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Re: Frosts 2018

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Simon Culling wrote: Fri 19/10/2018 12:35 A tweet on the MetService twitter feed gives an overnight low of -5.5*C at Waiouru.

https://twitter.com/MetService/status/1 ... 9784367104
Hmmm… although not that unuaual for Waiouru, MS only show -2.6C for Waiouru Aero (820m asl) yesterday on their website, and NIWA's Waiouru Golf Club EWS, about 2 km to the SSE, only got down -1.0C.

And although MS's -3.5C at Taupo Aero (400m asl) is usually a little cooler than the township, it wasn't quite as cold as NIWA's -4.1C further south near Turangi (350m asl).
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Just the slightest amount of ice on the front window on the car, side window not, low 3.8, i'm amazed you would get frost on a surface at that temp.
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Down to 1.1deg with a bit of ice about
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Down to minus 0.9c overnght but no hint of frosting when I went out to get the paper at 6:20am.
No hints of frost damage in the garden, thank goodness :eek:
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NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote: Wed 31/10/2018 12:34 Down to minus 0.9c overnght but no hint of frosting when I went out to get the paper at 6:20am.
No hints of frost damage in the garden, thank goodness :eek:
it's a wonder that you didn't have damage. I had everything covered apart from Kumara that I forgot about, it got hit yet it was + 1.1. Though have you got your frost tender plants out yet?.
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Richard wrote: Wed 31/10/2018 18:56 . Though have you got your frost tender plants out yet?.

One or two. We have to be careful as our garden is one of those featured in the Arts and Plants festival here in Geraldine in a fortnight's time. :-)
Got the frost cloth on tonight 8)
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Had another light frost this morning down +1.3 , covered up again thank goodness
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Down to zero overnight, but expected so everything was covered. Ice on truck window.
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Should be the last one for a while John
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Richard wrote: Fri 02/11/2018 14:00 Should be the last one for a while John
Yep :D
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Slight frosting this morning with ice on some of the frost cloth, also windscreen of the truck.
Down to minus 0.1C.
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Frozen water on the car this morning and 2deg. Surely this must be the last post in this thread.
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^ Never say never ;)
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Never did say never :D
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^ :lol:
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Lucky i never said never, bloody ice on the car again this morning, lowest it got to was + 0.9
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Again 0.9 the lowest with more white about than yesterday morning. Never had frost three mornings in a row before in Nov in the time ive been here.
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Down to 0.2C this morning.
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