General February Weather
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Re: General February Weather
Looks good on radar.raglan sticks out a bit. And so catches
Those northerly shower lines nicely
A few showers on pukekohe.sultry
Those northerly shower lines nicely
A few showers on pukekohe.sultry
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Heavy shower to my south has been dumping it down over one spot for the last hour, had been expecting to maybe hearing a rumble from it looking at the radar.
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Cracked 30deg when the NW came throughRichard wrote:Stunning late summer day here, high so far of 28.6deg with a light NE
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Interesting language there Richard, "late summer" and its the middle of February! I notice some of the trees round here showing the tell tale signs of a transition to autumn. Could be a long winter...Richard wrote:Stunning late summer day here, high so far of 28.6deg with a light NE
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I dont think it has anything to do with the transition to autumn Tony, most of northern North Canterbury have gone through two winters with rainfall below what is needed to top up deep down, if we go through a third winter like this many older trees will be doomed. When it comes to the overall climate of North Canterbury you need to separate north to south because the north is historically always dryer.
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Some of the Peach Trees here have already started dropping leaves on mass just after fruiting which is rather strange.TonyT wrote:Interesting language there Richard, "late summer" and its the middle of February! I notice some of the trees round here showing the tell tale signs of a transition to autumn. Could be a long winter...Richard wrote:Stunning late summer day here, high so far of 28.6deg with a light NE
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Trees go into the autumn phase early if they become stressed. Dry summers typically trigger this.Tornado Tim wrote: Some of the Peach Trees here have already started dropping leaves on mass just after fruiting which is rather strange.
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Hi all, it's another warm muggy evening here in Wellington, and it got me thinking - what's the New Zealand record for the highest minimum daily temperature? I searched through a list of forum topics but couldn't quite find the answer I'm looking for
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based on drought stressed trees starting to have an autumn lookCould be a long winter...
or based on something else?
sea temperatures in the southern ocean are above normal currently, right around antartica..I have never seen that before...if that trend continues then any southerly outbreaks might not be as cold (but could have more moisture -> more snow?)
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Quite lucky where we are here in that the water never goes lower than 5m so once trees get there roots down they are fine.NZstorm wrote:Trees go into the autumn phase early if they become stressed. Dry summers typically trigger this.Tornado Tim wrote: Some of the Peach Trees here have already started dropping leaves on mass just after fruiting which is rather strange.
Another hot day coming up. Wish TV1's Dan would stop referring to Hanmers temperatures, its not situated ideally for accurate recordings, MetS knows that and so does Dan. There would have been little difference yesterday between here (30) Culverden(29), Hanmer(33*?)and Waiau(30.5)
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Both. There are some trees here which are used to drought and drought tolerant, but which are starting the move to autumn colours quite early. Probably due to the cold nights we have been seeing at times in the last 2 weeks. However, my comment was also picking up the thought that with anticyclones likely dominant for the next 2-3 months and ocean temperatures around NZ below normal we will see more cold nights and probably earlier than usual frosts, which will make people think winter has started early...Manukau heads obs wrote:based on drought stressed trees starting to have an autumn lookCould be a long winter...
or based on something else?
sea temperatures in the southern ocean are above normal currently, right around antartica..I have never seen that before...if that trend continues then any southerly outbreaks might not be as cold (but could have more moisture -> more snow?)
As for the Southern Ocean, yes it may be warmer than normal (although its colder near NZ), but the air is still very cold, and would have no problem generating the usual winter cold symptoms if it arrived intact. Which its bound to do at some point.
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Hi Jordan M. Not exactly sure what the highest ever daily T-min recorded in NZ is, but Napier's Nelson Park T-min of 25.4C in March 1955 would probably be a strong contender…Jordan M wrote:Hi all, it's another warm muggy evening here in Wellington, and it got me thinking - what's the New Zealand record for the highest minimum daily temperature? I searched through a list of forum topics but couldn't quite find the answer I'm looking for
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sea surface temps are getting closer to normal around NZ now though, with this period of warmer weather we are currently getting
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It might be warmer where you are, but according to NIWA's climate maps most of the country is normal or below normal so far for February, and SSTs remain below normal around the country, but yes, they are trending higher. A month or two of lighter winds under anticyclones should bring those SSTs back to near normal.Manukau heads obs wrote:sea surface temps are getting closer to normal around NZ now though, with this period of warmer weather we are currently getting
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That southerly change snuck in early. Hope it doesn't annoy the cricket too much
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General February Weather
Could really do with that westerly sea breeze right now. Seems to be more warm and humid than the figures of 26/18.5 suggest. High of 27.1 so not overly warm but feeling very humid with no to little wind and high DPs
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Looks like we keep the rather humid weather through next week as well, dewpoint mostly in the 15-19C range upper North Island, typical Feb.
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Re: General February Weather
Next 10 days for Auckland look mainly fine/25C daily (Eu model).
However a subtle upper level trough will favour some thundery showers inland NI early to mid next week?
However a subtle upper level trough will favour some thundery showers inland NI early to mid next week?
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Re: General February Weather
Generally a sunny week across NZ next week. There will be the isolated inland showers.