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The snow was all gone this morning due to the persistent deluge of rain over the past two days. Now it's snowing again. The temperature is dropping all day today from an early morning high of about 40ºF to a low tonight below 10ºF. The good news is that at that temperature, it's too cold for there to be any significant moisture in the air, so this weekend will be clear and sunny!

Speaking of clear and sunny, here's another panorama that is not.(Click on the image to view a larger version. Use your browser's back button to return here.)

This is from an overlook on the road southwest from Turangi, at the south end of Lake Taupo, looking north (towards the sun, believe it or not). This was taken not long after the one in the previous post as we drove south towards Wellington. This road leads over these hills into Tangariro National Park where the volcanoes are. Though not a very exciting view, the evidence of vulcanism is clear.