Frost reports 2011

Archive of NZ Weather & Climate
Forum rules
These topics are a read-only archive and may be subject to out-of-date information.

For today's weather discussion head to: New Zealand Weather & Climate
Andy
Posts: 1424
Joined: Tue 27/05/2003 14:15
Location: Alexandra
Has thanked: 131 times
Been thanked: 63 times

Re: Frost reports 2011

Unread post by Andy »

Another -3 this morning :-$
User avatar
Richard
Posts: 8369
Joined: Tue 14/07/2009 07:32
Location: Medbury, Inland North Canterbury
Has thanked: 1656 times
Been thanked: 800 times

Re: Frost reports 2011

Unread post by Richard »

Boy you are having a run of them Andy. :D

0.2deg here this morning but a bit of ice on the car though
User avatar
Richard
Posts: 8369
Joined: Tue 14/07/2009 07:32
Location: Medbury, Inland North Canterbury
Has thanked: 1656 times
Been thanked: 800 times

Re: Frost reports 2011

Unread post by Richard »

- 0.9, but looks colder with a lot of frost on the grass.
User avatar
Richard
Posts: 8369
Joined: Tue 14/07/2009 07:32
Location: Medbury, Inland North Canterbury
Has thanked: 1656 times
Been thanked: 800 times

Re: Frost reports 2011

Unread post by Richard »

Heavy frost for this time of year of -4.5
Andy
Posts: 1424
Joined: Tue 27/05/2003 14:15
Location: Alexandra
Has thanked: 131 times
Been thanked: 63 times

Re: Frost reports 2011

Unread post by Andy »

Richard wrote:Heavy frost for this time of year of -4.5

Bad luck q- ;-)
NZ Thunderstorm Soc
Posts: 18488
Joined: Wed 12/03/2003 22:08
Location: Raukapuka Geraldine
Has thanked: 1769 times
Been thanked: 1412 times

Re: Frost reports 2011

Unread post by NZ Thunderstorm Soc »

That's quite a good one there, Richard.
Only down to zero here in the screen, with a light frosting cover :smile:
JohnGaul
NZThS
User avatar
Richard
Posts: 8369
Joined: Tue 14/07/2009 07:32
Location: Medbury, Inland North Canterbury
Has thanked: 1656 times
Been thanked: 800 times

Re: Frost reports 2011

Unread post by Richard »

NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote:That's quite a good one there, Richard.
Only down to zero here in the screen, with a light frosting cover :smile:

JohnGaul
NZThS
It was a good one alright,there was even frost up on the hills at 400m where i was working a few km from here.
Woodend must had a good one too,talking to a lady who said her tomatoes got hit quite hard inside her glass house
Skywatcher
Posts: 1249
Joined: Fri 21/02/2003 13:11
Location: Templeton, Christchurch
Has thanked: 0
Been thanked: 49 times

Re: Frost reports 2011

Unread post by Skywatcher »

Got down to -1.1°C overnight but only a very light frost on the grass this morning.
User avatar
Richard
Posts: 8369
Joined: Tue 14/07/2009 07:32
Location: Medbury, Inland North Canterbury
Has thanked: 1656 times
Been thanked: 800 times

Re: Frost reports 2011

Unread post by Richard »

Heavy one here -5C >_< frost on the car at 10.00pm last night
User avatar
snowstormwatcher
Posts: 1643
Joined: Wed 23/09/2009 09:45
Location: South Canterbury. 20km inland from Timaru.
Has thanked: 188 times
Been thanked: 138 times

Re: Frost reports 2011

Unread post by snowstormwatcher »

Thats a hard one for this time of year.
Down to -2 degrees here.
Andy
Posts: 1424
Joined: Tue 27/05/2003 14:15
Location: Alexandra
Has thanked: 131 times
Been thanked: 63 times

Re: Frost reports 2011

Unread post by Andy »

Richard wrote:Heavy one here -5C >_< frost on the car at 10.00pm last night
Sorry to hear Richard, that is not what you need at this time of year. 8-o
Only had -1 here this morning.
NZ Thunderstorm Soc
Posts: 18488
Joined: Wed 12/03/2003 22:08
Location: Raukapuka Geraldine
Has thanked: 1769 times
Been thanked: 1412 times

Re: Frost reports 2011

Unread post by NZ Thunderstorm Soc »

Nice frost here this morning.
Down to minus 0.8C here in West Melton overnight.
JohnGaul
NZThS
User avatar
Richard
Posts: 8369
Joined: Tue 14/07/2009 07:32
Location: Medbury, Inland North Canterbury
Has thanked: 1656 times
Been thanked: 800 times

Re: Frost reports 2011

Unread post by Richard »

lighter one this morning -1.8deg,certainly not as white as yesterday's
Andy
Posts: 1424
Joined: Tue 27/05/2003 14:15
Location: Alexandra
Has thanked: 131 times
Been thanked: 63 times

Re: Frost reports 2011

Unread post by Andy »

-1 here again.
User avatar
Richard
Posts: 8369
Joined: Tue 14/07/2009 07:32
Location: Medbury, Inland North Canterbury
Has thanked: 1656 times
Been thanked: 800 times

Re: Frost reports 2011

Unread post by Richard »

Bit of frost on the roof of the car but not on the windows with the temp gauge saying +0.3deg >_<
User avatar
Richard
Posts: 8369
Joined: Tue 14/07/2009 07:32
Location: Medbury, Inland North Canterbury
Has thanked: 1656 times
Been thanked: 800 times

Re: Frost reports 2011

Unread post by Richard »

Again frost on the roof of the car ,windows unfrozen,gauge says -0.5
melja
Posts: 2202
Joined: Sun 11/06/2006 20:57
Location: Waikawa, Picton
Has thanked: 0
Been thanked: 74 times

Re: Frost reports 2011

Unread post by melja »

Good frost here with grass,roofs and truck all covered.
User avatar
Richard
Posts: 8369
Joined: Tue 14/07/2009 07:32
Location: Medbury, Inland North Canterbury
Has thanked: 1656 times
Been thanked: 800 times

Re: Frost reports 2011

Unread post by Richard »

melja wrote:Good frost here with grass,roofs and truck all covered.
8-o well that surprises me melja,i would have thought that only inland valleys like mine would have had frost this morning :-k
User avatar
CHCH Weather Chaser
Posts: 3460
Joined: Thu 26/06/2008 16:10
Location: Halswell / Hoon Hay Christchurch
Has thanked: 0
Been thanked: 0

Re: Frost reports 2011

Unread post by CHCH Weather Chaser »

Amazing from a few km's does. Coastal NE breeze here around 10-15km/h has the temperature on 11.
Reporting Live from Southern Christchurch
Leighton Thomas

2014 Rainfall: Jan: 21mm Feb: 76mm March: 170mm April: 201mm YTD: 468mm
User avatar
Richard
Posts: 8369
Joined: Tue 14/07/2009 07:32
Location: Medbury, Inland North Canterbury
Has thanked: 1656 times
Been thanked: 800 times

Re: Frost reports 2011

Unread post by Richard »

Mind you see Timaru was on zero first thing in yet they are on the coast but without that NE
User avatar
Nev
Moderator
Posts: 6216
Joined: Tue 07/03/2006 15:24
Location: Waiheke Island, Hauraki Gulf
Has thanked: 468 times
Been thanked: 1064 times

Re: Frost reports 2011

Unread post by Nev »

^ Yes, although Timaru Aero, where that 0.0C air-temp reading was taken, is more like 5km inland, with a gentle WNW'er this morn. Timaru Gardens got down to 2.4C this morn.
Skywatcher
Posts: 1249
Joined: Fri 21/02/2003 13:11
Location: Templeton, Christchurch
Has thanked: 0
Been thanked: 49 times

Re: Frost reports 2011

Unread post by Skywatcher »

Overnight low of 0.8°C here and a light frost on the grass.
User avatar
snowstormwatcher
Posts: 1643
Joined: Wed 23/09/2009 09:45
Location: South Canterbury. 20km inland from Timaru.
Has thanked: 188 times
Been thanked: 138 times

Re: Frost reports 2011

Unread post by snowstormwatcher »

-1.5 degrees here this morning.
User avatar
Richard
Posts: 8369
Joined: Tue 14/07/2009 07:32
Location: Medbury, Inland North Canterbury
Has thanked: 1656 times
Been thanked: 800 times

Re: Frost reports 2011

Unread post by Richard »

Bit of ice on the car this morning while the temp gauge showed +0.5
User avatar
snowstormwatcher
Posts: 1643
Joined: Wed 23/09/2009 09:45
Location: South Canterbury. 20km inland from Timaru.
Has thanked: 188 times
Been thanked: 138 times

Re: Frost reports 2011

Unread post by snowstormwatcher »

Light frost here this morning.
Overnight low of -0.1
Locked