I was thinking about heading into the mountains this weekend, then a friend suggested i check the weather warnings. Guess I'll be grinding. And heading out to go running in the snow as per last weekend, less than a month until the half marathon

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ISSUED BY METSERVICE AT 12:30pm Thursday 11-Aug-2011

ANOTHER EXCEPTIONALLY COLD OUTBREAK TO SPREAD OVER NEW ZEALAND THIS COMING WEEKEND
MEDIA STATEMENT
Another very cold outbreak, rivalling that of late July, is on the way.
On Saturday, a low will move away to the east of northern New Zealand, allowing a progressively colder southerly flow to become established over the country. The first big dip in temperatures will come on Saturday night when a cold front moves onto the south of the South Island, bringing significant snow to sea level from southern Fiordland to the Otago Peninsula (i live here). This outbreak will then move over the rest of the South Island to reach the lower North Island by Sunday night.
Significant snowfalls along with bitterly cold south to southwest gales can be expected