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also , fog formation and even just dew formation.,actualy slows down the cooling...becuase of latent heat being released...so dry air gets colder much easier
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Aaron J Wilkinson wrote:It may well get that cold tonight, however there is a SW flick working it's way up the SI east coast which could introduce some flow along the coast here. If it does and doesn't die out by morning we could see a low of only 1 degree? (maybe 3?) Chances are there will be some still period during the night so -2 seems a safe bet. Will be frosty inland.

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Light Nw winds in S Canterbury last night, Timaru going down to -1 C, So frost was felt in canterbury!
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Looking foward to the thunderstorm reports coming in hopefully!!
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Might do a drive up Dargaville way tomorrow to get some Cb cloud pics depending on how the Satellite photo looks in the morning.

Currently overcaste and 13C here.
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TonyT wrote:
Aaron J Wilkinson wrote:Well what do you know. Didn't get down to -3 at all here in Chch, we only went down to +3. Pretty pleased with my previous estimate! :D It looks like inland areas didn't even get a frost.

It looks as if there was some flow from the sw at night, but it may of also been a combination of some cloud etc to that helped keep temps up.
With all the fog and low cloud around in North Canterbury yesterday the humidity was always going to be too high to allow a clear night, low cloud was inevitable. It may have been different from CHCH southwards though, with less cloud and mist there yesterday.
Correct... a frost again this morning. Not a bad one either. Lowish cloud drifting in from the North now. Got that drizzle feel to it :evil:
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Few light showers just passed here coming in from the NE nothing like a moist flow in contrast with sunshine 12C here currently.
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No fog in the Mackenzie. Overcast now. The low was -1.3° at 03:27.
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Not a bad day here,little sun but Cool and dry all day lots of middle layer cloud Light ESE :)
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Might do a drive up Dargaville way tomorrow to get some Cb cloud pics depending on how the Satellite photo looks in the morning.
I may do the same spwill. Pity there is not much surface heating at this time of year. Looks to be a good chance of heavy hail.
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quite active thunderstorm western side of Nth Cape now.. :)
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some great looking mamatus clouds from the blown off cb/warm front cloud systems over us today!
(easterly surface wind, W to NW upper wind)
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latest rain radar shows widespread heavy rain over northland, just north of uckland and us here....its going to be a wet night in auckland....could be localised surface flooding...maybe even some thunderstorms?
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Thunder Forecast: The Northland/Auckland area should be subject to periods of thunderstorms at times from Monday through to Wednesday night.

Cape in excess of 400 and negative Li's of -3 over Parts of Northland are possible.
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update:
very nasty squall line now moving down over northland, kaipara area....
has pink in it..
ricky is showing lightning activity along it...
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Manukau heads observer wrote:update:
very nasty squall line now moving down over northland, kaipara area....
has pink in it..
Sorry Brian, no offence intended at all, but I find that hilariously funny...
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Something is really going off up Leigh way, see screen shot below:

edit - we are getting really heavy rain, a fair bit of wind, and the power is fluctuating, will shut the PC down shortly!

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looking good... flashes out the window now :)
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wow!!! this is one helluva squall lightning every couple of seconds :) very heavy rain over the central city area
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....bloody Auckland getting it again :evil: :evil:
Why should they always get the lions share?
Is this to piss Michael off :roll:

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...by the way, I see that Christmas/Cassidy has re-appeared on the NOAA New Zealand weather sites.
Do the Yanks really know where New Zealand really is??
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ricky wrote:wow!!! this is one helluva squall lightning every couple of seconds :) very heavy rain over the central city area
I hope someone is taping it :D

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can see the flashes and hear the tunder here now!
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Just had a great thunderstorm here. Torrential rain/hail. Winds very strong, could have been upto gale, plenty of thunder/lightning. A couple of CG's within 500m I would say. Lasted 15minutes. :D
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another close CG just now! raining again.
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OOooooohhhh :P

Send it down here!!
yes rain radar looks very 'pink' west of Auckland!!

what's the upper air flow from those clouds? NNW??
If it is awesome. Light southeasterlies here and light rain. ;)
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NZstorm wrote:Just had a great thunderstorm here. Torrential rain/hail. Winds very strong, could have been upto gale, plenty of thunder/lightning. A couple of CG's within 500m I would say. Lasted 15minutes. :D

...any mini-tornados ;)

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Unread post by Manukau heads obs »

Tony,the pink was a reference to the rain radar intensity....

getting windier and heavier rain here now...
our turn next...
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