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What year Mike was that tornado on the 19th Dec???
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it was 1993 as the calander says it anyway, I cant remember any big storm that day to be honest but hey i would have only been 6.
However if i can remember the 1992 snow storm i should be able to think back then but i honestly cant remember any major storm.
However if i can remember the 1992 snow storm i should be able to think back then but i honestly cant remember any major storm.
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And 1992 had two snow storms both as bad as each other too
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Richard wrote:And 1992 had two snow storms both as bad as each other too
They did.
On the 27th, I got stuck on the Scargill Bank when the DFT couldn't pull the train up the hill
It was heavy snowing but I think there was a fault on the DFT.
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-2 in rangiora and chch, it dont think that was forcast
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Interesting that was. No frost here well it was 7.4C but in Halswell it was all frosty with frost on cars, lawns etc.melja wrote:-2 in rangiora and chch, it dont think that was forcast
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Were there DFTs here in 1992? It must of been one of the first rebuilds of the old 6xxx series DFs
NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote:Richard wrote:And 1992 had two snow storms both as bad as each other too
They did.
On the 27th, I got stuck on the Scargill Bank when the DFT couldn't pull the train up the hill
It was heavy snowing but I think there was a fault on the DFT.
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NW wind keeped the overnight low here 6.5C last night
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Not long out of the shops. Number, I don't know.I 'll have to consort my notebook, which I've probably thrown away.Michael wrote:Were there DFTs here in 1992? It must of been one of the first rebuilds of the old 6xxx series DFs
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O.T About trains.In railfan it had the GM DFs went for 17 years so the 1st ones 1979 takes it to 1995-96 before being DFT DFMs turbocharged,maxitrak whatever.Anyway they went from nice loud locomotives to quiet ones when under strain.The louder the better.As far as weather I remember the DA class and on a wet day the noise was impressive.
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-5 C here this morning,first frost in 8 days thanks to the NW wind that never stopped all that time,moving in to a different weather Pattern now by the look of it with high pressure dominating for a week to come.Damm i dont like high pressure in winter or in summer,winter brings frosts,summer intense heat that this area experiences,being one of the hottest places in NZ
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Light frost this morning, 0.3°C the low at 7.36 AM.
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5 degree frost down here this morning. Please excuse me if I dont get the time of the low from MetConnect, but that reading was taken just before 6am for the radio stations to use.
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Tad on the cool side this morning up here.. recorded an ambient temp of 1ºc down at the Pukekohe Raceway with a very heavy patch of fog.
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Once again we have a good frost here in rangiora -3.2C but chch is sitting on 8.1C at the same time, very strange.
Oh and rangiora had the highest national temp of July at 20.8C
Oh and rangiora had the highest national temp of July at 20.8C
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Yea North East to Easterly wind here all night, mild and sunny and 10 degrees.melja wrote:Once again we have a good frost here in rangiora -3.2C but chch is sitting on 8.1C at the same time, very strange.
Oh and rangiora had the highest national temp of July at 20.8C
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8.9C here at 6.30am when I checked and it was clear with a slight E. Frost season is over around here.
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Rangiora has had 5 days straight of good frosts with this morning being -3.5 air temp.
Chch has had a NE wind and none
Chch has had a NE wind and none
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I think there is a false radar reading again with the same blue shower line near North Canterbury. According to metservice we had 0.2mm of rain in the last hour? It hasnt even rained has it? Radar suggests it hasnt either. Beats me!
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Dew counted?MarkThomas wrote:I think there is a false radar reading again with the same blue shower line near North Canterbury. According to metservice we had 0.2mm of rain in the last hour? It hasnt even rained has it? Radar suggests it hasnt either. Beats me!
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Thats a good point actually! In fact it says for August now that we have had 0.4mm. Surely the will deduct this for the monthly readings? Imagine if August offically had no rain at all in Christchurch. They cant say 0.4mm was the tally if it was due to dew!
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Yes the dew was heavy last night, required regualr windscreen wiper use in the car.
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Good frost here this morning, down to minus 2.8C in the screen.
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Yes John, a good frost here as well. -4.1 air temp at 6:50am this morning.