thunderstorms heading towards the auckland area! (4pm)
Forum rules
These topics are a read-only archive and may be subject to out-of-date information.
For today's weather discussion head to: New Zealand Weather & Climate
These topics are a read-only archive and may be subject to out-of-date information.
For today's weather discussion head to: New Zealand Weather & Climate
-
- Posts: 233
- Joined: Wed 22/09/2004 11:05
- Location: Carterton RD1, Wairarapa.
- Has thanked: 0
- Been thanked: 0
- Contact:
Gidday guys,
i was off farm today, but I thought you may be interested in veiwing my Weather Display Screenshot for the day which clearly shows the storm and associated rain event....
I still can't get my WD PC to upload to the net so unfortunately this is as good as I can do for now!
i was off farm today, but I thought you may be interested in veiwing my Weather Display Screenshot for the day which clearly shows the storm and associated rain event....
I still can't get my WD PC to upload to the net so unfortunately this is as good as I can do for now!
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
Four Oaks Farm - West Taratahi AWS
RD1 Carterton (Wairarapa), Amateur Weather Observation Station
Davis VP2+ with Solar, UV and 24hr FARS and complete 1-Wire WX System
http://www.cartertonweather.org.nz
RD1 Carterton (Wairarapa), Amateur Weather Observation Station
Davis VP2+ with Solar, UV and 24hr FARS and complete 1-Wire WX System
http://www.cartertonweather.org.nz
-
- Posts: 12305
- Joined: Mon 10/03/2003 16:30
- Location: West Coast Road, Manukau Peninsula, North Island
- Has thanked: 0
- Been thanked: 0
- Contact:
i thought the upload problem was just that it disconnects after the last file is uploaded, prematurely...but that they do upload?
maybe email me your settings (go aciton, back up registry entry now, and email me the files wdisplayftp.reg from the folder databackup)
looking at the rain radar, the squall line developed over the waipoa forest
maybe email me your settings (go aciton, back up registry entry now, and email me the files wdisplayftp.reg from the folder databackup)
looking at the rain radar, the squall line developed over the waipoa forest
-
- Posts: 12305
- Joined: Mon 10/03/2003 16:30
- Location: West Coast Road, Manukau Peninsula, North Island
- Has thanked: 0
- Been thanked: 0
- Contact:
just some follow up:
I was watching clouds hanging low over the waitakeres , heading towards the beach here (big bay), and real heavy rain associated with it...we had a visitor at the time., and I said, that almost looks like a tornado forming (the waitekeres (this was puponga point) is good at that.,...
and then that visitor promptly left
just had phone call from someone down in big bay (and i also could see lots of lightning strikes there too)
and they said they could see a huge wall of white rain coming, then really strong winds!
(we did not get the wind here, but boy the clouds were moving fast above us!
I was watching clouds hanging low over the waitakeres , heading towards the beach here (big bay), and real heavy rain associated with it...we had a visitor at the time., and I said, that almost looks like a tornado forming (the waitekeres (this was puponga point) is good at that.,...
and then that visitor promptly left
just had phone call from someone down in big bay (and i also could see lots of lightning strikes there too)
and they said they could see a huge wall of white rain coming, then really strong winds!
(we did not get the wind here, but boy the clouds were moving fast above us!
-
- Posts: 1012
- Joined: Sun 30/03/2003 18:28
- Location: Hobsonville Point, Auckland
- Has thanked: 36 times
- Been thanked: 78 times
- Contact:
Manukau heads observer wrote:....and they said they could see a huge wall of white rain coming, then really strong winds!
(we did not get the wind here, but boy the clouds were moving fast above us!
We had a white wall of rain here as well - in the pic above normally you can see Woodhill in the background.
Here's to another few storms like that!
Cheers,
G
-
- Posts: 692
- Joined: Tue 20/01/2004 13:22
- Location: Waitakere City - Westie!!
- Has thanked: 0
- Been thanked: 0
with relation to a gust front NZstorm, what is your understanding of what they are and what are the conditions needed for them to form? Are they particular to a type of thunderstorm?. Any help would be appreciated.NZstorm wrote:Nice photos Greame,
Yesterday afternoon's storm approached central Auckland with quite a nice gust front, wish I had had my camera with me. The deluge was welcome for the garden, the ground just starting to dry out. November has been a dry month.
I don't have a home PC at the moment.
cheers
-
- Posts: 12305
- Joined: Mon 10/03/2003 16:30
- Location: West Coast Road, Manukau Peninsula, North Island
- Has thanked: 0
- Been thanked: 0
- Contact:
bascily there was a heck alot of updrafts , and what goes up must come down.....and where it comes down you get big squalls/downbursts, etc
the interesting thing was that front was a real slider.....NE wind in front, N wind behind, upper NW flow.....i.e the embeded cb's were moving along the front (NNW to SSE)
the interesting thing was that front was a real slider.....NE wind in front, N wind behind, upper NW flow.....i.e the embeded cb's were moving along the front (NNW to SSE)
-
- Posts: 1054
- Joined: Sun 28/09/2003 21:27
- Location: Grey Lynn, Auckland
- Has thanked: 489 times
- Been thanked: 40 times
- Contact:
Can see the gust front hit on the weatherstation graph from here in grey lynn..
with the typical Jump in windpeed, Drop in temp and DP, heavy rain and that lift in Barometric pressure that seems to accompany these events...
with the typical Jump in windpeed, Drop in temp and DP, heavy rain and that lift in Barometric pressure that seems to accompany these events...
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
-
- Posts: 12305
- Joined: Mon 10/03/2003 16:30
- Location: West Coast Road, Manukau Peninsula, North Island
- Has thanked: 0
- Been thanked: 0
- Contact:
-
- Posts: 12305
- Joined: Mon 10/03/2003 16:30
- Location: West Coast Road, Manukau Peninsula, North Island
- Has thanked: 0
- Been thanked: 0
- Contact:
- Willoughby
- Site Admin
- Posts: 4433
- Joined: Sat 14/06/2003 16:18
- Location: Darwin, Australia: Storm city
- Has thanked: 264 times
- Been thanked: 288 times
- Contact:
-
- Posts: 12305
- Joined: Mon 10/03/2003 16:30
- Location: West Coast Road, Manukau Peninsula, North Island
- Has thanked: 0
- Been thanked: 0
- Contact:
http://www.metservice.co.nz/default/ind ... key=190600
batten down the hatches michael
you dont see a severe gale swer very often
batten down the hatches michael
you dont see a severe gale swer very often
- Willoughby
- Site Admin
- Posts: 4433
- Joined: Sat 14/06/2003 16:18
- Location: Darwin, Australia: Storm city
- Has thanked: 264 times
- Been thanked: 288 times
- Contact:
-
- Posts: 12305
- Joined: Mon 10/03/2003 16:30
- Location: West Coast Road, Manukau Peninsula, North Island
- Has thanked: 0
- Been thanked: 0
- Contact:
-
- Posts: 2068
- Joined: Wed 12/03/2003 19:47
- Location: Mt Somers
- Has thanked: 19 times
- Been thanked: 41 times
Australia gets 10 minute radar updates!
I guess it's not in the budget or something for NZ? So they don't provid it freely to the public unless you pay for it via metnet for e.g. It wouldn't really be that much more of an effort to do 10 minute updates would it? The system is allready in place, am I overlooking something??
I guess it's not in the budget or something for NZ? So they don't provid it freely to the public unless you pay for it via metnet for e.g. It wouldn't really be that much more of an effort to do 10 minute updates would it? The system is allready in place, am I overlooking something??
-
- Posts: 1012
- Joined: Sun 30/03/2003 18:28
- Location: Hobsonville Point, Auckland
- Has thanked: 36 times
- Been thanked: 78 times
- Contact:
Profit! All Government departments have a balance sheet, and if there is anything they can provide that is worthy of charging for, they will. According to their annual report they received ~$26m from customers.Aaron J Wilkinson wrote:It wouldn't really be that much more of an effort to do 10 minute updates would it? The system is allready in place, am I overlooking something??
Cheers,
G
-
- Posts: 9924
- Joined: Sun 29/06/2003 22:39
- Location: Mt Eden Auckland
- Has thanked: 859 times
- Been thanked: 871 times
Yes ,a gust Front is caused by descending air out of Cb. I didn't see much of a Gust Front here yesterday but I heard there was a good looking one over the City+lower Northshore area.
Dew points in Auckland today are around 10C, low for the time of the year and not great for Thunderstorms. I see there are a few Lightning strikes well out to Sea. Air will be more unstable tomorrow.
Dew points in Auckland today are around 10C, low for the time of the year and not great for Thunderstorms. I see there are a few Lightning strikes well out to Sea. Air will be more unstable tomorrow.
- NZstorm
- Posts: 11333
- Joined: Mon 10/03/2003 19:38
- Location: Grey Lynn, Auckland
- Has thanked: 342 times
- Been thanked: 361 times
Yes, gust front is the outflow from an organised cb or a colapsing cb.
As Brian has suggested, what must go up must eventually come down.
I wouldn't expect much more than widely scattered showers today. Dewpoints are a bit low to allow deeper convection today. Tomorrow should be different as the upper air will be colder and more likely to destabilise with surface heating. So a few thunderstorms likely tomorrow more particularly in places were the temps can get up a bit such as inland Waikato.
As Brian has suggested, what must go up must eventually come down.
I wouldn't expect much more than widely scattered showers today. Dewpoints are a bit low to allow deeper convection today. Tomorrow should be different as the upper air will be colder and more likely to destabilise with surface heating. So a few thunderstorms likely tomorrow more particularly in places were the temps can get up a bit such as inland Waikato.
-
- Posts: 1012
- Joined: Sun 30/03/2003 18:28
- Location: Hobsonville Point, Auckland
- Has thanked: 36 times
- Been thanked: 78 times
- Contact:
It's been a very nice day today - for a pic of the Kaipara I took this morning:
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.aspx ... ID=5709234
Hopefully something will work out tomorrow - planning a trip through Katikati - Tauranga and back up through the Waikato tomorrow it's great being on holiday!
Cheers,
G
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.aspx ... ID=5709234
Hopefully something will work out tomorrow - planning a trip through Katikati - Tauranga and back up through the Waikato tomorrow it's great being on holiday!
Cheers,
G
-
- Posts: 2068
- Joined: Wed 12/03/2003 19:47
- Location: Mt Somers
- Has thanked: 19 times
- Been thanked: 41 times
So your the other that knows 'HLD', It's all coming together now. lol.
Metservice has most of the North Island with a moderate risk of storms tomorrow, hopefully you get something guy's.
Ummm, what's moderate risk come to think of it? 40%, 60%? I'm guessing if there's Low risk, Moderate risk and High Risk you'd have to divide it into thirds? So that would be 66.6(alot more 6's then a 7, lol)% ??
Metservice has most of the North Island with a moderate risk of storms tomorrow, hopefully you get something guy's.
Ummm, what's moderate risk come to think of it? 40%, 60%? I'm guessing if there's Low risk, Moderate risk and High Risk you'd have to divide it into thirds? So that would be 66.6(alot more 6's then a 7, lol)% ??
- 03Stormchaser
- Moderator
- Posts: 4431
- Joined: Tue 09/12/2003 12:11
- Location: Prebbleton
- Has thanked: 105 times
- Been thanked: 185 times
- Contact:
metservice do have a free hourly update, but its on vodafone live.GraemeWi wrote:
Is there a more frequent radar available on the net? I've got the 'free' metservice 3 hourly one.
Cheers,
G
At the moment live is free dont no when that runs out though!
NZ Largest Storm Chasing Facebook Pagehttp://www.facebook.com/nzstormchasers
NZ Largest Storm Chase Community https://www.facebook.com/groups/NZStormchasersGroup
NZ Stormchasers TV https://www.youtube.com/@NZStormchasers
NZ Largest Storm Chase Community https://www.facebook.com/groups/NZStormchasersGroup
NZ Stormchasers TV https://www.youtube.com/@NZStormchasers