Hail pelts peninsula
By
GLEN PERKINSON
A snap storm pelted Banks Peninsula yesterday morning with golf ballsized hail stones. A freak storm passed across the peninsula about 9 a.m., the Meteorological Service said. It brought heavy rain and hail and sent temperatures as low as 10 deg. Little River received the worst of the storm where the hail stones, that turned pasture white, measured more than 3cm.
The Akaroa County Council’s engineer, Mr Ken Paulin, said that no damage had been reported to him. The storm passed Akaroa about midday. The rain and hail reached Christchurch city about midday. A forecaster for the service said the storm was caused by a cold, deep southerly airstream from the Antarctic. The storm had been predicted for Thursday evening but was late.
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