We do have one - but I think the freeze was from the pressure tank outside (we're on well water) to the house, I had hot water, but no pressure to pump it through - at least I think that was what was happening? This is our first winter here in the south island so we're newbies when it comes to chilliness! You should have seen me trying to defrost my car this morning with no water to hose it down with!Gary Roberts wrote:You should get a wetback...evltre wrote:Lincoln - Our pipes froze this morning! No hot shower to defrost for us! I've never seen anything like it - it looked like snow again!
Cold Anticyclone....brrrrrrrrrr
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Grab a small jar, one with a lid that has a slight rim around it (so that if you pressed it against your skin it'd leave a small ring)...use that against the ice on your windshield: it won't stand a chance! The circular shape and the raised edge is way the heck more efficient and effective than those useless freebie rectangular scrapers you get from garages and places, and is fast...I don't even bother with water now, even on thick ice.evltre wrote:You should have seen me trying to defrost my car this morning with no water to hose it down with!
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Thanks for the fab tip Gary - I'll try it on tomorrow mornings effort (as i'm sure there will be another one!) In Auckland we were lucky to get 3-4 light frosts a year - never seen anything like this morning!!!!Gary Roberts wrote:Grab a small jar, one with a lid that has a slight rim around it (so that if you pressed it against your skin it'd leave a small ring)...use that against the ice on your windshield: it won't stand a chance! The circular shape and the raised edge is way the heck more efficient and effective than those useless freebie rectangular scrapers you get from garages and places, and is fast...I don't even bother with water now, even on thick ice.evltre wrote:You should have seen me trying to defrost my car this morning with no water to hose it down with!
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theres a street in Caversham where i'm working at the moment, and its frosted all day. Its very steep and car-free while the frost is there.
In my steel-cap boots with a small run-up i can skate about 15 metres down this street. For some reason i can run up the street but can't walk up or i'll slip back down. ?
In my steel-cap boots with a small run-up i can skate about 15 metres down this street. For some reason i can run up the street but can't walk up or i'll slip back down. ?
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Video please.sw_windbow wrote:In my steel-cap boots with a small run-up i can skate about 15 metres down this street.
Some friction coefficient thingee?For some reason i can run up the street but can't walk up or i'll slip back down. ?
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Re "black frosts" - the sort of thing I saw in Chicago when intensely cold Canadian air would follow a frontal passage. Its dryness would quickly remove any whiteness from snow or rain residues and there would remain very cold clear air, deceptive for those not used to it - any breeze at all and earmuffs would be needed.
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Re "black frosts" - the sort of thing I saw in Chicago when intensely cold Canadian air would follow a frontal passage. Its dryness would quickly remove any whiteness from snow or rain residues and there would remain very cold clear air, deceptive for those not used to it - any breeze at all and earmuffs would be needed.
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had our first frost on the grass here this morning (and our elderly neighbour said first time she has seen one here) even though air temperature still only 4oC, and 4 kts of breeze...
(clear skies all night this time)......people in auckland i hear have been amazed to see frost on things outside....this morning..reports of black ice on the roads in Tuakau
had our first frost on the grass here this morning (and our elderly neighbour said first time she has seen one here) even though air temperature still only 4oC, and 4 kts of breeze...
(clear skies all night this time)......people in auckland i hear have been amazed to see frost on things outside....this morning..reports of black ice on the roads in Tuakau
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I suspected Alex would get colder than the temps reported from there this winter. Maybe it's a trick of the local topography which keeps it from getting as cold as it gets hot.tich wrote:-1C maximum in Alexandra today, according to TV1 Weather. Andy, do you what's the lowest recorded maximum there?
Probably no frost in Chch tonight, as it has clouded over - even some slight drizzle around 7pm in the central city.
The high yesterday for Omarama was -3.2°...I doubt whether this is a record, but without access to Tara Hills data it's hard to know. This is why it's so inconvenient and inconsiderate of RWood to go galivanting off to South America.
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Quite interesting that cloud was only reaching about near me then petering out then when the sun went down it was petering out about 5 minutes west of here.
Some clear sky here in places though tich id be going for a -3C frost here parhaps.
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Some clear sky here in places though tich id be going for a -3C frost here parhaps.
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yeah well the cloud has rolled in.i have to say it has been very cold today espcailly with that wind around that cold NE really took affect anyhow they are expecting to go down to -2 tonight by the feel of the winds out there now i wouldnt be surprised if the wind chill was that nowJasestrm wrote:Quite interesting that cloud was only reaching about near me then petering out then when the sun went down it was petering out about 5 minutes west of here.
Some clear sky here in places though tich id be going for a -3C frost here parhaps.
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I will see what i can found.Gary Roberts wrote:I suspected Alex would get colder than the temps reported from there this winter. Maybe it's a trick of the local topography which keeps it from getting as cold as it gets hot.tich wrote:-1C maximum in Alexandra today, according to TV1 Weather. Andy, do you what's the lowest recorded maximum there?
Probably no frost in Chch tonight, as it has clouded over - even some slight drizzle around 7pm in the central city.
The high yesterday for Omarama was -3.2°...I doubt whether this is a record, but without access to Tara Hills data it's hard to know. This is why it's so inconvenient and inconsiderate of RWood to go galivanting off to South America.
Rwood i suspect may have the answers....
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From the gallivanter: it's not a record. In taht other post about 1968 I recall the high one day in July 1968 at Tara Hills was only 20F, which is colder.Gary Roberts wrote:I suspected Alex would get colder than the temps reported from there this winter. Maybe it's a trick of the local topography which keeps it from getting as cold as it gets hot.tich wrote:-1C maximum in Alexandra today, according to TV1 Weather. Andy, do you what's the lowest recorded maximum there?
Probably no frost in Chch tonight, as it has clouded over - even some slight drizzle around 7pm in the central city.
The high yesterday for Omarama was -3.2°...I doubt whether this is a record, but without access to Tara Hills data it's hard to know. This is why it's so inconvenient and inconsiderate of RWood to go galivanting off to South America.
It's 30C near Brasilia today.
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Stone the flamin' crows, mate! That's -6.666666667° C!RWood wrote:From the gallivanter: it's not a record. In taht other post about 1968 I recall the high one day in July 1968 at Tara Hills was only 20F, which is colder.Gary Roberts wrote:The high yesterday for Omarama was -3.2°...I doubt whether this is a record, but without access to Tara Hills data it's hard to know. This is why it's so inconvenient and inconsiderate of RWood to go galivanting off to South America.
It's 30C near Brasilia today.