Blocking High next WeekEnd

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Wed 15/06/2005 22:15

03 Stormchaser wrote:Any one been watching whats going on over on Stormtrack

Read this first http://www.stormtrack.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6854

The this:

http://www.stormtrack.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6864

Crazy

There's always one, isn't there?

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Wed 15/06/2005 22:19

You gotta read the how thing! This guy stole photos from other stormchasers claimed them as his own on his site! Lawsuits look likely but someone mostly from the stromtrack site did this:

Well, I hope you're all happy.

Someone smashed out my windows and broke my satellite dish about an hour ago, along with stole two ham radios and a GPS.
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crazy

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Wed 15/06/2005 22:36

....thats why I hate Yank storm chasers. I'd hate to go over there nodays ona storm chase but.....
....sorry this is not the origional thread...

back to anticyclones

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JohnGaul
NZTS

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Wed 15/06/2005 23:19

03 Stormchaser wrote:...someone mostly from the stromtrack site did this:

Well, I hope you're all happy.

Someone smashed out my windows and broke my satellite dish about an hour ago, along with stole two ham radios and a GPS.
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Billy Griffin
crazy

Well, he claimed somebody did it.

RWood · Unread post by **RWood** » Thu 16/06/2005 11:17

Steven Graham wrote:Great pics, Gary Brendan showed the second one on both the midday and evening reports.

Flying back from the UK a month ago took this photo of the cloud trapped to the east of the Alps by an inversion (except over Lake Tekapo for some reason). Mt Cook is in the centre.

I suspect Tekapo often escapes that cloud, one bus driver I chatted with said he usually found after many trips that it had the clearest weather of the "hinterland" places overall - the few records available would support this.

Cloudy crud very slow to shift here, we're heading for an unusually dull month unless some clear days return soon. Not much rain - tedious.
But some blocking highs with a slight NE/ENE flow are great for Wellington so I only partially support John Gaul's position. Of course if he wants a really good demonstration of stable inversion he could try the Peruvian coast at this time of year - Lima is swathed in mist while 30km or so inland and upland it's continuous sunshine!

RWood · Unread post by **RWood** » Thu 16/06/2005 11:18

Steven Graham wrote:Great pics, Gary Brendan showed the second one on both the midday and evening reports.

Flying back from the UK a month ago took this photo of the cloud trapped to the east of the Alps by an inversion (except over Lake Tekapo for some reason). Mt Cook is in the centre.

I suspect Tekapo often escapes that cloud, one bus driver I chatted with said he usually found after many trips that it had the clearest weather of the "hinterland" places overall - the few records available would support this.

Cloudy crud very slow to shift here, we're heading for an unusually dull month unless some clear days return soon. Not much rain - tedious.
But some blocking highs with a slight NE/ENE flow are great for Wellington so I only partially support John Gaul's position. Of course if he wants a really good demonstration of stable inversion he could try the Peruvian coast at this time of year - Lima is swathed in mist while 30km or so inland and upland it's continuous sunshine!

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Thu 16/06/2005 13:16

RWood wrote:
Steven Graham wrote:Great pics, Gary Brendan showed the second one on both the midday and evening reports.

Flying back from the UK a month ago took this photo of the cloud trapped to the east of the Alps by an inversion (except over Lake Tekapo for some reason). Mt Cook is in the centre.
I suspect Tekapo often escapes that cloud...

There are some fascinating conditions at play in the Mackenzie. Often the upper cloud layer is cleaved very cleanly in a line running NW-SE, parallel with the Ben Ohau range adjacent to Lake Pukaki. Sometimes the cloud is above us in the southern part, and sometimes it's above the northern area.

Also, the northern end of the basin is considerably higher than the south. Lake Tekapo townships sits at around 730m, while Omarama is at 430m asl. One result is that Lake Tekapo routinely gets snow while it remains clear down here.

Yesterday I witnessed the Waitaki Wind Tunnel effect: the blanket of low cloud below me, hovering around the 700-800m asl mark was pierced by the wind being channeled up the Waitaki valley, slicing a long thin wedge out of the layer, with the pointy end near Omarama.

Meanwhile, once again, there was not a cloud in the sky once you climbed above 1,200m.

There is some fun stuff to be witnessed from 1,894m!

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Thu 16/06/2005 13:59

This guy stole photos from other stormchasers claimed them as his own on his site! Lawsuits look likely but someone mostly from the stromtrack site did this:

Forget copyright, it's too costly to inforce.

Sunny here,

some high cloud, 16C up from 8C.
Next week looks wet for Auckland but the warmer nights will be welcome.

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Thu 16/06/2005 15:55

spwill wrote:
This guy stole photos from other stormchasers claimed them as his own on his site! Lawsuits look likely but someone mostly from the stromtrack site did this:
Forget copyright, it's too costly to inforce.

They should all just go and smash his face in then.

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Thu 16/06/2005 18:37

They should all just go and smash his face in then.

Like in the movies - remember the fight in Twister. (Seems most Hollywood films have to have at least 1 punchup)

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Thu 16/06/2005 19:05

tich wrote:
They should all just go and smash his face in then.
Like in the movies - remember the fight in Twister. (Seems most Hollywood films have to have at least 1 punchup)

Thankfully I can remember nothing at all about that movie!

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Thu 16/06/2005 20:35

Anyway it was clear enough to see the moon occult Jupiter and saw its reappearance

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Thu 16/06/2005 20:48

Yes, that was a real wild west scrap on the stormtrack forum. Looks like Billy the Kid is in big trouble. Next time he is out storm chasing a posse will be out looking for him.

I missed Jupiter. I had a long look but couldn't see mch because of the clouds (stratocu).

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Thu 16/06/2005 21:58

This anticyclone made it cloudy to see/not to see Jupiter near the moon
Must of been annoying to Stephen Graham

JohnGaul
NZ?

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Fri 17/06/2005 12:01

NZstorm wrote:Yes, that was a real wild west scrap on the stormtrack forum. Looks like Billy the Kid is in big trouble. Next time he is out storm chasing a posse will be out looking for him.

I just can't believe the nerve of the guy! Plagiarism! Is there anything more depicable? Fancy claiming the work of somebody else as your own!

Anyhoo, here's a cool pic I snapped of a friend the other day...

Fujita Phil · Unread post by **Fujita Phil** » Fri 17/06/2005 20:27

Gary Roberts wrote:I just can't believe the nerve of the guy! Plagiarism! Is there anything more depicable? Fancy claiming the work of somebody else as your own!

Anyhoo, here's a cool pic I snapped of a friend the other day...

I know the air is crisp and clean up there Gary but you guys aren't that high up to need the suits... honestly

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Sat 18/06/2005 08:24

I know the air is crisp and clean up there Gary but you guys aren't that high up to need the suits... honestly

It must get particularly cold down there in Omarama!

I heard Bob McD. on the radio yesterday suggesting an early spring was on the way.

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Sat 18/06/2005 09:27

NZstorm wrote:I heard Bob McD. on the radio yesterday suggesting an early spring was on the way.

I suspect Bob is correct.

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Sat 18/06/2005 11:18

I heard Bob McD. on the radio yesterday suggesting an early spring was on the way.

Spring weather pattern emerging? Let me guess - lots of cold southerly/southwesterly outbreaks, alternating with milder northwesterlies. At least it's not lambing season.