General August Weather

[Razor]

Magnificent day here in Canterbury. Absolute cracker as we settle in for what looks like the first lengthy dry spell in ages

[spwill]

Showers not eventuating here, partly cloudy, light winds and 15C, low 10C. Next few nights will cool down with the clear skies.

[mikestormchaser]

Magnificent day here in Canterbury. Absolute cracker as we settle in for what looks like the first lengthy dry spell in ages

Cracker day alright, a little SW flick tomorrow will spread showers up the south island but once that clears will have a run of very frosty nights and clear skies until atleast Monday. Nice to have some fine settled weather on a weekend for a change

[spwill]

Some convergence taking place now over Ak.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

0.7mm of rain overnight and remaining cold and cloudy today and the sun did shine at times. Same weak Cu forms.
Not much wind, Becoming cold and frosty this evening. Minus 0.7C at 10pm.

[Razor]

GFS is going out on a limb from the middle of next week. Something to watch?

[Awhituobs]

yup
another atmospheric river from the tropics, which has been a trend since last November
and looks to continue this spring , with La Nina lingering, and the warm Indian over NW of Australia giving extra energy boost to MJO's as they migrate into the north Tasman

[Richard]

With each computer run its starting to looking worse in terms of rainfall numbers for Canterbury,

[darcyplumb]

With each computer run its starting to looking worse in terms of rainfall numbers for Canterbury,

My yard was a slushy mess after the frost this morning. The snowmelt will be hugely problematic with this too. Also to add that there was significant erosion of a number of stop banks along the Ashburton River last week.

[Richard]

I was reading in one of the farming mags that they are looking widening some of the Ashburton river

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

After goof frost this morning, a blue dome day eventuated. 11.7C the maximum for today.
Fine frosty evening with a bright full moon. 0.2C at 10pm.

[spwill]

Yesterday was the coolest day of the year for Auckland, the airport 4.1C -12.1C .

[CbFan]

FBook post just gone up
"Seen from Ross Street [Opua] @12:26pm Tuesday 9th August"

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Same system gave us the first hail for the year and some very active vertical builds. Not surprised this dropped out the bottom.

[Nev]

Thanks CbFan - I'd almost forgotten about that one. Wonder if it touched down?

It was also reported on TVNZ Weather that night as "a twister recorded about lunchtime just near Paihia"...

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[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

There was another one recorded at Cobden near Greymouth also last week recorded on Stuff that I was going to mention but forgot about, can't remember the date.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

After goof frost this morning, a blue dome day eventuated. 14.4C the maximum for today.
Fine frosty evening with a bright full moon. 0.7C at 10pm.

[Razor]

Stunning day for a walk up Mt Alford in the snow. Just magic.

[Nev]

There was another one recorded at Cobden near Greymouth also last week recorded on Stuff that I was going to mention but forgot about, can't remember the date.

Can't find anything online from Stuff, but the ODT/Greymouth Star reported a likely tornado near Greymouth on August 2nd...

https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/west-coas ... ages-homes

[snowstormwatcher]

Stunning day for a walk up Mt Alford in the snow. Just magic.

How much snow at the top? Went up there last summer, great views.

Blue dome skies in South Canterbury the last 2 days, noticably warmer in the sunshine compared to a month ago. Still patchy snow lying in shaded areas above 350-400m

[harveyt86]

Metservice talking of possible red warnings for the rain coming this week. Big issues coming up for top of South Island and not good for ski fields.. Hopefully South Island fields with thick snow cover will hold up okay but looks like the end of any chance Ruapehu had of developing any sort of snow base this season.

[Razor]

Stunning day for a walk up Mt Alford in the snow. Just magic.

How much snow at the top? Went up there last summer, great views.

Blue dome skies in South Canterbury the last 2 days, noticably warmer in the sunshine compared to a month ago. Still patchy snow lying in shaded areas above 350-400m

A good covering from top to bottom

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

After a frost this morning, blue dome day conditions eventuated after a reddish sunrise.
Mild day with it getting up to 15.6C. Light wind.

[harleyb]

Compared with the South Island snow, this is how bare the central North Island mountains are. This photo was taken yesterday next to Blue Lake on Tongariro, looking into Central Crater (1700 m elevation). I was shocked at how little snow there is. The warm rain coming this week will probably take away most of what's left. Not so many years ago the central volcanoes would usually be smothered top to bottom in winter snow by this time of year. Not now!

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[cbm]

Compared with the South Island snow, this is how bare the central North Island mountains are. This photo was taken yesterday next to Blue Lake on Tongariro, looking into Central Crater (1700 m elevation). I was shocked at how little snow there is. The warm rain coming this week will probably take away most of what's left. Not so many years ago the central volcanoes would usually be smothered top to bottom in winter snow by this time of year. Not now!

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This season looking like the worst since 1998. Had yet to learn to ski then, but read about it.

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[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

After a good frost this morning, a rather cloudy day eventuated with light northerly winds. Some sunshine this afternoon with some mid-range AC forms. Today's maximum was 11.1C. No more frosts this week by the look of it. 5.9C at 10pm.