General October Weather
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Re: General October Weather
Good to hear the thunderstorm reports in from Hawkes Bay today. Also they had an earthquake as well to boot down Waiaro way
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Re: General October Weather
yes just heard about the quake.5.4. i dont think napier has had a storm for a while. some clips of good CGs as wellNZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote: ↑Tue 01/10/2019 19:44 Good to hear the thunderstorm reports in from Hawkes Bay today. Also they had an earthquake as well to boot down Waiaro way
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Re: General October Weather
Big thunderstorm in Hawke's Bay today. Haven't seen one this strong here before. Continuous fork lightning and thunder, and accumulating hail. Temp drop from 14 degrees to 4 degrees in 30 minutes!
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Re: General October Weather
Napier at the time of the storm was colder than the summit of the Napier-Taupo Highway (where it was 6C), according to MetService temperature obs map.Temp drop from 14 degrees to 4 degrees in 30 minutes!
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Re: General October Weather
I see that the temp in Napier was only 4C at one point this afternoon,very unusual for Napier.
Hope the hail didn't damage any fruit crops there.
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Re: General October Weather
I find the winter storm season May to September has the best thunderstorm odds for Auckland. October to April they seem to occur much less.
I would be happy to see drier sunnier weather now and latest gfs has only 15mm for Auckland next 15 days.
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Re: General October Weather
That's one of the main reasons why ngai Tahu are setting up an experimental orchard in an area of the ex-Balmoral forest, never getting the large hail, though I do wonder if climate change will see an increase in the size of the small hail. Apples and pears do so well every season but peaches nectarines and apricots would still need some frost protection, but again the way the frosts are going getting lighter, they may well become a crop of the future too.
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Re: General October Weather
Looks like we could be in for gust front going by radar? I cant see anything unfortunately as im working on a house with a heap of trees around. Only got a slight gap to the south
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Re: General October Weather
thanks. did get some hail last night though
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Re: General October Weather
I see the MS October outlook is looking like they expect nothing much outside the ordinary, a pretty average looking month to paraphrase their words
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Re: General October Weather
Gust front arriving into Amberley, some purples occasionally but not looking thundery yet.
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Re: General October Weather
Gust front roaring it's way north
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Re: General October Weather
Sleet and some snowflakes at Hilltop as I was going over to Akaroa this morning. (dustings above about 550-600m)
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Re: General October Weather
Radar again looking interesting near the Waimak. Heavy rain now up here and fairly gusty.
Another strong southerly lining up for the weekend as well. Quite the week.
Another strong southerly lining up for the weekend as well. Quite the week.
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Re: General October Weather
South westerly ramping up nicely here. Locally, going on MetService's website projected temperatures over the next 5 days, that would be roughly a daily mean temperature drop of 2.5c compared to the first week of October 2018.
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Re: General October Weather
Nothing much down here. Looked ominous around 7am to the south but nothing much to get enthused about so i went back to bed.
Came onto rain with a bit of a southerly in the morning then cleared up.
Came onto rain with a bit of a southerly in the morning then cleared up.
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Re: General October Weather
Frontal band incoming to Wellington looks incredible:
https://www.victoria.ac.nz/sbs/research ... utes/vucel
And:
https://www.cornish.co.nz/contact/webcam/
https://www.victoria.ac.nz/sbs/research ... utes/vucel
And:
https://www.cornish.co.nz/contact/webcam/