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Daily ground frost report

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Where can I find the current days ground frost report before I bike down the hill? Radio station loves to say it's a frost morning but not the degree. Thanks
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Re: Daily ground frost report

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Metservice Chch. Temperatures will vary across town.
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Re: Daily ground frost report

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I'm not aware of any official real-time ground-frost reports. However, on mornings like this morning where there is no wind to cause mixing, you can generally assume that ground-temps are about 3-4C lower than the reported air-temps.
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Re: Daily ground frost report

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I used to record ground frosts at our old property in Somerfield in Christchurch, but sadly I broke the thermometer when i was shaking the mercury down, as I had gout in my wrist, it flew out of my hand and hit the nearby wheel-barrow. #-o
$110 of worth of thermometer gone and I haven't bothered since then. :( [-X
I felt that the ground frost temps were usually about 3C below the air frost recordings from the recordings that I did.
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