A Downer EDI Works truck clears snow from the roads near Coronet Peak yesterday. This morning’s roading threat is possible widespread black ice across the North Island. Photo / Simon Williams.
UPDATED 6:50am
Last night WeatherWatch.co.nz exclusively predicted widespread frosts across New Zealand, including in Auckland. North Islanders are this morning waking to an extremely cold start to the day.
Please note the coldest time of the day is shortly after sunrise so we expect temperatures to drop even further in the next 30 minutes.
Temperatures this hour…
- 0.5 degrees in sheltered, parts of Auckland (WeatherWatch.co.nz predicted Zero)
- -0.4 in Whitianga
- -2.4 in Hamilton
- -1.8 in Napier
- -2.4 in Hastings
- -4 in Waiouru
- -2 in Taupo
- -2 in Rotorua
Overnight conditions were colder further south, however a front moving up the country has warmed things up a little. As of 10pm last night…
- 0.3 at New Plymouth airport
- 1.3 in New Plymouth city
- 1.5 in Paraparaumu
- -2
- 1 in Masterton
- 1 in Palmerston North
- 3 in Lower Hutt
- 1 in Nelson
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Guest on 21/05/2009 10:28am
Just returned home from hockey training in Palmerston North. In the space of an hours training, a decent layer of ice had covered my car!. There were also patches of ice forming on the outer edges of the water turf. Beautiful clear night; can’t wait to see the frost we’re going to have in the morning.
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Guest on 21/05/2009 7:15pm
AM temp 8 degrees
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Guest on 21/05/2009 9:10am
Rain radar on metservice showing rain due to hit within an hour or two (if it is rain) would this rain be the warm front?. Last hour Burwood weather station and my own showed temp rising from 3 deg to 5 between 7-8o-clock but now dropping – thought that was strange must have been a light westerly.
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WW Forecast Team on 21/05/2009 9:33am
Hi there,
Yep that first band will be the warm front…although I use the word "warm" very loosely! These fronts look more inclined to bring in showers rather than rain…Saturday is another story though. Definitely the chance for snow to lowish levels around Canterbury again. Amazing end to Autumn!
Keep us updated on conditions in your area.
Cheers,
Philip Duncan
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Andrew on 21/05/2009 8:50am
In Northcote at around 9 pm its 5.8c In Northcote. I believe it will be around 1c ish tomorrow morning….
Andrew
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David on 21/05/2009 9:09am
3.3¬∞ in west Howick according my weather station…perhaps around 0 tomorrow morning if skies remain clear all night…
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WW Forecast Team on 21/05/2009 9:29am
Definitely a chance of light frosts in some sheltered places around Auckland however in the past hour a few little clouds have appeared and temps seem to have stopped falling so quickly…if at all.
Phil.
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