Unusually warm October spell 6-7 October 2015

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Re: Unusually warm October spell 6-7 October 2015

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Not as strong here either, but this wind has been more gusty
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Re: Unusually warm October spell 6-7 October 2015

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I see (wrong topic title) that the Rakaia Radar not operating correctly at the moment.
Maybe it needs a dust out cleanage :-k
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Re: Unusually warm October spell 6-7 October 2015

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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?
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Re: Unusually warm October spell 6-7 October 2015

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Large fire on outskirts of Oxford, Sales Rd has been evacuated apparently. Hope everyone out there is ok
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Re: Unusually warm October spell 6-7 October 2015

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18deg. here and a few spots of rain just now; still NW.
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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 :-k
It'll be the beetles, I expect...
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Re: Unusually warm October spell 6-7 October 2015

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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.
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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.
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Re: Unusually warm October spell 6-7 October 2015

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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.
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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 ;)
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Re: Unusually warm October spell 6-7 October 2015

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If you look at the Past Weather section and change location to Kaikoura airport the obs show a max of 32
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Re: Unusually warm October spell 6-7 October 2015

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David is right.

The airport recorded the high of 32 and according to Metservice, the AWS for Kaikoura is located on the Peninsula.
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Over all the airport looks warmer to the the town one
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Re: Unusually warm October spell 6-7 October 2015

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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 >_< :o
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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.
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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
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I got the impression from maps from that day that the flow was nearer westerly than for a typical NWer - can anyone confirm that?
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Re: Unusually warm October spell 6-7 October 2015

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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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