Easter Weather

Razor · Unread post by **Razor** » Sun 20/04/2025 11:19

Looks like some decent rain looming for us more Southern folk

Bradley · Unread post by **Bradley** » Sun 20/04/2025 15:54

Heavy rain watch now over Christchurch City and as well

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Sun 20/04/2025 17:21

Steady rain here all day but not heavy.

Bradley · Unread post by **Bradley** » Mon 21/04/2025 08:10

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

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Mon 21/04/2025 08:17

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

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Mon 21/04/2025 09:05

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 · Unread post by **David** » Mon 21/04/2025 11:31

spwill wrote: Mon 21/04/2025 09:05 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 · Unread post by **tich** » Mon 21/04/2025 11:32

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

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Mon 21/04/2025 12:05

tich wrote: Mon 21/04/2025 11:32 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 · Unread post by **Orion** » Mon 21/04/2025 14:38

tich wrote: Mon 21/04/2025 11:32 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 · Unread post by **Richard** » Mon 21/04/2025 15:10

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

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Mon 21/04/2025 16:57

Richard wrote: Mon 21/04/2025 15:10 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 · Unread post by **spwill** » Mon 21/04/2025 18:12

David wrote: Mon 21/04/2025 11:31
spwill wrote: Mon 21/04/2025 09:05 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 · Mon 21/04/2025 18:52

Orion wrote: Mon 21/04/2025 14:38
tich wrote: Mon 21/04/2025 11:32 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 · Unread post by **Nev** » Tue 22/04/2025 08:32

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 · Unread post by **tornado** » Thu 24/04/2025 09:22

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 · Unread post by **tornado** » Thu 24/04/2025 11:49

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 · Unread post by **Nev** » Fri 25/04/2025 15:28

tornado wrote: Thu 24/04/2025 11:49 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).

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