Easter Weather

[Razor]

Looks like some decent rain looming for us more Southern folk

[Bradley]

Heavy rain watch now over Christchurch City and as well

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Steady rain here all day but not heavy.

[Bradley]

50mm in West Melton and counting, half that in the city for alot of places…

[Richard]

Wish I knew how much rain has fallen here, the weather stations is not working

[spwill]

Here in Auckland we had phone text alerts warning for severe thunderstorms/heavy rain on Saturday afternoon and yesterday evening, did we really need these? There certainly should have been a severe thunderstorm warning on Friday night.

[David]

Here in Auckland we had phone text alerts warning for severe thunderstorms/heavy rain on Saturday afternoon and yesterday evening, did we really need these? There certainly should have been a severe thunderstorm warning on Friday night.

No, it’s a knee jerk reaction to having missed the Friday night event in my opinion. Over use of these will make them more easily dismissed by the public

[tich]

This must certainly be fake news:
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/other/cy ... =9#image=2

[Richard]

This must certainly be fake news:
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/other/cy ... =9#image=2

Certainly is a load of BS

[Orion]

This must certainly be fake news:
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/other/cy ... =9#image=2

I wonder if that was written by a human being...

[Richard]

Try and find any info on the supposed writer Kathleen Westbrook, I had no luck. Looks like AI to me.

[tich]

Try and find any info on the supposed writer Kathleen Westbrook, I had no luck. Looks like AI to me.

The photos don't look like they're from NZ.

[spwill]

Here in Auckland we had phone text alerts warning for severe thunderstorms/heavy rain on Saturday afternoon and yesterday evening, did we really need these? There certainly should have been a severe thunderstorm warning on Friday night.

No, it’s a knee jerk reaction to having missed the Friday night event in my opinion. Over use of these will make them more easily dismissed by the public

Agree.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

This must certainly be fake news:
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/other/cy ... =9#image=2

I wonder if that was written by a human being...

Probably not. I see on UTube that someone or thing has posted showing Auckland as a disaster area after Cyclone Tam ravaged New Zealand.
We certainly got ravaged here with still and calm days and drizzly rain

[Nev]

Getting well off-topic here, but the example above seems to be fairly typical of Microsoft's MSN AI generated fake news...

https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-n ... the/464775

Meanwhile, can we please get back to the real weather folks...

[tornado]

45mm in total in takanini. good show early Saturday morning with lightning/thunder.

they still have not learnt their lesson though in regarding the right timing for the emergency alerts. i do know there were heavy showers west Auckland Saturday afternoon but no alert and only a watch issued on midnight Friday/Saturday? weatherwatch nz did a good job of pointing out the thunderstorm risk with this ex cyclone.

[tornado]

I am not sure about this qoute here.

parts of Auckland received 200 milimetres of rain,

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/558 ... er-weekend

[Nev]

I am not sure about this qoute here.

parts of Auckland received 200 milimetres of rain,

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/558 ... er-weekend

The wettest Auckland Council site I can find for the the 6 days to Easter Monday was 152mm at Mt Roskill (104mm of that in just 2 hrs).

Many Auckland sites have also recorded well over 200mm for the month so far, with Mt Roskill and Swanson topping the list at 268mm.


Edit: Found a council forestry site up near Dome Valley (SE of Wellsford) that recorded 211mm in the 6 days to Easter Monday (mtd 328mm).