Another new web site, papatoetoe, auckland

Manukau heads obs · Thu 17/04/2003 19:21

http://ps.gen.nz/~windy/hamgap/papatoetoe.htm

(my brothers place, brand new WMR968 wireless weather station)

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Thu 17/04/2003 20:51

Good stuff Brian. They are certainly great looking weather stations.
Cheers

Manukau heads obs · Thu 17/04/2003 21:00

the WMR968 (Oregan scientific) has some good points, but some bad points too....
good points:
its wireless and solar powered......set up the sensors where you want, no wires

the windspeed sampling is slow...so it misses gusts, and the windspeed data only updates to the PC every 10 seconds anyway...
this papatoetoe site (just west of the motorway, after getting off at east tamaki), is shelered from the W and SW winds by a row of big gum trees, unfortunaltey....
but the rain data from a south auckland site, which michael will vouch, will be interesting, as they get some heavy showers there building off the hunua ranges.....

anyway, its good to see the current weather pattern going to plan as per the models on sunday/monday for easter etc.....with this low in the tasman doing a loop on itself...
i usefull rain in canterbury at the moment
http://www.zl3gp.co.nz/

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Thu 17/04/2003 22:06

I'm happy as long as it doesn't rain too much- Make the most before the winter monsoon which will last till Xmas within a few weeks when the jetstreams establish over the country

Manukau heads obs · Thu 17/04/2003 22:24

current weather:
the rain radar shows spotty showers moving down towards the auckland/Northland aread

, from the NW
well, they are real...one just went over us.....
from a towering cumulus cloud....
that hardly looks big enough to have rain falling from it

they look sureal in the bright moon light..

hey, i know someone who once reported a moonbow...

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Fri 18/04/2003 08:30

If you like weather, you will like the winter monsoon. Lots of big cb's.
I have a feeling the 'winter monsoon' will start late this year, July.

I agree when the weather starts to stabilise in October, the southwesters
become a (nasty word). I think they spoil Aucklands climate as they
can last untill Xmas. To escape the southwester you need to move to the
BOP. Eastern Northland is not sheltered enough. If I was going to but a
holiday home it would not be in Northland because of its exposed climate.
Too much like Auckland. I would go for southern Coromandel or BOP.

Manukau heads obs · Fri 18/04/2003 08:38

southern coromendal?
tuuranga gets surprisingly strong SWers too....they come rolling down off the Kaimais........but at least they will miss some of the showers associated with them

teh good old auckland SWer has been missing for a while now....its about time it came back!
(i like stroing winds

Manukau heads obs · Fri 18/04/2003 08:53

oh and yes i agree about eastern BOP
whakatanes population is booming

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Fri 18/04/2003 10:28

I Hate the SW wind its always cold,its cloudy its always blustery no matter how shallow the flow is and the rest of NZ boasts how wonderful the weather is while here winter lingers on -From July to Xmas is the worst.

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Fri 18/04/2003 12:28

The southwester I hate is the 7/8 stratocumulus 2000ft scenario.
Quite common in spring and early summer. I'm thinking BOP including Tauranga are sherltered from this.

Like yesterday, one or two showers breaking out over Auckland.

Midday Calm shower 6/8 cu/sc T19C