Snow hits Timaru! :D

[Matthew]

Hi everyone,

Almost two years on, its snowing in Timaru see below photos:







Theres a rumour that all aircraft flying in and out of NZTU at the moment are required to fit snow skis, and carry shovels at all times !!

See the following link for the 2006 report. N.B. This is from 2006, it is not current. News Link

Edit: Here's a video I made too



Matthew

[Ian Warren]

Global Warming my foot , nothing in CHCH yet and quite frankly i hope i dose,t .... Give the nice 30 deg ers every day !

[Matthew]

Its on the way, its moving north

We have 3 inches so far, and its still coming down strongly

[jastheace]

Hey, that brings back some memories, where abouts in timaru are you, they pics look familiar, i used to live in Paeroa, and then down by mountian view high school

[Matthew]

I'm in Kiwi Drive, beside West End Park

[jastheace]

ah right, that is why it looked familiar, i had a mate how lived in the neighbourhood,

i will be thinking of you guys shivvering in the 5-10c range, it is 23c here at the moment with properly about 75-90% humidity, and yet some of the instructers and students are wearing thick coats muttering how cold it is?!

[Matthew]

lol, its about 0 degrees here

[Peppermint]

QUOTE (jastheace @ Jun 7 2008, 02:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

ah right, that is why it looked familiar, i had a mate how lived in the neighbourhood,

i will be thinking of you guys shivvering in the 5-10c range, it is 23c here at the moment with properly about 75-90% humidity, and yet some of the instructers and students are wearing thick coats muttering how cold it is?!

Haha, that's just typical of Australians. When I was over on the gold coast in shorts and a t shirt in the 25 degree heat, I got some really funny looks from everyone in their sweatshirts.

Looks like a bit of a blizzard in Timaru! The rain is off and on here in Kaiapoi at the moment, sort of hoping it does snow, but with the wet ground as it is now it wont be around long.

[Peppermint]

The snow's here now!

[Matthew]

cool How heavy is it?

[Peppermint]

Looks pretty similar to Timaru

[Matthew]

ok lol

[Ian Warren]

Thannnx Mathew , ....

[Matthew]

I just tried posting a youtube video of the snow using

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[video]http://www.youtube.com/v/Y1S3ExQl39k[/video]

it didn't work Alex?

[Charl]

QUOTE (Matthew @ Jun 7 2008, 01:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hi everyone,
Almost two years on, its snowing in Timaru

So start your Flight Simulator, and select "Real World Weather" for Timaru.
It says "Scattered Cloud" which is a little disappointing at first.
Once in the sim, plenty of rain and cloud.
Climb out, at 2,500 ft there it is



Looking pretty filthy down there, have a happy winter!

[NZ255]

QUOTE (Matthew @ Jun 7 2008, 04:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I just tried posting a youtube video of the snow using

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[video]http://www.youtube.com/v/Y1S3ExQl39k[/video]

it didn't work Alex?

I think you just place the last after /v/ eg.

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[video]Y1S3ExQl39k[/video]

Lets try...

[Matthew]

Thanks, i'll edit my post above and add it

[Mattnz]

Cool - we've had a bit of snow down here today, but not too much

[Peppermint]

Stopped snowing here at about 5:30 ish, went outside and 'measured' how deep it was, I'd say it's about 3 inches. Snowman in the morning if it's still there!

[LMerraine]

3 words - I'm home sick.

Don't think I'll be seeing snow in Northam any time soon.