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Re: Frosts 2017

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Below zero here at the moment. Interesting to see how low it will get tomorrow morning, 8)
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Richard wrote:Dipped to a low of -2.7deg, wont be a frost tonight, NW wind is close to coming through.
wrong >_< wind has only just come up in the last 15mins, got as low as -4.4deg, now around zero at sunrise.
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Surprisingly this cold spell has now passed without producing even a moderate frost here. My own setup has not got below -1 since the -2.0C it recorded back on May 22

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Good frost here overnight, down to minus 5C.
Overcast morning with it remaining below zero for much of the morning.
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Yeah thick high cloud trapping the cold, down to -3.7 here overnight and currently +1.8c
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Light frost here this morning, thought it may of been lower with all that rain we had yesterday, but only down to minus 1.8C.
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very light frost this morning on +0.1deg
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-5 here
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A light frozen rime formed on part of the roof of my car this morning when it was left outside between 8:30am and 9:30am in Tinwald.
+1.0 here in Ashburton now.
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Cleared up overnight to allow a frosting morning with it getting down to minus 2.8C.
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light frost again on 0.2deg
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Not much frosting around this morning but there was ice on the truck window.
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A very dry frost this morning, hardly any white yet its -2.6deg
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-7 this morning
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A good frost this morning, down to minus 5.5C.
Still lots of white around in places shadowed by the sun.
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In Orewa Beach: a local mentioned frost on his car this morning. Certainly a cooler day today, sunny and blue skies.
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Also, my Silverdale Spy reports a light frost this morning.
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-13.3 in Mt Cook this morning

The Cheifs are going to feel the cold at AMI Stadium tonight, already 1 degree here!
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Razor wrote:-13.3 in Mt Cook this morning

The Cheifs are going to feel the cold at AMI Stadium tonight, already 1 degree here!
As long as there is no wind shouldn't be to bad running around. There was a semi final in Hamilton against the hurricanes I went to that was below freezing, then the fog rolled in about 5 mins before full time.
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Some 'perma' frost around today.
Down to minus 1.3 now, interesting to see what it will be like just before sun-up? 8)
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-2.7C here in West Melton, only 2C off the coldest temp recorded year!
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-3.5 at Chch Aero so far
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-5.8 here in Rangiora and thats at 5m above the ground too.
Almost the same as Alexandra.
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Lowest so far this winter with -4.8deg, so far, might go lower yet before the sun comes up
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melja wrote:-5.8 here in Rangiora and thats at 5m above the ground too.
Almost the same as Alexandra.
Interesting :-k what would a under 2m gauge be reading. The Medbury gauge here is at 2m
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