tich wrote:Had some unforecast brief rain in central Chch overnight or near dawn - I can only tell because the ground is damp. Must've been an isolated as nothing was recorded at Hillmorton and the radars have showed nothing near Chch. Otherwise today looks like another mild one like the weekend, but maybe cloudier.
I was surprised to hear rain on the roof this morning. Not enough to tip the gauge but enough to dampen the concrete. Only lasted about 20 mins from about 6:45. Colourful sunrise, nice to watch (glance at from time to time ) while cycling to work.
Yes I recorded a trace in my raingauge this morning from the rain which I think must of been heavy virga as it came from off the NW Arch cloud this morning.
Nice rainbow looking WSW from here, even double in parts.
NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote:Yes I recorded a trace in my raingauge this morning from the rain which I think must of been heavy virga as it came from off the NW Arch cloud this morning.
Nice rainbow looking WSW from here, even double in parts.
JohnGaul
NZTS
Probably wasn't from virga if it got to your gauge
There is no such thing as bad weather, just the wrong clothes.
It was definitly quite a heavy shower because it woke me up, 1.5mm recorded. When I looked east you could see the shower tracking acros the city out to sea.
A lot of promise for Taranaki. Thunder possible in the west from Westland to Northland but looks like the cold unstable pool will be aimed at central NZ. May get cold enough for light snow to 300m in the deep south but the environment in the south seas is capped (stable) so not much in the way of convective cloud getting into southern NZ.
Aaron J Wilkinson wrote:This Wednesday shows a bit more promise John, hopefully something happens! What are your thoughts now we are getting closer?
Cheers
Not taking too much of a chance on this one even though there is an upper level trough over us involved.
Might have to tend to agree with MetService saying that it may be a little early in the season, ....but then you never may know
Aaron J Wilkinson wrote:This Wednesday shows a bit more promise John, hopefully something happens! What are your thoughts now we are getting closer?
Cheers
Not taking too much of a chance on this one even though there is an upper level trough over us involved.
Might have to tend to agree with MetService saying that it may be a little early in the season, ....but then you never may know
JohnGaul
NZTS
I see TVNZ called snow again for the south (Friday, down to 200m!), and maybe up into Canterbury. They were wrong about it last week too. The rain this week has washed away what snow we have faster than a lot of people can remember seeing it happen before.
Maybe a little snow will fall some place but I'm not holding my breath.
Fujita Phil wrote:
Probably wasn't from virga if it got to your gauge
Yes ,but then, there is no meteorological term for virga reaching the ground, that's why I termed it as heavy virga.
JohnGaul
NZTS
... Yes there is a meteorological term... it's called "rain". Of course there is no term for virga reaching the ground because by definition it doesn't
There is no such thing as bad weather, just the wrong clothes.
NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote:
Yes ,but then, there is no meteorological term for virga reaching the ground, that's why I termed it as heavy virga.
JohnGaul
NZTS
... Yes there is a meteorological term... it's called "rain". Of course there is no term for virga reaching the ground because by definition it doesn't
OK Phil, you win - rain ... but then it might not of done so
) while cycling to work.
... Yes there is a meteorological term... it's called "rain". Of course there is no term for virga reaching the ground because by definition it doesn't
