Frost reports for 2010

[Richard]

thanks tgsnoopy,fixed now

[snowstormwatcher]

good frost here this morning Overnight low of -4.5.

[Razor]

First time below zero here for the decade...

[spwill]

Average ground frost days for June, niwa.
Kaitia 0, Auckland 3, Hamilton 11, Wellington 2, Nelson 18, Christchurch 16, Alex 26, Invercargill 16.

[Michael]

Could get down to 4 tonight if it remains clear and wind doesnt pickup.

[Tornado Tim]

We had ground frost this morning (low of 2.1°C). Man i wish I could get a grass temp sensor!
Looks like another frost setup tonight

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Good frost here down to minus 1.9C in the screen but with the amount of moisture on the ground , the grass temperature would be about minus 5 degrees.

JohnGaul
NZThS

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

We had ground frost this morning (low of 2.1°C). Man i wish I could get a grass temp sensor!
Looks like another frost setup tonight

I usually drop the grass temperature to 3 degrees lower than the air/Screen.
I did have a grass sensor but the horse walked over it and broke it.
From past observations, it was usually about 3 degrees lower than the screen but then sometimes depending on moisture on the ground it can be more or less than that.

JohnGaul
NZThS

[Richard]

Good frost here down to minus 1.9C in the screen but with the amount of moisture on the ground , the grass temperature would be about minus 5 degrees.

JohnGaul
NZThS

I noticed while reading the "THE PRESS" on my way shopping down CHCH early this morning, the weather page had not one center in Canterbury under zero,but during the journey the only place that didn't have white on the ground was in the Weka Pass,even the Mt Cook Hermitage was a 2C.

i really do scratch my chin at times??

[tgsnoopy]

Man i wish I could get a grass temp sensor!

Why can't you?

[snowstormwatcher]

Looking like another good frost here tonight already down to 0 degrees with frost forming outside.

[Richard]

Looking like another good frost here tonight already down to 0 degrees with frost forming outside.

Yer frost at 7.00pm here,like to go but i wont ,i'll go instead

[Tornado Tim]

Man i wish I could get a grass temp sensor!

Why can't you?

They are expensive!
And anyway I brought a car so, I have to put things off and shuffle my priorities.
I cant wait to go chasing in it in spring/summer, I call it the "Black Beast", LOL
Perhaps I should ask Fonterra to fund my station, LOL

[tgsnoopy]

They are expensive! I have to put things off and shuffle my priorities.

Oh ok, I thought there was a technical reason why.

[Richard]

-5 and only 2C in our bedroom this morning

[David]

-5 and only 2C in our bedroom this morning

why would you let it go down to 2 in your bedroom?
I try to never let my bedroom go under 15 otherwise i wake up cold and maybe with a headache even!

[Richard]

-5 and only 2C in our bedroom this morning

why would you let it go down to 2 in your bedroom?
I try to never let my bedroom go under 15 otherwise i wake up cold and maybe with a headache even!

Its not best but we'll make do till this old 1950's weatherboard house is replaced soon

[snowstormwatcher]

- 4.5 here this morning ice on inside of windows.

[Richard]

- 4.5 here this morning ice on inside of windows.

yer same here good to see some more character building really cold bedrooms.

[snowstormwatcher]

- 4.5 here this morning ice on inside of windows.

yer same here good to see some more character building really cold bedrooms.

I guess its to be expected when a house is 90 years old it used to be alot worse before we insulated most of the house.

[Michael]

Also to note the horrendous price of electricity for many....

why would you let it go down to 2 in your bedroom?
I try to never let my bedroom go under 15 otherwise i wake up cold and maybe with a headache even!

Its not best but we'll make do till this old 1950's weatherboard house is replaced soon

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

We used to have ice on the inside of the windows when we lived in Selwyn Street in town but when we moved out to West Melton, we has insulation put in the walls and that made a geat difference.
Now it gets down to 9C with a frost overnight, instead of about zero or below

JohnGaul
NZThS

[Richard]

Thank goodness for the modern duvet i say as its only when you hop out of bed that ya notice just how cold it is.
As Michael indicated to try and get the temps up anywhere near mid teens would see us dam near going bankrupt.

[snowstormwatcher]

Yeah same here when its -5 or below ouside to keep the house above 10 degrees overnight would cost a fortune in firewood and electricity. anyway 0 degrees here overnight just a slight frost late last night before it clouded over 2 degrees this morning.

[Richard]

Mind you i do get the house a lot warmer when i burn pine stumps, which is some of the best burning wood there is.