[LCA2019 Chat] temperature in the conference

[Cherie Ellis]

here's the 10 day forecast as of today:
https://www.metservice.com/towns-cities/christchurch/christchurch-city#!/ten-day

Cherie


On Mon, 14 Jan 2019 at 09:50, Ewen McNeill <lca2019 at ewen.mcneill.gen.nz>
wrote:

> On 2019-01-14 02:21, Russell Coker wrote:
> > Some LCAs have been held on an outdoors based campus where you have to
> walk
> > around outside between lectures.  Some have been held mostly indoors,
> there
> > was one in Tasmania where we hardly saw the sun from 9-5.
>
> I believe LCA2019 is being held mainly in two buildings at the
> University of Canterbury: Central Lecture Theatres, and North Arts.
>
> https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/maps/home
>
> shows what looks like a short outdoor walk between them, as well as an
> outdoor lawn in between should one have a chance to sit in the sun.  So
> depending on your choice of schedule, and the weather, there should be
> opportunities to see the sun.
>
> For clothing planning purposes, I'd suggest thinking of New Zealand as
> Tasmania -- a relatively isolated (set of) islands, with not much
> between it and Antarctica.  In summer, with no wind / wind from the
> north, it can be reasonable warm (20-30C), but not "Australia hot".  In
> summer, with wind from the south, it can be relatively cool (eg,
> 12-15C).  And it can change in a matter of hours.  I've just put a
> heater on here in Wellington (13C currently), and Christchurch looks
> even cooler today (11C currently).  (A couple of days ago I was trying
> to air the house out to cool it down...)
>
> If you're the sort of person who happily wears shorts in winter (I have
> some friends like that...) you'll be fine.  If not, you might want to
> pack a change of clothes with options for cooler weather, as well as
> shorts/t-shirts.  (And it looks like overnight lows are around 10-15C on
> the current long range forecast.)
>
> Ewen
>
> PS: So far it's seeming a relatively wet summer, so packing a rain
> jacket is probably a good idea too.
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