General May Weather
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Re: General May Weather
Very unstable coastal forecast from Metservice through the night. Will be interesting to see how it pans out. The front dues look active on the radar.
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Re: General May Weather
wind change just hit here in Rakaia, thankfully the wind not as strong as last nights stormy arrival.
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Re: General May Weather
Gusty SW here too. Few showers/ band of rain moving in soon. Probably followed by a few heavier hail showers and that snow level will drop in my opinion maybe 3-400m on banks Peninsula. It should all retreat to the coast by early morning. That's how I read the models. Nothing to get excited about this event
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Re: General May Weather
^ Wow! Phenomenal max-wave of 17.9m (about the height of a 5-6 story building)…
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Re: General May Weather
These strong winter SW wind flows can be strange, here we are at the moment with a light NE breeze, just had a hail shower now its snowing
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Re: General May Weather
There is enough southerly in the flow to get some decent wintry showers into Dunedin this morning with the very cold trough crossing.
Still mild here, around 14C, much cooler here by this evening.
Next week looks like a much better weather week across NZ
Still mild here, around 14C, much cooler here by this evening.
Next week looks like a much better weather week across NZ
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Re: General May Weather
Yes looking forward to it, need it to keep painting our house.spwill wrote: Next week looks like a much better weather week across NZ
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Re: General May Weather
Some beefy snow showers in Dunedin courtesy of the webcams..
http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/council-online/webcams
http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/council-online/webcams
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Re: General May Weather
Queenstown on 0C at 10am , Dunedin 2.6C and overcast /showers. This system will be one of the colder systems of the year.
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Its now at 19.4 meters max sig wave height!Nev wrote:^ Wow! Phenomenal max-wave of 17.9m (about the height of a 5-6 story building)…
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Re: General May Weather
Well the snow has settled down to about 170m here. We've had a few flurries at home (@20m) but the hills across the road have a light covering down to just below 200m. Motorway north from Dunedin is closed, and from the traffic cam, it might be a wee while until it's open. A chilly 3.0°C here at present.
edit: scrap that, the roads open again......
edit: scrap that, the roads open again......
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Re: General May Weather
Mild on 17C here. Could get our first light frost of the year Monday morning.
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Thats amazing, are they the highest its recorded so far?Tornado Tim wrote:Its now at 19.4 meters max sig wave height!Nev wrote:^ Wow! Phenomenal max-wave of 17.9m (about the height of a 5-6 story building)…
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yes, that is the highest since it was deployed (you can see that on the graph)
A good near Gale SWer here, 14 to 15C
A good near Gale SWer here, 14 to 15C
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F-f-f-f farrrr out!!Manukau heads obs wrote:woa, check out the wave heights
http://www.metocean.co.nz/wave-buoy
Wellington southerly front timelapse: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBl3hsuIg2Q
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Re: General May Weather
Rather chilly day it turned out today....Had a few more snow flurries this morning, with some decent flakes coming down at times. Went for a run in one of them which was fun. Temp dropped to 2.3°C during one just before lunch time. Sun poked out a bit this arvo, so managed to get to 5.3°C for a short period. Currently 3.8°C.
Does this mean we're in for a cold winter? The consensus round here over the last few weeks is that we could be in for a ripper.....
Does this mean we're in for a cold winter? The consensus round here over the last few weeks is that we could be in for a ripper.....
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Re: General May Weather
At least for June Tony is going for a warmer then average month but sliding into some colder weather come July and August..
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Re: General May Weather
Desert road with a bit of the white stuff this morning..
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Re: General May Weather
wind went from coming off the sea (SSW), and so was 12c
now suddenly has switched to a SE wind, i.e coming over land, and now its suddenly 8.9C here and dropping (with the sun out)
now suddenly has switched to a SE wind, i.e coming over land, and now its suddenly 8.9C here and dropping (with the sun out)
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Got down to -0.9 last night, so a decent frost.
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Re: General May Weather
this Cold SW with good snow we just had was like the good ol days for this time of year (may)