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Snow in Queenstown on November 4 - Source: Supplied by Alison Metherell
Fresh snow on the hills bordering Lake Pukaki. - Source: ONE News
The Remarkables from the Coronet Peak access road. - Source: Genevieve King
Snow could reach sea level in parts of the southern South Island tonight.
About 20 centimetres has already fallen on the Milford Road.
There have also been reports of snow at Lake Heron and the higher parts of Porters Pass and Arthur's Pass.
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Cold air is set to blast Fiordland, Southland and parts of Otago tonight.
MetService severe weather forecaster Andy Downes says there's a deep low passing the south of Stewart Island and this will bring strong gales with gusts possibly reaching warning levels along coastal Southland and South Otago.
Downes says it's a rare weather event to occur in November.
Residents in Invercargill woke up to 4 degrees this morning.
"As more cold air comes in it will drop the snow level down, perhaps briefly to low levels, maybe even sea level, but where it will accumulate will probably be above two, three hundred metres," MetService's Dan Corbett told Radio New Zealand.
Wind chill from the strong westerlies would make the temperature feel like it was below freezing in parts of Southland, he said.
Thunder and hail could follow the cold mass of air over parts of the region, MetService said.
The cold snap is predicted to be over by Saturday evening.
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