Cyclone Tracy wrote: Fri 24/05/2019 10:53
Currently I'm on 175mm YTD. This time last year I was 655mm. My local average by the end of May is 458mm.
My records began in 2001 and I've never recorded under 200mm by the end of May.
Very simillar here. Just 163.4mm YTD. On same day last year was 509.6mm YTD.
Even an average June would put me on about 250mm for 1/2 the year, when average annual rainfall for this area is 1100-1200mm, lowest in records since 1908 is ~830mm.
Last night it was really foggy here in Geraldine, well Raukapuka, last night
Haven't see that whilst we have been here.
I tried to take a photo but it didn't come out properly.
Chris W wrote: Fri 24/05/2019 16:40
More fog early morning and later afternoon between Waikuku and Amberley. Shouldn't have much of that from this weekend by the looks!
yes heading north this afternoon from CHCH it was foggy/haze as till Waipara, then over the Weka pass into crystal clear air with the NW Wind, amazing transformation.
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NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote: Fri 24/05/2019 17:52
Last night it was really foggy here in Geraldine, well Raukapuka, last night
I tried to take a photo but it didn't come out properly.
Problem is fog is not really that photogenic, especially at night
Well put together video, nothing more depressing and miserable than a visit to Birdlings flat beach on a bitter cold winters day, beats sitting by a nice warm fire any day.
Richard wrote: Fri 24/05/2019 20:02
nothing more depressing and miserable than a visit to Birdlings flat beach on a bitter cold winters day, beats sitting by a nice warm fire any day.
Birdlings Flat to me conjours, as far as the weather goes, a place that is ... cold and raw.
Not a place to take the family to for a summer hoilday
Chris W wrote: Fri 24/05/2019 16:40
More fog early morning and later afternoon between Waikuku and Amberley. Shouldn't have much of that from this weekend by the looks!
Arrived back around 1.30pm in Amberley, and was the densest so far this week between about 3pm and 6pm, the visibility often below 200m, and driving out to Rangiora around 6pm was under 100m. Traffic was slowing significantly on SH1.
Here in the ChCh this is a warmer than normal May, but its slightly cooler by less than half a degree mean than last May so far. Last May was pretty darn mild too, but I think it fell away towards the end, whereas this May looks like having a very mild last week in our hood
The thick fog settled on Chch tonight, just about as thick as it was on the highway yesterday but with more streetlights to help out on the roads! It's been amazing to see it this week.
yeah auckland may be in luck for thunderstorms next week. tornadoes could be possible too. i will keep an eye out . lightning near stewart island at the moment
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The MS went out on a limb last night predicting fog here that would only be clearing about now. Instead there was precisely none. They had back tracked by first thing this morning. It must be amongst the most difficult things to forecast.
Chris W wrote: Fri 24/05/2019 23:34
The thick fog settled on Chch tonight, just about as thick as it was on the highway yesterday but with more streetlights to help out on the roads! It's been amazing to see it this week.
According to the weather on TV tonight, it was a rather cold day in Christchurh, whereas, it was quite a warm day down here, despite a calm day and smokey looking haze towards the foothills. Thin NW cloud.
Took no photos but was amazed at the Collectables shop in Mayfield. If you are looking for junk, you are likely to find this here.
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tornado wrote: Sat 25/05/2019 21:07
next week low pressure moves in bringing aheap of troughs and fronts
dunno about that. Will have to wait and see
True, just that they wont produce a lot of weather for us easterners apart from a lot of warm wind, though my area should get some spillover rain Tuesday
