Predicted "Bomb" system 12-14 Oct

bpo · Unread post by **bpo** » Sat 13/10/2012 10:14

Poor old M.S. just cannot shake off the spectre of June 2006. There's been a bit of rain in North Otago, but no snow at all.

Wildland · Unread post by **Wildland** » Sat 13/10/2012 10:27

-25 hPa in 24 hours here at Tawa, north of Wellington.
I note that Mana, just north of here, reports -26 hPa in the 24 hours to 10:15.

Wind has been slowly easing here since 2 a.m. when it was a bit wild. 7 mm from this event so far.

Manukau heads obs · Sat 13/10/2012 10:32

@ boo
I think you will find snow is still to come,as temperature lowers over
Next 18 hours

mikestormchaser · Unread post by **mikestormchaser** » Sat 13/10/2012 10:44

heavy heavy rain here, big drops looks like some sleet even mixed in unless its just my imagination.
Howling SW to

snowstormwatcher · Unread post by **snowstormwatcher** » Sat 13/10/2012 10:45

Slowly starting to get colder here now, down to 5.5 degrees with heavy rain. 25mm so far.

CHCH Weather Chaser · Sat 13/10/2012 10:48

Steady rain here now, not overly heavy however. Went for a drive to Rakaia earlier, hit some very heavy stuff between Dunsandel and Rakaia.

CWUweather · Unread post by **CWUweather** » Sat 13/10/2012 10:50

Im temporarily in halswell for the day.. its bucketing down here no sign of easing off either

CHCH Weather Chaser · Sat 13/10/2012 10:52

joliver657 wrote:Im temporarily in halswell for the day.. its bucketing down here no sign of easing off either

Welcome to the best suburb in Christchurch. What brings you here?

Yes shes picking up a bit now. Rugby at AMI will be interesting this afternoon!

CWUweather · Unread post by **CWUweather** » Sat 13/10/2012 10:56

CHCH Weather Chaser wrote:
joliver657 wrote:Im temporarily in halswell for the day.. its bucketing down here no sign of easing off either
Welcome to the best suburb in Christchurch. What brings you here? Yes shes picking up a bit now. Rugby at AMI will be interesting this afternoon!

friends house for the day... looking nasty on the good old radar

Razor · Unread post by **Razor** » Sat 13/10/2012 11:17

Rugby is tomorrow at AMI

CHCH Weather Chaser · Sat 13/10/2012 11:29

Razor wrote:Rugby is tomorrow at AMI

Oh whoops. Dont know why I thought it was today :S Heavy falls dont seem to be setting in around the city. Cloud layers are all different. Just few spots here at the moment. Almost all of Canterbury going by radar is getting hammered except Christchurch

Razor · Unread post by **Razor** » Sat 13/10/2012 11:31

Lucky you didn't head down expecting a game then Leighton!

melja · Unread post by **melja** » Sat 13/10/2012 11:46

Started to snow in tekapo by the looks of it, still way to warm for any in Arthurs pass tho but im sure that will change.
Could be bad for the high country farmers with lambing only just getting under way.

Manukau heads obs · Sat 13/10/2012 11:54

67knots here
That's over 130kmh

Vertigo · Unread post by **Vertigo** » Sat 13/10/2012 11:56

Has been steady rain this morning with heavy bursts periodically, however we just had quite a large random gust blow through the trees, wonder what caused it?

Edit: sirens heard now

GreggWard · Unread post by **GreggWard** » Sat 13/10/2012 12:04

Single large clap of thunder to the S of us.

Storm Struck · Unread post by **Storm Struck** » Sat 13/10/2012 12:04

It doesnt surprise me if it is sleeting and i wont be surprised if theres flakes coming down later either, this is a very classic advective set up event just abit out of season and still a question of whether it could do so.
The same system brought snow to the lower hills of NSW some great photos from yesterday with a simular set up.
Between 3-10pm i reackon will be the time to be aware of.

David · Unread post by **David** » Sat 13/10/2012 12:05

Just got hit by a good squall, gusts to 60 kph from the NW - that's strong for that direction.

iomkiwi · Unread post by **iomkiwi** » Sat 13/10/2012 12:09

Vertigo wrote:Has been steady rain this morning with heavy bursts periodically, however we just had quite a large random gust blow through the trees, wonder what caused it?

Edit: sirens heard now

Interesting - Dargaville (Mahuta) also had a gust of over 100kmh just before 11am, and I had a gust of 94kmh just after 11am

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Sat 13/10/2012 12:23

Manukau heads obs wrote:67knots here
That's over 130kmh

Metservice have wind gusts to 150.1 km/h for the Manukau Heads at 12pm!!

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Sat 13/10/2012 12:30

Damn Brian I was really hoping to be there. Sucks I had so much on today.

bpo · Unread post by **bpo** » Sat 13/10/2012 12:35

The rain stopped falling on N.O. an hour or so back, and the cloud level has risen quite substantially, with the odd patch of sky occasionally visible. Quite mild temperatures, as well.

Manukau heads obs · Sat 13/10/2012 12:36

lots of debri on the roads here
local power outages too

marine forecast was for gusts to 40 knots only....underestimated badly
gusting 55 knots here regularly at the moment

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Sat 13/10/2012 12:37

Holy! That was just a mental squall. Website hasn't loaded yet but I'm thinking 90km maybe.

Manukau heads obs · Sat 13/10/2012 12:47

can see blue skies out to my west now
I was trying to convert knots to kmh on the fly...was a bit out...was at the local school calf club...we just got it finished before the worst...

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