First real ice on the windshield this Autumn/Winter.

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Mon 01/05/2006 09:32

We had some thick stuff during the brief cold spell a month or two back but this morning's was a scraper job. The dewpoint and temp have been on top of each other all night.

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Wed 03/05/2006 22:50

We had some thick stuff during the brief cold spell a month or two back but this morning's was a scraper job. The dewpoint and temp have been on top of each other all night.

Might get like that in Chch by tomorrow morning - already down to 4C with clear skies and light winds.

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Thu 04/05/2006 00:14

tich wrote:Might get like that in Chch by tomorrow morning - already down to 4C with clear skies and light winds.

Yep...down to 1.1Â° and falling now, dogging that dewpoint again. Looks like we'll need the hot water and scrapers again.

MaxM · Unread post by **MaxM** » Thu 04/05/2006 05:05

You've got ice on your windshield and we have spring here. It was 22c today in Munich!

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Thu 04/05/2006 08:30

MaxM wrote:You've got ice on your windshield and we have spring here. It was 22c today in Munich!

We had the first hoar frost of the season this morning too.

RWood · Unread post by **RWood** » Thu 04/05/2006 10:36

How large an area would have been hoar-frosted?

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Thu 04/05/2006 10:41

RWood wrote:How large an area would have been hoar-frosted?

Just the small area at Buscot corner, which is regarded by many here to be the coldest place in the MacKenzie.

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Thu 04/05/2006 10:44

Might get like that in Chch by tomorrow morning - already down to 4C with clear skies and light winds.

Not quite in the city (down to 2C at Hillmorton), but could easily have been a white frost in rural areas away from the sea. Northeasterly cloud soon moved in this morning.

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Thu 04/05/2006 10:44

RWood wrote:How large an area would have been hoar-frosted?

Just the small area at Buscot corner, which is regarded by many here to be the coldest place in the MacKenzie. The overnight low was -0.8Â° at 07:57 this morning.

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Thu 04/05/2006 10:45

We had the first hoar frost of the season this morning too.

Clear, calm and cold night here to, down to 13C

RWood · Unread post by **RWood** » Thu 04/05/2006 12:01

Gary Roberts wrote:
Gary Roberts wrote: Just the small area at Buscot corner, which is regarded by many here to be the coldest place in the MacKenzie. The overnight low was -0.8Â° at 07:57 this morning.

My geography is rusty - is that in a local hollow of some kind, or just shaded by hills?

squid · Unread post by **squid** » Thu 04/05/2006 12:40

overnight lows here have been about 6 or 7 so far not to bad nice 22 or 23 durnig the day

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Thu 04/05/2006 13:44

RWood wrote:My geography is rusty - is that in a local hollow of some kind, or just shaded by hills?

It's near the Omarama cemetery if that means anything to you. When you leave Omarama heading north, you cross the bridge, then pass through the cutting. After that is a sweeping corner. Around that there is the spot I'm referring to. It's mostly open to the WNW, but sheltered from most other directions.

Dean. · Unread post by **Dean.** » Thu 04/05/2006 15:21

Thats cool Squid,

Our overnight lows are 21-24 still,maximums lately have only been 27-28 due to persistent cloud cover.

Andy · Unread post by **Andy** » Thu 04/05/2006 18:36

Cold day here today under high cloud, with no wind.

First chill of WINTER !!

Temp 1.4-8.6 degrees C

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Thu 04/05/2006 19:48

Andy wrote:Cold day here today under high cloud, with no wind.

First chill of WINTER !!

Temp 1.4-8.6 degrees C

Nah! It's just a cool summer!

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Fri 05/05/2006 08:10

Some very dense fog this morning too, particularly near Lake Ruataniwha and the Ohau canal road.

Andy · Unread post by **Andy** » Fri 05/05/2006 16:39

forsty this morning.

-1.5 to 19.2 a beauty

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Fri 05/05/2006 17:06

Andy wrote:forsty this morning.

-1.5 to 19.2 a beauty

Not that cool here but definitely beautiful.

GraemeWi · Unread post by **GraemeWi** » Fri 05/05/2006 18:37

Yeah and this Aucklander had to de-ice the car this morning before I set out for Wanaka. I've never had to that in Auckland before

Stunning day here in central Otago. I really do like this place!

G

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Fri 05/05/2006 19:53

GraemeWi wrote:Yeah and this Aucklander had to de-ice the car this morning before I set out for Wanaka. I've never had to that in Auckland before

Stunning day here in central Otago. I really do like this place!

G

Me too.

Call in for a coffee if you travel via Omarama.

Flutterbye · Unread post by **Flutterbye** » Fri 05/05/2006 19:59

GraemeWi wrote:Yeah and this Aucklander had to de-ice the car this morning before I set out for Wanaka. I've never had to that in Auckland before

Stunning day here in central Otago. I really do like this place!

G

The payoff for de-icing is normally a gorgeous day. Not pretty if the cloud rolls in before the frost thaws properly though.

Andy · Unread post by **Andy** » Fri 05/05/2006 20:02

Flutterbye wrote:
The payoff for de-icing is normally a gorgeous day. Not pretty if the cloud rolls in before the frost thaws properly though.

Yes plenty of those days to come, as well the might hoar frosts

RWood · Unread post by **RWood** » Fri 05/05/2006 20:05

Gary Roberts wrote:
GraemeWi wrote:Yeah and this Aucklander had to de-ice the car this morning before I set out for Wanaka. I've never had to that in Auckland before

Stunning day here in central Otago. I really do like this place!

G
Me too.

Call in for a coffee if you travel via Omarama.

Me too also aussi - but watch for places sometimes plagued by freezing fog - Alex. being one of them. Driving from the south, the fog if present would always start at Gorge Creek, north of Roxburgh.

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Fri 05/05/2006 20:11

Eagerly waiting for the first frosts for Christchurch

Jack Frost
NZ Frost Society