Porters NZ thinslush
1302–1980 m · mid 1641 m · Pacific/Auckland
2 cm in the last 72h at mid mountain, falling near freezing at an average of -1°C. 1 mm of rain on snow in the last 7 days, a crust remains near the surface. Next 72h: little additional snow, next 7d 6 slush days, 2 icy days. Base coverage is still thin below 1,302 m.
today → 7 days
| date | rating | grade | regime | snow | rain | min / max |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-05 | 3 | poor | slush | 0.0 cm | 0.0 mm | -3.8 / 11.8 °C |
| 2026-10-06 | 3 | poor | icy | 0.0 cm | 0.0 mm | -2.4 / 11.4 °C |
| 2026-10-07 | 3 | poor | icy | 0.0 cm | 0.0 mm | -1.3 / 8.3 °C |
| 2026-10-08 | 12 | poor | slush | 0.6 cm | 1.6 mm | 0.3 / 7.8 °C |
| 2026-10-09 | 3 | poor | slush | 0.0 cm | 0.1 mm | 0.9 / 9.4 °C |
| 2026-10-10 | 3 | poor | slush | 0.0 cm | 0.8 mm | 1.4 / 10.6 °C |
| 2026-10-11 | 3 | poor | slush | 0.0 cm | 0.0 mm | 3.1 / 11.0 °C |
| 2026-10-12 | 3 | poor | slush | 0.0 cm | 0.0 mm | 2.8 / 10.5 °C |
Ski-day snow is last night 18:00 through today 18:00. Today is scored as-of now; future days use first chair. Default board sort is the eight-day median.
today's components
freshness 0/35
- effective fresh snow: 0.0 cm
- 24h / 72h / 7d: 0 / 2 / 2 cm
preservation 0/25
- rain penalty: −2
- crust penalty: −10
- wind penalty: −0
- icy (day thaw / night freeze): −0
- slush (above freezing day+night): −14
- warm yesterday: −0
base 2/15
- modeled settled base: 11 cm
- needed: 100 cm
- weather-derived proxy, not a resort measurement
bands
| band | elev | temp | 24h | 72h | freezing level | wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base | 1302 m | 10.7°C | 0.0 cm | 0.6 cm | +2038 m above | 8 km/h |
| mid | 1641 m | 8.5°C | 0.0 cm | 2.4 cm | +1699 m above | 8 km/h |
| top | 1980 m | 6.3°C | 0.0 cm | 3.5 cm | +1360 m above | 8 km/h |