[LCA2019 Chat] temperature in the conference

[E. Dunham]

Additionally, bring or expect to buy sunblock! Especially if you're used
to parts of the world with a normal ozone layer, you might be
unpleasantly surprised to spend an hour or two outdoors on a cold or
even overcast day and end up burned.

On Sun, Jan 13, 2019, at 4:17 PM, Andrew Donnellan wrote:
> 11 degrees sounds positively pleasant compared to the next week of
> maximums at http://www.bom.gov.au/act/forecasts/canberra.shtml> Looking forward to it being as freezing as possible!
> 
> On Mon, 14 Jan 2019 at 06:46, John Carter
> <john.carter at taitradio.com> wrote:>> I would caution that Steven has a local's perception of
>> temperature....>> 
>> At the moment outside it's 11 degrees C.
>> 
>> Before acclimatizing to this place I would have classed today as
>> "#%@#! freezing, one notch above winter".>> 
>> So it depends on where you come from.... and the weather on the day.>> 
>> Our weather is mostly determined by a (near weekly) cycle of cold
>> fronts sweeping across the southern oceans... if we have a Southerly
>> (like right now)... it will be substantially cold(er).>> 
>> 
>> Otherwise it should be (mostly) a balmy warm summer. :-)
>> 
>> If you aim to go to the Alp's in the before / after conference....
>> the peaks near Arthur's Pass are currently below freezing with a wind
>> chill of -6 at the moment.>> 
>> But on a warm day will be quite pleasant.
>> 
>> 
>> On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 7:28 AM Steven Sykes
>> <chair at lca2019.org> wrote:>>> 


>>> On 14/01/19 2:21 AM, Russell Coker wrote:
>>>> How much going outside will be involved at this one and how
>>>> effective will air- conditioners be?  Will we need to wear jackets
>>>> inside or will shorts and t- shirt (the most suitable clothing for
>>>> outside according to the weather forecast last time I checked) be
>>>> ok for the entire day?>>> The UC campus allows you to get a lot of fresh air and see the sun,
>>> assuming it shows itself.>>> Always a good to idea to keep a watch on this page:


>>> https://www.metservice.com/towns-cities/christchurch/christchurch-city>>> And then plan your day accordingly. But, typically, shorts and T-
>>> shirt with a light jersery/jack as backup should see you through.>>> Cheers,


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