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I think that after this coming cold weather event, there is the possibility of a cold, intense anticyclone over NZ.
This could see some interesting minimum temperatures in the McKenzie/ Central Otago/inland Canterbury areas.
especially with the the snow around
Will a temperature come up to beat Ophir on that July day in 1995

JohnGaul
NZTS

Out of interest John what was the coldest temp recorded? Was the record set in 1995?

-21.6 Ophir 3(?) July 1995

'Bye for now folks

I think Ophir held the record prior to that as well. Its a cold place! (I made a special detour when in Central a few years back to make sure I went there).

RWood wrote:-21.6 Ophir 3(?) July 1995

'Bye for now folks

ok - I'll stop whingeing about our -4 the other night then shall I

RWood wrote:-21.6 Ophir 3(?) July 1995

'Bye for now folks

http://www.metservice.co.nz/default/ind ... key=191582

Reports of -15 somewhere near Fairlie on Monday night.

TonyT wrote:Reports of -15 somewhere near Fairlie on Monday night.

Do you know what that was recorded/measured with?

Prolly a temperature guage...

spike_01 wrote:Prolly a temperature guage...

Ha. Ha. Ha.

Was it a good one? Was it in a Stevenson screen? Or was it a Grandad Special, hanging from a nail in the brick wall outside the ranchsliders by the BBQ on the patio...as most reported 'extreme' measurements are?

No idea sorry, probably a suspect backyard piece of seaweed, but whether its accurate or not it still indicates things were extremely cold.

TonyT wrote:No idea sorry, probably a suspect backyard piece of seaweed, but whether its accurate or not it still indicates things were extremely cold.

Okay. The Omarama airport weather station recorded -13.4° on the morning of the 14th. That was more than cold enough for me!

Station 2 reporting "It's still cold!"


[Edit] Ok, ok so maybe my first post shouldn't have been a bad wether joke.

GSVNoFixedAbode wrote: Station 2 reporting "It's still cold!"


[Edit] Ok, ok so maybe my first post shouldn't have been a bad wether joke.

Heh.

Hey GSV hope that wether gets snowed on tonight.

Poor sheepy.

The cold southerly is back with the foggedup windows 8 degrees

It may be a cloudy high or a 'dirty' high as because of it's intensenessz, cloud may be trapped under it

JohnGaul
NZTS

NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote:It may be a cloudy high or a 'dirty' high as because of it's intensenessz, cloud may be trapped under it

JohnGaul
NZTS

The temp and dew point are playing catch-up here. If we get no cloud tonight it should become frosty, although there's already a good layer of snow on the ground still.

opps i thought that this was for a old high not for the next one coming in

Currently in Omarama it's -4.1° but the dewpoint is -5.8°...meanwhile, at Lake Ohau, it's only -0.2 ° but the dewpoint is the same, so they'll most likely get a light frost. They have no snow on the ground there due to the NWer...it can be -7° in Omarama with a southerly, or no wind at all, while Lake Ohau will be basking in +10°, with a strong NWer. Bloody Föhn winds!

Strong frost here at the moment -6°c. Sun just popping up now with blue dome skies every where.

So nice to see the yellow warm thing again

Andy wrote:Strong frost here at the moment -6°c. Sun just popping up now with blue dome skies every where.

We've had cloud overnight so our temps never got anywhere near that low. The lowest temp in the last 24 hours was -5.3° at 19:21, when the sky was still clear.

What was your low on the 14th, Andy?

Gary Roberts wrote:

Andy wrote:Strong frost here at the moment -6°c. Sun just popping up now with blue dome skies every where.

We've had cloud overnight so our temps never got anywhere near that low. The lowest temp in the last 24 hours was -5.3° at 19:21, when the sky was still clear.

What was your low on the 14th, Andy?

It was -3.7° overnight - with sunny skies and westerly winds developing during the morning. Max 10.5°