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Apparently the fog was still around at 11am here, unusual for it to last that long
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Got a high of 8.6 with thick fog and fog all day. Never saw the outline of the sun. At 5pm the fog really came back down and it's pea soup out there again. Dam cold with that wind too.

I hope it's not like this tomorrow night cause no one will be able to watch the chiefs wallop the crusaders.
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High of 8.3°C here, and as Jamie said, fog nearly all day.....
It lifted to around 20m AGL around here in the mid afternoon so it looked like low cloud but then started to lower as the temp dropped.

So a lovely overcast foggy day :)
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Metservice take out the "chance of fog" from your forecasts....... The fog came back around 6 PM here.
A cool 6°C atm.....
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Fog here again. I noticed it was back when I looked out the window at 11pm last night, thought the light SW breeze overnight might have cleared it
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fog cleared at about 6am here. doesnt help my chances of getting to chch tho as the plane taking me there thismorning couldnt land in hamilton last night so no flight. Oh the joys of weather and flying.
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Had a thick fog here also,this was about 9.00 last night but it disappeared over night
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Richard wrote:Had a thick fog here also,this was about 9.00 last night but it disappeared over night
yea thick enough to cancel my fligth to chch. if its not fog in auckland or hamilton is the bloody stuff in chch. Oh well - no conference presentation for me. at least i can watch the rugby tonight now.
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Much clearer today,cleared about 9am here not 12.30 like yesterday.
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Another fine day after that foggy start, max around 14C. I see the July average max for Ak is 14.7C, min 7.1C
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Fine but cool day here in Dunedin. Should be a good frost in the valleys tonight.
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Michael wrote:Much clearer today,cleared about 9am here not 12.30 like yesterday.
It was already mostly sunny in the city by 9am too, apparently here at home the fog stuck around most of the morning though
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I drove through Central Otago today and there was freezing fog/hoar frost at Fruitlands between Roxbrough and Alexandra. Car thermometer was reading -3 at midday there.
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Already down to 3.5°C here, it could possibly dip just under 0 tomorrow morning :)
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Looking forward to the NW flow developing later this week. Looking like a whole week of wet weather for the West Coast of the South Island.
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Yes it will be nice,i'm just looking forward to spring because i'm sick of looking at so many munted trees about the place.
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GFS accumulated rainfall for the next 8 days.

The rain comes into the west of the SI from Friday by the looks.
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Back to average temperatures will be nice, generally warmer weather on the way for NZ.
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8-o do i see that right? is that 400mm plus on the GFS chart
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oh crikey. 463mm of rain right over us. that could make for an exciting time at work.
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Wow...!
Jetboat grounded as Shotover freezes
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The worst big freeze in almost 20 years has left parts of the Shotover River frozen solid, metres across, keeping jetboat operators off the water for almost record periods.

The river has been choked with ice, making it too dangerous for boats to operate because of the risk of large chunks of ice getting sucked into the jet units, causing power and steering to fail.

Ngai Tahu Tourism southern region jetboating manager Clark Scott said until 2pm yesterday Shotover Jet was getting close to its 1994 record of 11 consecutive days not operating because of ice. The big red boats finally got back on the water for two hours after a frustrating eight-day hiatus.

Last week was traditionally one of Queenstown's two busiest winter weeks, the first week of the school holiday. The company normally carries hundreds of passengers a day during that week, so the ice represented some big losses, but Mr Scott would not say how much.

Story continues: http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/7249479 ... er-freezes
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^ Not surprising really. :mrgreen: As David pointed out earlier, up until Saturday morn, Queenstown Aero had recorded 8 consecutive nights with minima lower than -6.0C (lowest being -7.7C), and daytime temps haven't been more than 6C since.

I think Queenstown Aero's previous record, since records began in 1969, was 6 consecutive nights with minima lower than -6.0C, set in July 1996 (although June 1992 would've been 9 consecutive nights, had one night not managed only -5.5C :-s ).
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Glorious day here today. Warm too.
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Sunnier than normal Autumn/Winter months so far for Auckland, mother nature making up for the cloudy summer.
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GFS has backed off somewhat from whats its been showing for SI west coast on this mornings run.
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