Severe frosts forecast across NZ
Page 1 of 2 .......Updated 1:19PM Monday July 07, 2008
By James Ihaka, David Eames and NZPA
After a week of serious snowfalls across the country, clearing skies will mean some of the toughest frosts of the winter so far, MetService warned today.
Spokesman Bob McDavitt said a slow-moving anticyclone was nudging in, bringing with it clear nights and light winds.
"The scene is being set for several nights in a row with severe frosts and roads with black ice", he said.
"It'll be great for skiing but hazardous for driving."
Some inland valleys were still shaded from the low winter sun and air that had been chilled by recent snowfalls would be trapped until the northerly winds returned on Thursday, Mr McDavitt said.
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