General May Weather

[Razor]

Surface flooding in Eastern Christchurch, I'm not surprised given the rate of rainfall in some areas on very dry land, over 30mm in some gauges now

[JP.]

Must have been fairly localised as Chch aiport only recorded 11mm so far.

[Richard]

Started to get a bit of light drizzle now

[Razor]

Must have been fairly localised as Chch aiport only recorded 11mm so far.

I think you'll find the airport is the "localised" site today.

Falls are fairly widespread and much wetter across much of the City, particularly in the arc from the north and east, through town and round the Port hills and adjacent areas around to the SW.

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[Storm Struck]

The flooding will also be because of autumn leaves in the storm water systems, can often make even a moderate rainfall look serious.
But this is a E-SE feeder which usually gives us more of those thicker light rain bands.
Out west near the airport certainly hasn't been heavy but as I say thick light rain, with some moderate rain and big drops at times.
Having said that is getting more on the heavy side now.

[Kobi]

Surface flooding in Eastern Christchurch, I'm not surprised given the rate of rainfall in some areas on very dry land, over 30mm in some gauges now

I noticed some flooding when i was leaving my house this morning, mainly around the gutters had flooded, and i live in the eastern side of the city, but i didn’t know it was that bad

[Richard]

Had 1.4mm of rain today

[harleyb]

Low centre currently sitting in Hawke's Bay just west of Mahia Peninsula. Looks impressive on the radar.

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[Ash]

Yeah it's a cool looking radar, also very heavy rain expected if that band curls nice and tight and feeds rain into Hawkes Bay for the next 24 hours

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Grey overcast and moist day with the occasional drizzle and light rain showers contributing to the 18 mm of precipitation today.
Light southerly. 9.7C for today.

[Razor]

Very heavy rain here at Lincoln right now. A bleak day

[Kobi]

Mainly overcast here, was some passing showers very early on, but for the last 4 hours its just been cloud

[Orion]

Observing at the moment: some cauliflower clouds bubbled up to the east, just off the coast by the look of it.
Also looks like a patch of fog to the south, and maybe foggy cloud to the west as well.

7.8°C, sun trying to show beyond clouds but is now only forty minutes from setting.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Another 8mm of drizzly light rain overnight and this morning from continuing overcast conditions but from noon becoming brighter and fine patches increasing as the afternoon wore on. 10.5C for today. Not much wind. Calm this evening.

[Kobi]

Was another day in the single digits today, the hourly high got to 9.7C, and rainfall of 1.8mm last night

Next week looks like a return to frosts every morning too on the latest forecast

[Richard]

Only received 5.8mm from the resent NI low, so the local drought will continue into the 6th month looking ahead. Will June bring some good rainfalls

[Kobi]

Got to 10C today, back into double digit highs, was some very brief drizzle in the morning, 0.4mm in total.

Tomorrow should see frosts first thing, followed by a cold change and some showers early afternoon.

[Orion]

Currently 1.5°C on my thermometer.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Low cloud and misty this morning early, but lifting as the sun came out this morning with reports of steam rising from Talbot Forest as the sun shone on it. Partly cloudy day with not much wind but skies gradually clearing later this afternoon and evening with it becoming cold and frosty.
Today's maximum was 9.5C with it getting down to minus 0.6C at 10pm.

[spwill]

Looks like milder air will be over NZ for the first week of June.

[Razor]

Another dull wet day in Lincoln. Raining since 10am. Quite surprised to hear 10km away at home its been dry all day

[Richard]

Dry here all day too, still dull and cold though. Planted some grasses today, found only the top couple of cm was damp, bone dry under that

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

After a frost this morning, a grey and overcast day eventuated with occasional light drizzle. Light southerlies. Today's maximum was just 8.3C.

[Kobi]

Certainly cold today, started on 1C, got to a max of 8.4C hourly, though didn’t get much in the way of rain from the front.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Not quite a frost this morning but near to it. A fine day eventuated with some high cloud increasing this afternoon but clearing away this evening.
Today's maximum was 14.5C. Light winds with a bit of a westerly tenancy flow late afternoon.