Brrrrrrr.........Cold

[Kevnool]

I tell ya it must be cold at mt buller or somewhere down in VIC cause that wind from the south is cold 11c all day... :cold: .thats unheard of......cheers kev.

[CoombellKid]

Oh boy you Aussies :lol: wind chill factor of 11c :rofl:

You ever been to NZ :D or Canada :scared:

regards,CS

[Lee]

I'm in Queenstown at the moment - I can tell you that I've never been so cold as Tuesday am - zero ambient, 70kph wind chill (on jetboat) - my face was so numb I actually couldn't talk properly!
Seriously - has been my coldest trip to NZ - some of their worst winter weather for decades in parts.....

[CoombellKid]

Lee,

My mum lives in Christchurch, she was telling me a couple of years ago
in Dunedin I think it was it didn't rise above -13c for like 7-8 days.
Dunedin is just a stones throw and a bit to your SE.

I tried walking to a local pub in Waterloo, Quebec once in -10 with wind
chill of -25, they have ground and windchill tempts there. In an couple
of pairs of jeans and couple or so sloppy joes and whatever else I could
throw on. Dont try taken a pee on the way home lol. No bull it was literally
turning to ice before it hit the ground. And you think frost bit on ya earlobes
or nose is bad lol

regards,CS

[CoombellKid]

Hey Lee,

While your out there, you see them mountains with the huge shingle slides.
You can run down them... boy thats a hoot!!! but then again being winter
they might be covered up. I spent a lot of time in the mountains more to
your north as a kid... Wanaka and through and up along the Haast Pass.
And further north in Arthurs Pass and the Temple Basin, some great shingle
slides up in that area... some 4500' high.

regards,CS

[Lee]

Arthurs Pass had 1.5m of snow dumped on it last weekend - buries cars.... I don't think too many shingle slides visible! We had to seriously adjust our itinerary due to cold and snow - all the mountain passes were closed....

[Ian Robinson]

If the weather forecast is on the mark , Newcastle will be brass monkey territory overnight after the cold front gets here.

Good night to stay inside where it's warm.

Checking the BoM site and looking at the national radar plot, that storm (off the south coast) has a heap of circulation in it an looks intense.
Damaging winds are expected to develop overnight, most likely after 3AM, between Newcastle and Coffs Harbour with average speeds of over 65 km/h and peak gusts in excess of 100km/h. Winds should ease during Saturday.

I've battened down the hatches as it will be a wild woolly night.

[CoombellKid]

Although I'm a couple of hours north of Coffs, I have firewood chopped
and the fireplace stoked :D :whistle:

regards,CS

[CoombellKid]

I believe it :) enjoy your holiday. I hope you get to do most things you
set out to do or look at... or whatever your doing there lol. I'd find the
nearest big pub with a big fireplace and settle in for the long haul.

regards, CS and safe trip

[Kevnool]

Yep 11c that was the coldest day here this year so far.....miserable.

cant wait to look at the new moon,s weather i hope its doubled....cheers Kev.

[erick]

Yep, I had a visit to Canada one winter. So cold the snow/ice was solid and so slippery in my relatively smooth-soled boots. Came down a few times!

And the most amazing things - my breath would freeze in my moustache creating all these little spikes on my top lip - very funny feeling and not very comfortable.

[Kevnool]

Even Tonight its as cold as a mother inlaws kiss....cheers Kev.

[Jazza]

2c in Tassie this morning ;)
Friend of mine was silyl and walked into uni!
Jay

[CoombellKid]

Yeah lol, bazaar that:lol: ya get a lil bit of that where Lee is now. But I do
remember the frozen facial hair effect in Canada, I think facial hair was
about the only thing keeping the skin of my chin still attached. If you
want cold, there is only one place civil on Earth Canada in winter.
Winnipeg in summer is like Melbourne in winter.... I'llhave a look but I think
I got a pic of me standing infront of the "welcome to Winnipeg" sign some
wheres lol... in shorts too.... dang Kiwi:whistle:

regards,CS

[Jen]

:eyepop::eyepop:im guessing you dont get along with your inlaws LMAO
:lol::lol::lol::lol:
yep its very cold i had my scope out for 15min and i said bugger this im going inside where it is nice and toasty and i'll get my fix from some amazing pics from you lot in here :D:D :thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Glenhuon]

Yep, 0 deg outside. Just come in after 4 hours of drift aligning, half way there, the azimuth is spot on. Gave up on the altitude for next time, fingers have thawed out but still got frozen toes, and I'm wearing freezer boots.
Realising that one of the prerequesits for astronomy is patience. :lol:

Bill

[astronut]

This is a members scope at the weekends (23/8) observing in The Southern Highlands of N.S.W.
Temp? -4c:thumbsup:

[Jen]

:eyepop: :cold::cold:

[bmitchell82]

ooopsy dasy! :D

[astronut]

Jen,
The scope in the images was a 12" version of your scope.
Excellent views, until the ICE struck.:scared:

[Jen]

Awww the poor scope needed a blanky he is frozen :lol:

[Kevnool]

John the ice on your scope is unbelievable ......cheers Kev.

[garyp]

I'm in Timaru which is about half way between Christchurch and Dunedin. It is on the coast and we don't normally get snow but we did this year and a couple of years ago as well.



I have also ran down shigle slides in the Rangitata gorge. It really is as much fun as you say.:thumbsup:

Cheers

Gary.