On Mon, 15 Aug 2011 11:50:34 -0700 (PDT), Lawrence13
wrote:

Wasn't so daft after all

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...w-Zealand.html

He obviously new it was coming. Best long range forcast ever made I
reckon

I wonder if he does lotto numbers? I can see it now. ppppppick a
ppppppenguine

Will nab that Penguin quick.

According to the New Zealand Herald (Tuesday morning there):

"The polar blast that brought snow to downtown Auckland for the first
time in 72 years - and created the city's coldest day on record - is
set to worsen in many parts of the North and South Islands."

However, bear in mind that the coldest max they are talking about
is.....

"Climate scientist Georgina Griffiths of the National Institute of
Water and Atmospheric Research said yesterday was the coldest day ever
recorded in Auckland.

The temperature got up to only 8.2C - compared with the previous
lowest high of 8.7C, on July 4, 1996.

The last time snow settled on the ground in the city was 1939. It fell
to ground level at the airport in 1976."

Bear in mind that the snow in Auckland was just a few brief flurries -
I have seen the pictures.

And as for the penguin - he is having trouble coping with it:

http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/weat...y-feet-4352631

He is in Wellington, 400 miles south of Auckland and a bit colder and
snowier.


My brother in law who lives in NZ is a climate change denier. This
little lot is going to play right into his hands.

Steve