MetService has issued a road snowfall warning for Desert Rd.
Snow showers are likely early this morning, and again from this afternoon through to the early hours of Thursday morning.
From 1am to 7am today, 1 or 2cm of snow may settle on the road near the summit, with lesser amounts down to 800m.
Then from 3pm today to 2am Thursday, 1 to 3cm of snow may settle on the road near the summit, with lesser amounts down to 800m.