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Colder overnight than the previous night, down to -2.7deg
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Frosty overnight and down to minus 2.4C.
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-2.0°C at my place at present, lawn white.
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Omarama currently-8.6C
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no frost here thanks to thick fog
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Good frost here this morning, down to minus 3.3C
Still traces of frost around the back.
Fine and cold day with some high cloud but no clagg as forecasted.
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Omarama had a maximum of -1 today , low was -9, they must of had fog or low cloud roll in during the morning.
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spwill wrote: Thu 16/07/2020 18:48 Omarama had a maximum of -1 today , low was -9, they must of had fog or low cloud roll in during the morning.
Yes, all those places around there, Twizel and Tekapo had maximum temperatures in the minus figures for today.
Even though it was a fine day with it being sunny this afternoon, this afternoon it was only 2C here at midday.
Nice and warm in my conservatory though :smile:
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-1.5°C here at present, and overcast.
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Yet another good frost this morning, down to minus 3.1C.
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cloud and drizzel again here this morning keeping the frosts at bay
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I see that there was an article on 7 Sharp this evening showing Hoar frosts in the MacKenzie country.
I thought the term for ice on trees was Rime, but then who am I to argue. :>
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Collins dictionary -
Definition of 'hoarfrost'
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hoarfrost in British English
(ˈhɔːˌfrɒst )
noun
a deposit of needle-like ice crystals formed on the ground by direct condensation at temperatures below freezing point
Also called: white frost
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Richard wrote: Sat 18/07/2020 07:58 Collins dictionary -
Definition of 'hoarfrost'
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hoarfrost in British English
(ˈhɔːˌfrɒst )
noun
a deposit of needle-like ice crystals formed on the ground by direct condensation at temperatures below freezing point
Also called: white frost
But ice forming on trees would be the same as on the ground, any surface surely?
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Low cloud, etc.,cleared away overnight to become fine and frosty this morning. Down to minus 1.7C at 8am.
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Good white frost this morning, down to minus 3.4C.
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Heading for a similar frost tonight, beautiful day before that.
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This mornings frost got as low as -2.1 deg
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Airport is at -3.6C now, Lyttelton 1.6C but there will be frost on some cars as there was yesterday morning. A rare sight here.
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Being hovering around the -2 mark since 1.00am
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Down to minus 3.6C this morning.
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Fairly frosty at Arthur's Pass today, here in the Otira Valley especially!
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Down to minus 2.1C this morning.
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down to -1.8 this morning here
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A colder night, down as low as -3deg
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