White said it was short of the city\u2019s all-time August record of -6.5C recorded in 1975.<\/p>\n
He said Wairoa reached -1.9C on Friday morning, while Mahia was comparably balmy at 3.5C.<\/p>\n
At the same time, Hastings dropped to -3.4C, Waipukurau hit -3.6C and Dannevirke -3.2C.<\/p>\n
\u201cVery icy,\u201d White said.<\/p>\n
\u201cGenerally, anything below -3C, you\u2019re getting in that severe frost kind of area.\u201d<\/p>\n
Frost seen from Te Aute Rd looking toward Mt Erin. Photo \/ Anne Bishop<\/p>\n
A police spokeswoman said a vehicle left the road on State Highway 2 near Tangoio around 8.30am on Friday following reports of black ice in the area.<\/p>\n
A Hato Hone St John spokeswoman said ambulance staff transported one patient in a serious condition to Hawke\u2019s Bay Hospital from the scene.<\/p>\n
White said a welcome change in the weather was to come through to Hawke\u2019s Bay from Friday, with clear conditions and temperatures ranging from 12C to 13C.<\/p>\n
However, the frosty feeling would remain through Friday night into Saturday morning with lows of 0C for Napier and 1C for Hastings.<\/p>\n
On Saturday, White said there could be cloud, but temperatures should feel warmer.<\/p>\n
Wairoa could expect northwesterlies with a high of 16C and a low of 4C.<\/p>\n
Mahia could expect similar conditions with a high of 13C and a low of 7C.<\/p>\n
Fine conditions were expected in Napier for the Magpies\u2019 first home game of the season against Tasman, with westerlies turning northerly in the morning, a high of 15C and a low of 6C.<\/p>\n
Temperatures for the game at 7pm were expected to be around 9C. <\/p>\n
Similar conditions were expected in Hastings with a high of 15C and a low of 4C.<\/p>\n
Partly cloudy in Waipukurau with northwesterlies, a high of 15C and a low of 3C.<\/p>\n
Similar conditions were expected in Dannevirke, with northwesterlies dying out for a time in the afternoon, a high of 14C and a low of 3C.<\/p>\n
On Sunday, a front was expected to cross the North Island, potentially bringing periods of rain to Hawke\u2019s Bay.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs well as some warmer temperatures,\u201d White said.<\/p>\n
Wairoa could expect partly cloudy conditions with a few showers developing in the afternoon and northerlies, a high of 16C and a low of 7C.<\/p>\n
Similar conditions in Mahia with a high of 14C and a low of 9C.<\/p>\n
Partly cloudy in Napier with a chance of an afternoon shower, northeasterlies, a high of 16C and a low of 7C.<\/p>\n
Similar conditions in Hastings with a high of 16C and a low of 6C.<\/p>\n
Showers were also expected in the afternoon for Waipukurau with a high of 15C and a low of 5C.<\/p>\n
Dannevirke looked to be cloudy with occasional rain from the afternoon, northerlies, a high of 14C and a low of 6C.<\/p>\n
Jack Riddell is a multimedia journalist with Hawke\u2019s Bay Today and has worked in radio and media in the UK, Germany, and New Zealand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"White said it was short of the city\u2019s all-time August record of -6.5C recorded in 1975. He said…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":561196,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[276143,806,1561,9218,50750,131886,152625,8984,36000,1976,4508,302,13840,3607,111,43,139,69,2848,32259],"class_list":["post-561195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-35c","tag-as","tag-bay","tag-before","tag-blankets","tag-coldest","tag-darkest","tag-dawn","tag-frost","tag-hawkes","tag-hits","tag-its","tag-like","tag-napier","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-severe","tag-warm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=561195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561195\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/561196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=561195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=561195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=561195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}