain soaked or refrozen rain soaked snow

Look around if you are above about 1500m, there will be wind slab on some of the slopes lee to the westerly winds.

There are probably no observers in the mountains and there are no recent observations

Over Wednesday there was around 10cm snow down to about 1200m with loading on the slopes lee to the west.

Over Tues 14th there was around 25 cm in the south and up to to 50cm in the north , with loading on slopes lee to the west, above 1900m, and a mix of rain and snow below 1900m, and just rain below around 1400m.

Over Monday 13th there was around 20cm snow above around 1900m and a mix of rain and snow below.

There is a thin snow cover below 1800m, (observed from flight around Milford Track and neighboring valleys to the east 7 July).

Est. 50-80 cm of snow above 1800m from 3-5th July storm, with less at lower levels, to about 15cm at 1100m.

The first snow fall of the winter was on 24/25th June, with about 10cm at 800m in the South of the forecasting area. There was less snow in the North, estimating about 10-20 cm above 1600m, on tussock, rock and slabs.

Another front passes over Wed night and Thurs morning.

Icy conditions are to be expected at higher elevations, on the slopes which have been stripped back by S/SE winds. Take ice axe and crampons.

Moderate

• We are uncertain due to a limited number of field observations.
• We are uncertain due to rapidly changing freezing levels.
• We are uncertain due to variable freezing levels.