General September Weather

[trickytiger]

Fine day, but a cold wind from the south keeping the temperature down to 16C for the maximum today.
Warm in the sun out of the wind.
Winds easing later this afternoon.

16 hmm seems a tad high in todays cold wind flow

16 seems legit to me. I recorded 15.3 in temuka, didn't feel cold at all at work in orari

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Fine day, but a cold wind from the south keeping the temperature down to 16C for the maximum today.
Warm in the sun out of the wind.
Winds easing later this afternoon.

16 hmm seems a tad high in todays cold wind flow

We are in a sheltered area here in Geraldine and it can be quite warm in the back yard and the back of the house as compared to more exposed areas in the town. Sadly, i don't have my Stevensons Screen any more as that got damaged in the high winds that we experienced in West Melton.
MS or NIWA do not have a station here in Geraldine so I can't compare my temperatures to theirs for comparison.

[Richard]

Was a cold wind yesterday out in the exposed paddock, 11.4dag the max here. Should get yourself another screen John otherwise the temps you post are not really accurate at all

[snowstormwatcher]

16 hmm seems a tad high in todays cold wind flow

16 seems legit to me. I recorded 15.3 in temuka, didn't feel cold at all at work in orari

Yeah was a High of 14.9 at Timaru airport yesterday so 16c in Geraldine is probably pretty accurate in a private backyard with heat from surrounding buildings etc.

Overall south Canterbury is a bit warmer in S/Sw wind as the wind blows over the Hunter Hills rather than directly off the sea like Futher north on the plains.

[Richard]

Was a cold wind yesterday out in the exposed paddock, 11.4dag the max here. Should get yourself another screen John otherwise the temps you post are not really accurate at all

Quite simple to make a small screen https://www.instructables.com/Stevenson ... r-station/

[Richard]

so 16c in Geraldine is probably pretty accurate in a private backyard with heat from surrounding buildings etc.

Its not accurate if its been influenced by buildings etc, the gauge needs airflow and little radiated solar light.

[snowstormwatcher]

so 16c in Geraldine is probably pretty accurate in a private backyard with heat from surrounding buildings etc.

Its not accurate if its been influenced by buildings etc, the gauge needs airflow and little radiated solar light.

Regardless of how you setup your screen it's always going to be slightly warmer in a suburban area vs out in the countryside, that's why Metservice have most of their stations at Airports. Johns readings from Geraldine are probably accurate to his location in a suburban backyard. it might have been a degree or two colder outside town but with 15c reported at Timaru airport it seems South Canterbury was just a little bit warmer than the rest of Canterbury yesterday.

[Nev]

16 seems legit to me. I recorded 15.3 in temuka, didn't feel cold at all at work in orari

Yeah was a High of 14.9 at Timaru airport yesterday so 16c in Geraldine is probably pretty accurate in a private backyard with heat from surrounding buildings etc.

MS actually had Timaru Aero peaking at 15.5C yesterday arvo. NIWA's Timaru Garden's site, about 12 km further south and more coastal, was a little cooler with 14.3C.

[Storm Struck]

Fairly blustery now in southern Christchurch, gusts just on gale force at times.
Aircraft have changed the flight path to over the city.
The winds will come and go overnight but will pick up tomorrow prior to brief spillover rain. Could be some hefty gusts in there.

[TonyT]

Fairly blustery now in southern Christchurch, gusts just on gale force at times.
Aircraft have changed the flight path to over the city.
The winds will come and go overnight but will pick up tomorrow prior to brief spillover rain. Could be some hefty gusts in there.

Gale force refers to a mean speed, not a gust speed.

[TonyT]

Its not accurate if its been influenced by buildings etc, the gauge needs airflow and little radiated solar light.

Regardless of how you setup your screen it's always going to be slightly warmer in a suburban area vs out in the countryside, that's why Metservice have most of their stations at Airports. Johns readings from Geraldine are probably accurate to his location in a suburban backyard. it might have been a degree or two colder outside town but with 15c reported at Timaru airport it seems South Canterbury was just a little bit warmer than the rest of Canterbury yesterday.

Metservice have most of their stations at airports because of the mission critical needs of aviation for real time data.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Here is a photo of my weather sensor located on a fence in the back corner of our property in a well shaded area.
I cleared some foliage nearby to allow more a wind flow past it.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Fine day here with high cloud from the west clearing away early afternoon with today's maximum of 21.7C recorded early afternoon.
Not much wind, breezy here around noon from the NW but lots of calm spells this afternoon with it being NE for a while at one time.
Cooling down this evening but becoming milder later thai evening with it being 17.4C at 10.30pm with a bit of a NW picking up.

[darcyplumb]

Wow what a mild night! Temp peaked around 3am at 18.5 degrees C and it hasn’t dropped below 16 degrees C all night!

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Strange day here.
Windy and mild overnight but cooled away from early this morning with a southerly developing with associated clagg moving over?

[darcyplumb]

Strange day here.
Windy and mild overnight but cooled away from early this morning with a southerly developing with associated clagg moving over?

It’s just turned SW here now too.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Strange day here.
Windy and mild overnight but cooled away from early this morning with a southerly developing with associated clagg moving over?

It’s just turned SW here now too.

Looking rather bleak to the south. Quite cool here, might have to light the fire. Not much wind, if so from the south/SE.

[Richard]

Strange day here.
Windy and mild overnight but cooled away from early this morning with a southerly developing with associated clagg moving over?

A different kind of strange day here, spitting light rain all day along with a the gale WNW wind, never had a heavier period of rain during that time, just really odd.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Just clagg here all day with some light rain and hardly any wind to speak of, if so, not from the westerly direction?.
... however cleared away now and fine and calm.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Interesting day here weather wize.
Windy overnight and also this evening from the west but apart from that it was a boring claggy day with low cloud cover for much of the day before it cleared away later this afternoon and evening. Not much wind, calm at times.
Today's maximum was 18C recorded around 1am this morning but then the temperature dropped away, with today's daytime maximum only reaching 12C, as the windflow,even though light, tending to the south with one or two light gusts. Also some sporadic light rain falling but one shower had a few heavy drops. 0.8mm or today. Looked more rainy southwards towards Timaru with some red spots on the radar as the rain moved out to the east.
Anyway fine evening with westerly wind up for a while.

[tich]

Unstable looking skies over Banks Peninsula for a time midafternoon, with virga like showers visible to west. (nothing in Akaroa) What was a warm day, become quite a lot cooler, as fresh southwesterly wind sprung up.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

A fine day with gusty westerly winds. Winds easing this evening.
Today's maximum was 20.5C.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

A fine day with little wind as compared to yesterday.
Increasing high cloud this afternoon from the west to SW.
Pleasant warm day with light winds. Today's maximum was 21.5C.

[Nev]

Mod Note: Re this morning's M6.0 quake north of Geraldine in south Canterbury, I've moved some earlier posts from here to the thread in the 'Seismic/Volcanic' section in 'Off Topic'...

[Orion]

25.8°C at the moment according to my unscientific thermometer.
Nor'west arch, high cloud aloft, quite hazy. Fresh breeze, gusty at times.