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Politics : The Environmentalist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (24749)	5/29/2009 2:00:50 PM
From: miraje	Respond to of 36917

Looks like the South Pole isn't melting quite yet. NZ gets polar blast. Where did those sunspots go??? nz.news.yahoo.com Queen's Birthday Weekend chill forecast A Queen's Birthday Weekend polar blast is set to end autumn on a wintry note. Weatherwatch.co.nz analyst Philip Duncan says it will be even colder than the bitter Antarctic blast that swept through last week. "This one is coming from almost on the ice caps. So it's very, very close super chilled air. While it sounds very dramatic, the air itself is actually quite dry, so most places probably won't have a very wet weekend." Roads across the Central Plateau and parts of the South Island are expected to see snow. Light snow could fall as far north as the Coromandel Peninsula and the Kaimai Ranges and Hunua Ranges. (how often does that* happen?) Mr Duncan wants trampers to be aware that the temperatures will be very low. "You're going to be dealing with alpine conditions. With snow flurries possible on some of those peaks." The forecasts are being welcomed by ski field operators, with another announcing it is expecting a cracker season. Cardrona Alpine Resort Spokeswoman Nadia Ellis says the cold weather over the past few weeks has delivered lots of snow. "We haven't seen snow this deep at the ski area since probably about 1995. So if May's snow is anything to go by, we're setting up for a real record breaker."*