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by Flutterbye » Wed 21/06/2006 09:20
Gary Roberts wrote: Rain, then hail, now snowing.
Bah humbug
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by Gary Roberts » Wed 21/06/2006 09:24
Flutterbye wrote: Gary Roberts wrote: Rain, then hail, now snowing.
Bah humbug
Muarharharharharharhar...!
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by janewaystv » Wed 21/06/2006 09:51
So I get it that its not happening in Invercargill flutterbye??
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by Flutterbye » Wed 21/06/2006 10:06
janewaystv wrote: So I get it that its not happening in Invercargill flutterbye??
Calm, cold & sun is now poking out
Nothing like Metservice had forecast
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by Janos » Wed 21/06/2006 10:13
And the same in Dunedin. !!
Berkshire North of Te Anau west of Hokitika.
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by Flutterbye » Wed 21/06/2006 10:22
Janos wrote: And the same in Dunedin. !!
I don't know if they base the forecast on what's actually happening or what they think we should be getting down this neck of the woods.
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by Gary Roberts » Wed 21/06/2006 10:30
The snow cutoff point here is around the Lake Ohau turnoff, about 15km south of Twizel. The snow is blowing in from the NW.
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by Flutterbye » Wed 21/06/2006 10:33
Gary Roberts wrote: The snow cutoff point here is around the Lake Ohau turnoff, about 15km south of Twizel. The snow is blowing in from the NW.
My stance hasn't changed
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by Gary Roberts » Wed 21/06/2006 10:35
Flutterbye wrote: Gary Roberts wrote: The snow cutoff point here is around the Lake Ohau turnoff, about 15km south of Twizel. The snow is blowing in from the NW.
My stance hasn't changed
There are many around here who gripe about the snow and the cold, so I ask them why they live here. I guess I haven't been here long enough as a permanent resident to lose the Winter Wonderland thing!
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by TonyT » Wed 21/06/2006 10:37
Flutterbye wrote: I don't know if they base the forecast on what's actually happening or what they think we should be getting down this neck of the woods.
Um, isnt that what forecasting is?
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by Flutterbye » Wed 21/06/2006 10:41
TonyT wrote: Flutterbye wrote: I don't know if they base the forecast on what's actually happening or what they think we should be getting down this neck of the woods.
Um, isnt that what forecasting is?
They can forecast showers & SW winds for example but the day can be sunny with little wind - very few times have I seen an amended forecast.
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by squid » Wed 21/06/2006 10:43
forcasting the weather is a very hard thing to do so i guess they do pretty well even with all of todays technology unforseen things can and do happen from time to time.
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by squid » Wed 21/06/2006 10:48
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by Gary Roberts » Wed 21/06/2006 10:50
TonyT wrote: Um, isnt that what forecasting is?
There's a certain power station operator who keeps moaning about the innacuracy of my weather stations...he believes 'forecast' means 'now', and no amount of patient explanation convinces him otherwise. So if the station is forecasting rain on a fine day, the station is inaccurate...even if it rains later, as forecast.
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by Smeagol » Wed 21/06/2006 11:05
Loads of rain with 3.5 degrees here. Where is all the snow
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by Gary Roberts » Wed 21/06/2006 11:15
Smeagol wrote: Loads of rain with 3.5 degrees here. Where is all the snow
The snow has turned to rain here now.
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by gllitz » Wed 21/06/2006 12:02
Smeagol wrote: Loads of rain with 3.5 degrees here. Where is all the snow
I would say it will be here later this arvo/evening...
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by Smeagol » Wed 21/06/2006 12:25
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by Gary Roberts » Wed 21/06/2006 12:52
So that's where it went!
To plagiarize Bill Bryson, it's like living in Tupperware down here.
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by Smeagol » Wed 21/06/2006 12:56
YES!!! Finally! It's snowing and lots of it!!!
Time to leave work to go play...
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by Gary Roberts » Wed 21/06/2006 12:58
Smeagol wrote: YES!!! Finally! It's snowing and lots of it!!!
Time to leave work to go play...
Haha! Excellent!
MetConnect radar is showing a great big blob of yuckiness just to the south of Christchurch now.
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by Smeagol » Wed 21/06/2006 12:59
Getting heavier and starting to settle on the grass
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by Janos » Wed 21/06/2006 13:07
Heavy shower of hail just passed through Dunedin.
Already one car off the road and quite white.
Very very cold.
Berkshire North of Te Anau west of Hokitika.
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by mikestormchaser » Wed 21/06/2006 13:22
how far away do u people think it is from snowing in christchurch? what time do u guys think it will come in?
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