Unusually warm October spell 6-7 October 2015

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Wed 07/10/2015 19:52

Not as strong here either, but this wind has been more gusty

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Wed 07/10/2015 19:53

I see (wrong topic title) that the Rakaia Radar not operating correctly at the moment.
Maybe it needs a dust out cleanage

David · Unread post by **David** » Wed 07/10/2015 20:36

Richard wrote:But that Kaikoura site is no where up to WMO standards, any temperature it shouldn't be recognized as a record.

What exactly is wrong with it?

Razor · Unread post by **Razor** » Wed 07/10/2015 20:39

Large fire on outskirts of Oxford, Sales Rd has been evacuated apparently. Hope everyone out there is ok

Orion · Unread post by **Orion** » Wed 07/10/2015 21:13

18deg. here and a few spots of rain just now; still NW.

Orion · Unread post by **Orion** » Wed 07/10/2015 21:16

NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote:I see (wrong topic title) that the Rakaia Radar not operating correctly at the moment.
Maybe it needs a dust out cleanage

It'll be the beetles, I expect...

Karliosis · Unread post by **Karliosis** » Wed 07/10/2015 22:24

Was very windy in the Riccarton/Ilam area around 6.30pm, made cycling difficult. Seemed similar or possibly stronger than Sunday's winds. Still some decent gusts coming through now, but not as strong as earlier.

melja · Unread post by **melja** » Thu 08/10/2015 04:33

Highest wind gust was more than Sunday here and Chch airport.
Bit of a eye opener is the fact we have had no rain for 2 weeks now and none really in sight.

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Thu 08/10/2015 06:46

David wrote:
Richard wrote:But that Kaikoura site is no where up to WMO standards, any temperature it shouldn't be recognized as a record.
What exactly is wrong with it?

Its situated below a north facing limestone bank in the main retail area as well as being surrounded by concrete and bitumen. This gouge records about two deg higher than at the airport 2kms south, which is still by the sea there for means it gives a more accurate temp for the area.

David · Unread post by **David** » Thu 08/10/2015 09:06

Richard wrote:Its situated below a north facing limestone bank in the main retail area as well as being surrounded by concrete and bitumen. This gouge records about two deg higher than at the airport 2kms south, which is still by the sea there for means it gives a more accurate temp for the area.

According to metservice the 32 degrees was recorded at Kaikoura Airport

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Thu 08/10/2015 12:01

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David · Unread post by **David** » Thu 08/10/2015 12:14

If you look at the Past Weather section and change location to Kaikoura airport the obs show a max of 32

Flutterbye · Unread post by **Flutterbye** » Thu 08/10/2015 12:54

David is right.

The airport recorded the high of 32 and according to Metservice, the AWS for Kaikoura is located on the Peninsula.

melja · Unread post by **melja** » Thu 08/10/2015 13:52

Over all the airport looks warmer to the the town one

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Thu 08/10/2015 15:48

It seems i was put wrong, just done some asking around and no they dont have a recording station in the town, the person who told me is very knowable with weather too ..sorry guys

RWood · Unread post by **RWood** » Fri 09/10/2015 08:21

Kaikoura is very bimodal in the extremes sense - some of the lowest highs in S/SE conditions, and some of the highest ones in NW ones. Interesting that on 7/2/1973 it didn't get anywhere near the 37-42 readings many other places had - only around the 28C mark from memory.

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Fri 09/10/2015 09:10

RWood wrote:Kaikoura is very bimodal in the extremes sense - some of the lowest highs in S/SE conditions, and some of the highest ones in NW ones. Interesting that on 7/2/1973 it didn't get anywhere near the 37-42 readings many other places had - only around the 28C mark from memory.

Never forget that day,the NW flow was light in Rangiora, needs to be a moderate to strong flow to reach Kaikoura

RWood · Unread post by **RWood** » Fri 09/10/2015 12:00

I got the impression from maps from that day that the flow was nearer westerly than for a typical NWer - can anyone confirm that?

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Fri 09/10/2015 12:49

I will post the 850mb temperatures just for the record.

We don't often see airmass this warm in summer, so it is exceptional in spring. An exceptional jet stream dragged the warm air across from Western Australia.

This chart is for 6am Wednesday.

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