Frosts in "Sheltered" Areas

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Gary Roberts
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Andy wrote:yea clear skies - big frost -8 here
I just got in 8 cubic meters of firewood yesterday... I hope it's enough... :-)
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NZ Thunderstorm Soc
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Gary Roberts wrote:
Andy wrote:yea clear skies - big frost -8 here
I just got in 8 cubic meters of firewood yesterday... I hope it's enough... :-)

Don't burn it all at once, you know how high Omarama's pollution levels are ;)

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NZstorm
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I think the area I live is now frost free. Maybe its the urban heat island.

Anyway, this cold clear weather is about to end with a change to unsettled easterlies for the north of the country, heavy falls possible in the coming days for the Coromandal and parts Northland. But a lift in temps on the way.
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NZstorm wrote:I think the area I live is now frost free. Maybe its the urban heat island.

Anyway, this cold clear weather is about to end with a change to unsettled easterlies for the north of the country, heavy falls possible in the coming days for the Coromandal and parts Northland. But a lift in temps on the way.
Yeah :( down here as well.
milder cloudy weather resulting in milder temperatures. :( and boring weather to boot :( :(
Roll in the next intense anticyclone...please!

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tich
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At 06:19 it was -6.2° in Omarama. Another cloudless day. No winter for us this year it seems.
-6.2C seems pretty wintry to me - I guess you're thinking of snow when you define winter. (I recall you got a good dumping back in mid-June)
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Gary Roberts
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tich wrote:
At 06:19 it was -6.2° in Omarama. Another cloudless day. No winter for us this year it seems.
-6.2C seems pretty wintry to me - I guess you're thinking of snow when you define winter. (I recall you got a good dumping back in mid-June)
Yep. Even though it's chilly, it just doesn't feel like winter! It's so sunny and fine! :-)

Not much snow at ground-level since June. In fact, almost none.
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Michael
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I like winter like this Can put up with the cold but wind and rain together no unless its a tropical type rain
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Gary Roberts
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Michael wrote:I like winter like this Can put up with the cold but wind and rain together no unless its a tropical type rain
That's what got me about Auckland: whether it was fine and sunny, or wet and windy, it was always, always humid!

If the sun is shining, you sweat. If it's windy and wet, you sweat under your raincoat. Blah.

I was mowing the lawn of my house here in Omarama in January (you only have to do it once a year!), and it was 36 degrees or so, yet I never felt anywhere near as uncomfortable as I did when I was still in Auckland. In fact it was quite pleasant, and the Speights went down a treat afterwards. :-)
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Gary Roberts wrote: and the Speights went down a treat afterwards. :-)
...."Good on Yer, Mate" \:D/ \:D/

No frost here this morning. Only down to 6.5C but at the hospital where I work there was a frost "in sheltered areas"

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Fujita Phil
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NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote:where I work there was a frost "in sheltered areas"
Come on people... I've been waiting for the NZFS jokes :o
There is no such thing as bad weather, just the wrong clothes.
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ScottyD
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This morning there was a slight hint of a frost in Albany, colder than tuesday morning, however not as good as monday
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