If you think it’s safe to put the winter woollies and umbrellas away, think again.

More rain and possibly snow is expected across Central tonight.

MetService meteorologist Lewis Ferris warned the air “should be cold enough” for snow to fall down to 200 to 300 metres, but without the same widespread impact experienced across the district on Friday.

“The risk of snow extends over the whole area, but the snow potential is largest once the wet weather has become a bit more spotty, so places with the same elevation could see different amounts of rain.”

A heavy snow watch is in place for Fiordland, Southland, southern Otago and Stewart Island from 5pm today, until 11am tomorrow.

While temperatures for Central look set to return to the mid-teens later in the week, it did not mean spring-like temperatures were set to stay.

Lewis said the long-range forecast was “hinting at an influx of cold air around the middle of next week, which is followed by high pressure so some chilly mornings might return”.

“From Wednesday there is almost a persistent barrage of fronts up the West Coast, but for Central Otago this looks like a pretty decent spell of northerly winds, which will see a return of warmer temperatures.”

However, he said there appeared to be a couple of spells of rain toward the end of this week.

And, with the Alexandra Blossom Festival just around the corner, The Central App checked in with MetService to see what the weather was likely to have in store for the popular event.

“[It’s a] bit too far out to say at this point. Models are broadly telling a story of high pressure, but at this time range that could easily change,” Lewis said.

Click on The Central App’s Weather button to keep up to date on the forecast.

And, if you need to check Roads, The Central App can help with that too.