Your Local Weather Saturday 30th June 2012

[JennyLeez]

MetService:
Chilly start for many today: Mackenzie -9, Nelson Lakes -7, Queenstown -6, Waiouru/Reefton/Blenheim -5, Rotorua/Timaru/Invercargill -4.

[JennyLeez]

Widespread frosts affected a number of regions overnight as temperatures had a chance to fully drop with the lack of wind and cloud.
As we predicted yesterday inland parts of the lower South Island saw the heaviest frosts.
Temperatures fell to -9 in Twizel, -6 in Lumsden and -5 in Queenstown and Blenheim.  -3 was recorded in Dunedin, Timaru and Christchurch - but felt significantly colder.
It was cold in the north too with Waikato dropping below -3 and one WeatherWatch.co.nz reader said temperatures fell to -5.3 in Owhango, King Country, this morning.
Auckland received frosty conditions across the city too as the skies temporarily cleared overnight.  This morning high cloud from a small disturbance north of New Zealand is limiting the sun's ability to warm the city up following the cold start - and it's a similar story in Northland too.
Not everyone had a frost - some parts of Wellington had 8 degrees and showers/drizzle this morning at 7am and some of this moisture made it over the hills to Paekakariki - stopping frosts from forming there too, despite frosts further up the Kapiti Coast.
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[Rex]

Mahia Beach Front

Showers with sunny breaks.
SW wind dying out. Tending S.
80% cloud lessening
Temp 10.3

[David]

High cloud has thinned in Howick, mostly sunny weather. Up to 11°C. Light puffs of wind from the S earlier, NE now.

[Rwood]

Drab day with only a few peeps of sun and a couple of light showers. But will still end up a little ahead of average June sun, a welcome change from the previous 2 Junes.

[einzack]

a great day in Reefton. currently 4.4°C with lots of sun. we maxed out at 5.0°C earlier.
no wind.
in Greymouth for groceries earlier this afternoon and a very cold Easterly wind was terrible. car temp was reading 10°C, but it felt considerably colder than our 4.4°C here.

[ato2]

New Plymouth: nice sunny day, though light SE felt cold! Nothing over 11 degrees, was around 3 degrees this morning. Some high cloud about, so we know what is about to turn up in a day or two. So I mowed the lawns to beat the rain!

[deepsouthweather]

Update for Invercargill Nth.

Stunning calm sunny day in the deep south after this mornings frosty -4.3c. Todays High made it to 6.0c. Looks like another good frost again tonight.

[Derek]

High cloud dominated the day in Waitakere, preventing the temperature from rising much at all - sunshine was weak when it shone through.  We made it to a high of 10.4°C from our low of 1.4°C, looked quite cloudy just before but it's already down to 4.9°C, which is 2°C less than the same time yesterday.

[OhauitiWeather]

Mostly fine and sunny weather for most today, it will be a cold start though with heavy frosts in inland areas of both Islands.

Sunny across most of the North Island however there will be the odd shower and some cloud about the east coast gradually clearing as the day moves on, cool southwesterlies will ease there. And about Northland some high cloud will develop in the afternoon with winds tending easterly.

Clear skies across all of the South Island with light winds, a little cloud about Fiordland later in the day as winds tend northeasterly there.

Temperatures will range from the mid teens about the upper North Island to the high single figures in the lower south.

- By weather analyst Aaron Wilkinson, WeatherWatch.co.nz
http://www.weatherwatch.co.nz/content/saturday%E2%80%99s-national-forecast-3

[TokWW]

Forecast for tokoroa for Sunday 1st July:

Tonight    Partly cloudy in the evening, becoming partly to mostly cloudy after midnight. Low 0°. Wind east-southeast around 5 kph.

Sunday    Partly to mostly sunny in the morning, becoming sunny in the afternoon. High 11°. Wind east-southeast around 6 kph.

Sunday night    Clear, with moderate to heavy frost. Low -2°. Wind east-southeast around 6 kph.

Monday    Sunny. High 12°. Wind east around 7 kph.

[Te Puke Weather]

from The Metservice.
Today's high of 14 degrees was recorded in 2 places - Paihia, Russell.

Today's lowest maximum temperature was 9 degrees and was recorded in 3 places - Milford Sound, Mount Cook, Hanmer Springs.
 

Town/City   Temp Kaitaia   13° Paihia   14° Russell   14° Dargaville   13° Whangarei   13° Auckland   11° Whitianga   12° Thames   12° Tauranga   13° Whakatane   13° Hamilton   10° Te Kuiti   12° Taumarunui   10° Rotorua   10° Tokoroa   10° Taupo   10° New Plymouth   11° Gisborne   11° Napier   11° Hastings   11° Napier Hastings   11° Dannevirke   10° Masterton   10° Wanganui   12° Palmerston North   10° Levin   11° Paraparaumu   10° Wellington   10° Motueka   10° Nelson   11° Blenheim   10° Kaikoura   10°

Reefton   8° Westport   12° Greymouth   11° Hokitika   11° Milford Sound   4° Christchurch   10° Ashburton   8° Oamaru   8° Timaru   9° Mount Cook   4° Alexandra   6° Queenstown   6° Wanaka   5° Dunedin   8° Gore   5° Invercargill   7° Hanmer Springs   4° Tuatapere   6° Riverton   6° Wyndham   6° Nightcaps   6° Winton   6° Te Anau   6°