Wet Weather for Canterbury possibly East Otago as Well

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Mon 24/04/2006 19:15

Looks like that now we will get a decent amount of rain here in Canterbury also the eastern areas of Otago.
I think that MetService and BlueSkies have picked this one out quite well.
It's about time too as it is getting pretty dry out there at West Melton.
Getting sick of this Indian summer weather

JohnGaul
NZTS

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Mon 24/04/2006 20:27

Any thoughts on snow levels?

Storm Struck · Unread post by **Storm Struck** » Mon 24/04/2006 20:40

Yeh a good 70mm would be nice an again on wednesday night

the major player will be surface flooding due to the time of year it is with leaves clogging up the gutters. Also with the ground being so hard and dry any heavy rain will just run off into creeks rivers be watching them closly. Went up to Sefton the other day very dry up there worse than here.
Wouldnt be surprised if we get more than 70mm here cant be ruled out

3.4mm so farr since 9am

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Cheers
Jason.

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Mon 24/04/2006 23:33

Snow levels should be around the 2000m mark depending on wind direction which seems to come form the north at the present.
Haven't dived into upper levels yet.
JohnGaul
NZTS

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Mon 24/04/2006 23:35

Freezing level is forecast to fall below 2000m.

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Tue 25/04/2006 11:10

spwill wrote:Freezing level is forecast to fall below 2000m.

Can't see the tops because of low cloud and mist but it's quite cool today and there's been a bit of rain, so a good chance of snow down to around 1,200-1,500m.

Fujita Phil · Unread post by **Fujita Phil** » Tue 25/04/2006 12:12

What is this wet stuff falling? Great to see, especially on a day off. Can't be in the garden, no shops open at the moment, just have to sit here and watch movies with the heat pump on

9C and 19mm

Storm Struck · Unread post by **Storm Struck** » Tue 25/04/2006 12:18

Still boring old moderate rain nothing heavy 12.1mm time for hybernation or awhile until real weather musles in what you think John?

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Cheers
Jason

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Tue 25/04/2006 13:46

Fujita Phil wrote:What is this wet stuff falling? Great to see, especially on a day off. Can't be in the garden, no shops open at the moment, just have to sit here and watch movies with the heat pump on

9C and 19mm

Heh! I know what you mean!

The cloud has lifted a wee bit and I can see that no snow has fallen to 1,200m...maybe up around 1,500-1,800m but hard to say.

Andy · Unread post by **Andy** » Tue 25/04/2006 17:39

Light rain falling on and off all day, a cool 8.7 now. 6mm in total in the gauage.

Very welcomed!!

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Tue 25/04/2006 19:13

Good rain here today. I recorded 44.5mm for this event since it came onto rain yesterday. 24.5mm of it falling here from 7:30am this morning.
The rain gauge at west Melton showed 37mm to 3:30pm this afternoon.

JohnGaul
NZTS

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Tue 25/04/2006 23:17

Seems like the rain has eased in Christchurch or around here in the city and out on the plains and BP.
Winds quite strong from the WSw or Sw, even though MetService have forecasted windflow to come from the north? on their Website for today.
Maybe a few showers tomorrow or overnight ...?
The next low should establish itself over the North Island. Maybe give them a few thunderstorms for a change, especially Auckland which is suffering for a bit of a 'thunderstorm drought' at the moment, apparently

JohnGaul
NZTS

Fujita Phil · Unread post by **Fujita Phil** » Tue 25/04/2006 23:41

Still falling here, with strong winds too. Was North of Dunedin at a friends place for tea, Seacliff, and just came home. The car aqua-plained twice (enough to throw the steering wheel in my hands

) and on the motorway a slip, that reached halfway across the road, had claimed a car. Glad they got there before us.

69mm and climbing. Not bad for little old dunners

kiwisk8er · Unread post by **kiwisk8er** » Wed 26/04/2006 08:19

We still have heavy rain, state highway 1 north is closed due to flooding and slips, 3 mile hill is closed as well.

I work in at the university, a lot of streets have surface flooding with water coming out of the drains, the leith river is about 0.5 - 1 metre away from flooding (you can see the water from the university weather website). The underside of my car is very clean. Oh and my feet, socks and shoes are wet.

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Wed 26/04/2006 08:23

kiwisk8er wrote:Oh and my feet, socks and shoes are wet.

So were Gene Kelly's, but you didn't hear him crying about it!

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Wed 26/04/2006 08:27

We still have heavy rain, state highway 1 north is closed due to flooding and slips, 3 mile hill is closed as well.

I see 73mm has fallen since mid night at Philanda's weather station.

That is a very heavy rainfall for the Dunedin area

Have heard Oamaru had 25mm in 1 hour this morning.

kiwisk8er · Unread post by **kiwisk8er** » Wed 26/04/2006 08:33

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So were Gene Kelly's, but you didn't hear him crying about it!

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Yeah but I bet he didn't have to wear them all day

Andy · Unread post by **Andy** » Wed 26/04/2006 08:33

kiwisk8er wrote:We still have heavy rain, state highway 1 north is closed due to flooding and slips, 3 mile hill is closed as well.

I work in at the university, a lot of streets have surface flooding with water coming out of the drains, the leith river is about 0.5 - 1 metre away from flooding (you can see the water from the university weather website). The underside of my car is very clean. Oh and my feet, socks and shoes are wet.

keep as up to date please.

Light rain here inland, 12mm in the last 24hrs in Alex, temp 8 degrees.
Very needed as only 48mm so far this year, after a very warm summer

light to moderate snow on the southern lakes mts looking at the cams, more to come maybe

Looks to be the end of the balmy weather here in Central April has been as warm as March - Not the norm!

Manukau heads obs · Wed 26/04/2006 08:48

i see metservice now have the invercargil rain radar on the site, and it looks to be a good range too...

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Wed 26/04/2006 08:57

Rain cleared from Chch last evening, and now there's sunshine peeking through the clouds. Still a good dose of rain for an area which needs it. Could be a few more showers this afternoon.

Fujita Phil · Unread post by **Fujita Phil** » Wed 26/04/2006 09:01

73mm yesterday... by 8am today, 75mm

Sounds like Oamaru are having similar problems with flooding etc.

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Wed 26/04/2006 09:15

Looks like an exceptional rainfall event occuring down there in North Otago. Somewhere on the east coast was gonna get hit bad.

Manukau heads obs · Wed 26/04/2006 09:22

that other low that has moved down from the tropics....on the backside of the high...has alot of moisture with it...and is going to get wrapped around and aborbed into the main low...so more rain....

Flutterbye · Unread post by **Flutterbye** » Wed 26/04/2006 09:39

Cold, windy & wet here in In,gill. 17mm rain though I'm not sure when it started.

Weather Watcher · Unread post by **Weather Watcher** » Wed 26/04/2006 09:43

Manukau heads observer wrote:I see metservice now have the invercargil rain radar on the site, and it looks to be a good range too...

Note that the Invercargill radar currently has a beam-blocking problem to the east due to some nearby pine trees. This is also blocking the radar from seeing Dunedin. Hopefully this problem will be fixed sometime within the next few months.