General July Weather

David · Unread post by **David** » Thu 05/07/2012 17:51

Apparently the fog was still around at 11am here, unusual for it to last that long

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Thu 05/07/2012 17:55

Got a high of 8.6 with thick fog and fog all day. Never saw the outline of the sun. At 5pm the fog really came back down and it's pea soup out there again. Dam cold with that wind too.

I hope it's not like this tomorrow night cause no one will be able to watch the chiefs wallop the crusaders.

Tornado Tim · Unread post by **Tornado Tim** » Thu 05/07/2012 18:18

High of 8.3°C here, and as Jamie said, fog nearly all day.....
It lifted to around 20m AGL around here in the mid afternoon so it looked like low cloud but then started to lower as the temp dropped.

So a lovely overcast foggy day

Tornado Tim · Unread post by **Tornado Tim** » Thu 05/07/2012 22:30

Metservice take out the "chance of fog" from your forecasts....... The fog came back around 6 PM here.
A cool 6°C atm.....

David · Unread post by **David** » Fri 06/07/2012 07:24

Fog here again. I noticed it was back when I looked out the window at 11pm last night, thought the light SW breeze overnight might have cleared it

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Fri 06/07/2012 07:26

fog cleared at about 6am here. doesnt help my chances of getting to chch tho as the plane taking me there thismorning couldnt land in hamilton last night so no flight. Oh the joys of weather and flying.

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Fri 06/07/2012 07:48

Had a thick fog here also,this was about 9.00 last night but it disappeared over night

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Fri 06/07/2012 09:16

Richard wrote:Had a thick fog here also,this was about 9.00 last night but it disappeared over night

yea thick enough to cancel my fligth to chch. if its not fog in auckland or hamilton is the bloody stuff in chch. Oh well - no conference presentation for me. at least i can watch the rugby tonight now.

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Fri 06/07/2012 11:49

Much clearer today,cleared about 9am here not 12.30 like yesterday.

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Fri 06/07/2012 15:38

Another fine day after that foggy start, max around 14C. I see the July average max for Ak is 14.7C, min 7.1C

snowstormwatcher · Unread post by **snowstormwatcher** » Fri 06/07/2012 16:45

Fine but cool day here in Dunedin. Should be a good frost in the valleys tonight.

David · Unread post by **David** » Fri 06/07/2012 17:29

Michael wrote:Much clearer today,cleared about 9am here not 12.30 like yesterday.

It was already mostly sunny in the city by 9am too, apparently here at home the fog stuck around most of the morning though

snowstormwatcher · Unread post by **snowstormwatcher** » Sun 08/07/2012 18:39

I drove through Central Otago today and there was freezing fog/hoar frost at Fruitlands between Roxbrough and Alexandra. Car thermometer was reading -3 at midday there.

David · Unread post by **David** » Sun 08/07/2012 21:36

Already down to 3.5°C here, it could possibly dip just under 0 tomorrow morning

CHCH Weather Chaser · Mon 09/07/2012 17:39

Looking forward to the NW flow developing later this week. Looking like a whole week of wet weather for the West Coast of the South Island.

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Mon 09/07/2012 17:49

Yes it will be nice,i'm just looking forward to spring because i'm sick of looking at so many munted trees about the place.

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Mon 09/07/2012 19:09

GFS accumulated rainfall for the next 8 days.

The rain comes into the west of the SI from Friday by the looks.

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Mon 09/07/2012 19:46

Back to average temperatures will be nice, generally warmer weather on the way for NZ.

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Mon 09/07/2012 21:47

do i see that right? is that 400mm plus on the GFS chart

einzack · Unread post by **einzack** » Tue 10/07/2012 06:43

oh crikey. 463mm of rain right over us. that could make for an exciting time at work.

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Tue 10/07/2012 07:34

Wow...!

Jetboat grounded as Shotover freezes
SUE FEA IN QUEENSTOWN

Last updated 05:00 10/07/2012

The worst big freeze in almost 20 years has left parts of the Shotover River frozen solid, metres across, keeping jetboat operators off the water for almost record periods.

The river has been choked with ice, making it too dangerous for boats to operate because of the risk of large chunks of ice getting sucked into the jet units, causing power and steering to fail.

Ngai Tahu Tourism southern region jetboating manager Clark Scott said until 2pm yesterday Shotover Jet was getting close to its 1994 record of 11 consecutive days not operating because of ice. The big red boats finally got back on the water for two hours after a frustrating eight-day hiatus.

Last week was traditionally one of Queenstown's two busiest winter weeks, the first week of the school holiday. The company normally carries hundreds of passengers a day during that week, so the ice represented some big losses, but Mr Scott would not say how much.

Story continues: http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/7249479 ... er-freezes

Nev · Unread post by **Nev** » Tue 10/07/2012 12:06

^ Not surprising really.

As David pointed out earlier, up until Saturday morn, Queenstown Aero had recorded 8 consecutive nights with minima lower than -6.0C (lowest being -7.7C), and daytime temps haven't been more than 6C since.

I think Queenstown Aero's previous record, since records began in 1969, was 6 consecutive nights with minima lower than -6.0C, set in July 1996 (although June 1992 would've been 9 consecutive nights, had one night not managed only -5.5C

).

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Tue 10/07/2012 14:06

Glorious day here today. Warm too.

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Tue 10/07/2012 15:39

Sunnier than normal Autumn/Winter months so far for Auckland, mother nature making up for the cloudy summer.

CHCH Weather Chaser · Wed 11/07/2012 06:48

GFS has backed off somewhat from whats its been showing for SI west coast on this mornings run.

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