General May Weather

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

After this wet weather event for the end of April and the first coupla days of May, this month will will start off as fine and sunny with another anticyclone moving across the country. As Tony says it will be a stormy winter but there will be some blue dome days from anticyclones moving across the country together with the storms.

[tornado]

would be nice for a period of settled weather for auckland after all this sub tropical stuff we been getting.

[spwill]

Clearing weather tomorrow, should be some big Cbs north of the city tomorrow with an isolated thunder chance. A fine sunny weekend is on the way.

[tornado]

Clearing weather tomorrow, should be some big Cbs north of the city tomorrow with an isolated thunder chance. A fine sunny weekend is on the way.

yes a trough to the north tomorrow. looking forward to some sunny weather after a wet April.

some models are showing some shower activity extending down to south east auckland. will see what eventuates tommorow.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Another 37 mm of rain falling today with rain easing from about 3pm but remaining cloudy with moderate winds from the SW.
Cold temperatures with it only getting up to 7.6C which was the general temperature for most of the day and night.
The power went off in Geraldine for an hour late afternoon, don't know if it was weather related.
101.3mm for the event here.No flooding from what I saw.

[spwill]

Clearing weather tomorrow, should be some big Cbs north of the city tomorrow with an isolated thunder chance. A fine sunny weekend is on the way.

yes a trough to the north tomorrow. looking forward to some sunny weather after a wet April.

some models are showing some shower activity extending down to south east auckland. will see what eventuates tommorow.

Yes, Auckland region/Coromandel have a heavy shower/isolated thunderstorm risk today

[harveyt86]

Thunder out west for the last 20 or so minutes.

[spwill]

Thunderstorm with small hail here at Northcote

[Nev]

Hearing approaching constant rumbles here as well...

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[Nev]

Heavy little burst of rain with plenty of thunder and lightning overhead now. No hail though...

[spwill]

Photo, Cb over SE Auckland late afternoon

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Cloud eventually clearing this morning to become a fine blue dome day with light winds tending NE.
Still a bit on the cool side with today's maximum being 12.9C.

[Tracy Herbert]

This article is in today’s Otago Daily Times.

https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/abov ... now-slopes

[Orion]

This article is in today’s Otago Daily Times.

https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/abov ... now-slopes

I noticed that.

We'll see...

Subjectively: winter sheets going on the bed several weeks earlier than recent past years.

Some high cloud today, sunny, about 14°C at the moment.
1016.0hPa.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Yes, I can see that with less frosts and more cloudy skies over the next few months especially night time which lifts overall temperatures.
Seas are "warm" at the moment as well.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

A generally partly cloudy day with sunshine at times and light next to no wind. Still SWish the airflow as the low drifts away to the east,
Drizzling again this evening. 15.9C the maximum for today.

[spwill]

The coolest morning of the year here, the first single digit temperature of the year this morning for Grey Lynn+ the Airport with a 9.3C minimum.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Some drizzly rain overnight but easing away before dawn.
Generally a cloudy day with not much wind, only 12.8C for today.

[spwill]

A cold early start for Auckland rural today, I see lows of 4-5C.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Not quite a frost here this morning but it was chilly as the minimum was only 1.5C, with no ice on the truck window.
A lovely fine day eventuated with top temperature being 13.9C. Not much wind.

[tornado]

Photo, Cb over SE Auckland late afternoon

was busy that day but some thunder around mid day in takanini and heavy showers and then CBs continuing to pop up for the reminder of the afternoon on Friday.

[tornado]

model variations on the rain/thunder chance for north island again on Friday this week.

[spwill]

model variations on the rain/thunder chance for north island again on Friday this week.

Yes, at this stage some rain Friday with a line of heavy rain/isolated thunder chance crossing our area afternoon or evening.

[tornado]

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just a model outlet for friday. . but high pressure is on either side of it. will keep a eye out next few days see how it looks closer to the time.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

After a light frost this morning a fine day eventuated with not much wind. Some nice fluffy cirrus uncinus forms way up there. 14.1C max for today.