Brief but Cold change Thursday (29th) afternoon

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Brief but Cold change Thursday (29th) afternoon

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Looking like a morning NW flow with give way to much colder southerly throughout the south island. Snow to low levels in the south, 400-500m over Canterbury for time during the evening! Nice way to see us into winter in a couple of days time.
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Re: Brief but Cold change Thursday (29th) afternoon

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Sorry but this just isn't worthy of its own thread to my mind....be better in General May weather
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felt a huge temp drop as the cold south wind kicked in, did not have temps, but would love to see some!
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Re: Brief but Cold change Thursday (29th) afternoon

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Taken from my Kestrel 4500 which I had logging every 10s that afternoon :) Temps before change might be slightly overestimated due to sunlight.
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Re: Brief but Cold change Thursday (29th) afternoon

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Karliosis wrote:Taken from my Kestrel 4500 which I had logging every 10s that afternoon :) Temps before change might be slightly overestimated due to sunlight.
Impressive drop eh?!
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Re: Brief but Cold change Thursday (29th) afternoon

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It was a gust-front which did deliver strong winds and a gradual drop of temperature as it moved over. ;P
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What would the most significant change in temp over a very short time frame have been in NZ met history? interesting if anyone has any info they could share on this
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Re: Brief but Cold change Thursday (29th) afternoon

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6C in 5 minutes as per above graph is impressive
I have seen 5C temp drops here after an active cold front before...
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