Two Tasman Lows Bearing Down, Rain on the way

tgsnoopy · Unread post by **tgsnoopy** » Sat 21/05/2005 11:01

Hmm, official recognition of my refelection to a workmate that the rainfall was the heaviest I'd ever seen:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3285905a10,00.html

Thunder · Unread post by **Thunder** » Sat 21/05/2005 11:17

Thanks Steven, I haven't had time to look into it in detail yet. Hopefully there will be some good storms!! And seen as it's the weekend is anyone going after them out there? Need some NZstorm photos! And that word has two meanings.

Cheers.

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Sat 21/05/2005 11:24

winds now gone to the SW rain out west looks imminent now

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Sat 21/05/2005 12:13

Light SW breeze and clearing skies here, 17C.

Should briefly have some high dewpoint air over us tomorrow with that Low so heavy showers and Thunderstorms do look likely .

Storm Struck · Unread post by **Storm Struck** » Sat 21/05/2005 13:27

Some heavy rain here early this morning from 3am-9am 15.6mm here enough to fill pots up with water.

Strange because the last I had heard in the weather wasn't forecast for rain until tomora afternoon/evening.

Must have been that low to the east of CHCH yes?

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Cheers
JASON

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Sat 21/05/2005 16:23

Completely off topic, but saw my first smoke rings yesterday at the rugby!
They have these two 'flame throwers' that shoot a flame into the sky that lasts about 1 second, after one blast a smoke ring appeared heading skyward illuminated(sp?) by the lights at jade stadium, quite something to see.

tgsnoopy · Unread post by **tgsnoopy** » Sat 21/05/2005 23:41

You guys are too darn quiet for my liking... I think I'll leave the sandbags there. The place is just starting to dry out, I don't want it to get wet again.

Where's the predictions for the rainfall in Tauranga tomorrow?

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Sun 22/05/2005 00:05

tgsnoopy wrote: Where's the predictions for the rainfall in Tauranga tomorrow?

Fine breaks in the morning, with rain developing early- becoming widespread and possibly heavy by evening. Totals around just 28mm, but anything more is possible.
Light northeast breezes at first, becoming fresh and gusty towards evening.
A warm 19c

Fine next week.

Cbs NW and E of Cape Reinga look booming!
Did you guys hear about what the system brought to Brisbane??

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Super sized hail - temps down to 12c at 5pm Friday

transportation around the region was at a standstill.
Stupid news reporter got too excited and started calling it snow

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Sun 22/05/2005 17:39

Getting post frontal heavy showers here. Around 10mm last half hour. Temp a mild 19c with dp17c.

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Sun 22/05/2005 19:54

Only very slight drizzle early this morning, but a really dull day with low cloud (about 200m base) around Akaroa Harbour all day. Has it been similar in Chch as MetService predicted?

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Sun 22/05/2005 20:46

We just had rain all day and lots of it

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Mon 23/05/2005 07:53

Showers overnight with a fresh warm northerly.
Showers easing today as NW tends lighter SW by tonight.

Some cloud tomorrow, fine Wednesday, late showers Thursday with NW winds picking up, becoming fine again Friday with fresh SW easing.
Fine and cool on Saturday with frosts likely

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Mon 23/05/2005 17:26

Cleared up earlier than expected on Banks Peninsula:) , though thick fog has rolled in during the last hour. Apparently Kaikoura (as expected) got some heavy rain and a bit of flooding last night, though nothing like the BOP.

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Mon 23/05/2005 18:46

very thick fog for chch, to note a couple of accidents around mostly to cyclists, werent light up enough to be seen by the sounds of it

Storm Struck · Unread post by **Storm Struck** » Mon 23/05/2005 20:18

Yes very thick fog out there alright rolled in about late afternoon very fast one moment it was fine and then it was overcast.
I would imagine flights will be haulted to a standstill overnight at CHCH airport

also other places like Dunedin,and Queenstown I think it was had fog today it was on one weather wen Brendon came on

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Just A picture from todays fog. It's actually quite a hard topic to photograph unlesss you are from an Aerial veiw I guess coz it's white

duh

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Cheers
JASON

Fujita Phil · Unread post by **Fujita Phil** » Mon 23/05/2005 21:02

Yes we had a good fog layer here today rising to about 150m. Mostly cleared about lunchtime but continued to hang around down the harbour.

The fog cleared leaving a heavy smog layer. I'd imagine a classic inversion day which I think reflects in todays soundings. Am I looking at it right?

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Mon 23/05/2005 21:21

I wouldn't have the foggiest?

JohnGaul
NZTS

Fujita Phil · Unread post by **Fujita Phil** » Mon 23/05/2005 21:27

Even mist ified?