WINTERY BLAST STARTING FRIDAY 8TH

[ScottyD]

Just checked my email from Dad. apparently There were some more light flakes around the Porirua region around 4pm. Nothing settling, but snow none the less.

[RWood]

It was bitingly cold here today, even after a few hours' sun. The sogginess is due to 870mm in the 5 months March-July - not a record, but the highest since the mid-70s for any 5-month period. A lack of drying westerlies has contributed to the wetness underfoot.

It didn't feel particularly cold to me I must say, possibly because the sun makes such a big difference. I can sit comfortably in the sun even if it's only 6C and don't need to wrap up warm.
I noticed green areas around the city were fairly soggy but still I am impressed with how well Wellington handles heaps of rain, there is a relative lack of deep, boggy mud that plagues the UK.

I can do that on our front porch in sunshine, but out in the wind it's pretty unforgiving. Until recently we have been relatively spoilt over a longish period re problems with excessive rain, in that either a dry period has preceded it or the rain has been concentrated in short bursts. The recent sequence of lows has steadily built up the moisture. A few weeks of drier westerly conditions would improve things a lot. July 2006 had a very high rainfall total but was windier and much sunnier, as well has having a drier lead-in.

[tich]

Just had a light shower in central Chch, but should be clearing soon. Last of the icy blast should be lashing the East Coast tonight - Mahia down to 3C and Gisborne on 4C at 9pm with recent precipitation, so could easily be snow to low levels in the Gisborne/northern Hawkes Bay areas. (which I don't think is a very common event)

[Manukau heads obs]

light frost here and down to 1.3oC
makes it the coldest morning here in a long time
central auckland down to 0.7oC at 7:30am (Ricky), that will be a record for Ricky I am sure
Waiuku (in a hollow) is at -1.8

[Janos]

A cold morning here my weather station showing-1.5deg. Light snow has fallen again overnight and theres a few icicles hanging off the trees.

[David]

My thermometer recorded its lowest since I started using it in 2006, it said the low was -1.2oC! Not particularly frosty though (drier air).

Eastern Beach reporting -0.7oC and Botany Downs -1.2oC

[NZstorm]

A bit of ice on the car this morning.

[jamie]

Not quite -3 here (Taupiri) this morning on a manual thermometer. Was a doozy of a frost.

[Fujita Phil]

This is a doozy... I normally don't get much of a ground frost up here but this morning she's white as. Still sitting on 0.1c. Nice seeing not a cloud in the sky though

[Nev]

I've got 0.0°C at 7:48am and still had ice on the car at 9am. Interestingly, Waiheke's Onetangi stn has 2.6°C at 8:00am and the Peninsula Estate, Oneroa stn has 3.0°C at 4:45am. I think the former is in bush and the latter is near the coast, whereas, although I'm half way between the two, I'm also about 1km inland.

[spwill]

I see the dewpoints at Wellington and Ak Airport have been down to 0C. Dewpoint temp down to -4 at Chch Airport though thats not unusual for them with their Nor Westers.

[Manukau heads obs]

-2oC DP here overnight....a very dry frost for us!
stunning day now, light winds, wall to wall sun

[jamie]

Stunning day! Went for a walk before and there was still icy patches at 10:30 in the shaded spots.

[Chris Raine]

Coldest ground frost of year in Thornbury last night - 9.4 degrees

[CHCH Weather Chaser]

Its beautiful day in CHCH today. Not a breathe of wind and not a cloud in the sky. Its only about 10 degrees due to the winter chill higher up but its real feel is around 15 -16 degrees. I had to take a layer of clothing off when i was gardening

[RWood]

Was able to take a good walk uphill and cook myself in the afternoon sun on the porch.

[Janos]

Went up to Halfway bush...about 10cm of snow up there and no thaw.
Driving into town this morning Andersons bay inlet was frozen and it was impossible
not to lose traction at some point during the drive in at 10.30am.
Already down to 2.1deg so a good frost again tonight.??

[CHCH Weather Chaser]

Yes, looking like severe frost here too. 2.9 degrees and going down quick.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Very cold overnight and this morning. Our pipes froze so no water until 11am.

JohnGaul
NZTS

[Janos]

Very cold overnight and this morning. Our pipes froze so no water until 11am.

JohnGaul
NZTS

Insulate those pipes my dad had a similar problem last year when his pipe to his header tank burst $50k and 8 weeks later they were back in there house.

[Lawrence]

-5.6°C @ 07.03 this morning here at Rolleston.Might get some snow tomorrow if conditions pan out,only be a short event though.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Very cold here at the moment. 1.7ºc and it is cloudy with a veil of high cloud and a light NE tendancy.

JohnGaul
NZTS

[gopolks]

Wont it be clear from mid morning here in chch with a high of 14!!!! roll on spring!!!

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Wont it be clear from mid morning here in chch with a high of 14!!!! roll on spring!!!

Yeah. Really strange forecast for tomorrow with rain from the NE and clearing with a change to SW
Usually it is the other way around.

JohnGaul
NZTS

[gopolks]

Yeah, I didnt understand that myself.