Monday 12th: Severe Gales, Snow and Storms

GraemeWi · Unread post by **GraemeWi** » Sun 11/06/2006 20:53

Auckland VHF warning is interesting:

NZ Metservice wrote: STORM WARNING A18 FOR HAURAKI GULF, FROM BREAM HEAD TO CAPE
COLVILLE :
Northerly 25 knots gusting 35 knots rising to 35 knots gusting 45
knots overnight and to 55 knots gusting 65 knots for a time Monday
morning. Becoming northwest 35 knots gusting 45 knots around midday
Monday then changing southwest 25 knots gusting 35 knots Monday
evening.

Just on hurricane force. I guess crusaders force is about 80 knots and blues force is about 3 knots

gllitz · Unread post by **gllitz** » Sun 11/06/2006 21:00

GraemeWi wrote:Auckland VHF warning is interesting:

NZ Metservice wrote: STORM WARNING A18 FOR HAURAKI GULF, FROM BREAM HEAD TO CAPE
COLVILLE :
Northerly 25 knots gusting 35 knots rising to 35 knots gusting 45
knots overnight and to 55 knots gusting 65 knots for a time Monday
morning. Becoming northwest 35 knots gusting 45 knots around midday
Monday then changing southwest 25 knots gusting 35 knots Monday
evening.
Just on hurricane force. I guess crusaders force is about 80 knots and blues force is about 3 knots

GOOOO THE MIGHTY CRUSADERS

....errrr....ALL BLACKS!!

Manukau heads obs · Sun 11/06/2006 21:04

wow
you dont see 65 knots in the forecast very often

gonna be a great high wind chase out this way tomorrow....!!
no takers yet though, so it will be just be me at this stage...
i will take some video footage....on the camera for any interested people

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Sun 11/06/2006 21:06

gllitz wrote:
GraemeWi wrote:Auckland VHF warning is interesting:
Just on hurricane force. I guess crusaders force is about 80 knots and blues force is about 3 knots
GOOOO THE MIGHTY CRUSADERS ....errrr....ALL BLACKS!!

GO THE SARACENS!!

GraemeWi · Unread post by **GraemeWi** » Sun 11/06/2006 21:07

Manukau heads observer wrote:wow
you dont see 65 knots in the forecast very often

gonna be a great high wind chase out this way tomorrow....!!
no takers yet though, so it will be just be me at this stage...
i will take some video footage....on the camera for any interested people

I'd love to be there tomorrow, but will be at work

I'll keep an eye on the harbour bridge in case it falls over

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Sun 11/06/2006 21:09

GraemeWi wrote:I'll keep an eye on the harbour bridge in case it falls over

RWood · Unread post by **RWood** » Sun 11/06/2006 22:41

Just come back from a movie - it's pretty windy out - but no more than that - and very mild for a winter evening, still awaiting something bigger!? That satellite image did look very impressive.

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Sun 11/06/2006 22:53

Huge digging within the last two hours behind the front

Flutterbye · Unread post by **Flutterbye** » Sun 11/06/2006 22:58

Foggy Hamilton wrote:Huge digging within the last two hours behind the front

What does 'digging' mean

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Sun 11/06/2006 23:01

Has anyone ever seen so many warnings at metservice??

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Sun 11/06/2006 23:07

Sorry, flutterbye.. a mid to upper trough is surging through.. humid northerly air undercutting or hitting the cold sub-antarctic air. Tony can you confirm this? It really looks amazing..

Cb splitting and diverting towards Auckland by the look of the latest satellite image.

Quikscat satellite shows quite a strong frontal boundary embedded at the moment.. winds gusting to 60 knots by the looks!

KiwiWeather · Unread post by **KiwiWeather** » Sun 11/06/2006 23:11

Amazing to see all these warnings.

But has any Aucklander looked at the moon tonight?

I am totally gobsmacked at the beauty of it this evening. Believe me, I have tried to capture it on film but I don't have the knowledge nor the equipment to do it.

There is this enormous perfect ring around the moon, which has it in a huge circle of clear sky, amid fog elsewhere. It is a sight to behold. I have only seen this once before in the UK, but the clarity here is breath taking.

I did notice that earlier on, it had a beautiful bright blue ring around the immediate perimetre - which I presume is because of ice crystals?

Go and and have a gander, you won't be disappointed.

Flutterbye · Unread post by **Flutterbye** » Sun 11/06/2006 23:15

Thanks foggy

squid · Unread post by **squid** » Sun 11/06/2006 23:17

well the low was at 994 a few hrs ago i reckon it will go below 980.

looking forward to the reports as this thing crosses NZ and any pics aswell

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Sun 11/06/2006 23:21

Latest Quikscat grab on it's descending pass: 10.24pm NZST

Wow!

squid · Unread post by **squid** » Sun 11/06/2006 23:24

HEAVY SNOW WARNING

AREA/S AFFECTED: CANTERBURY SOUTH OF BANKS PENINSULA
FORECAST:

In the 9 hours from 10pm Sunday to 7am Monday, expect up to 15cm of snow to
accumulate down to 300 metres, with lighter falls down to 200 metres.

well there is a heavy snow warning for ya
wow warnings out for eveything wind,rain ,snow
when was the last time something this intense threatened or crossed nz??

squid · Unread post by **squid** » Sun 11/06/2006 23:29

low down to 990 and dropping

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Mon 12/06/2006 00:39

Rain spreading onto Northland now

Looking heavy too.

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Mon 12/06/2006 03:10

Reports of heavy snow out of Timaru and Central Otago.. Gary looks like your station is reporting it?

125mm of snow in Ashburton, 50mm in Timaru, 150mm in places.. reports of power outages out the back of Timaru
Waimate to Ashburton worst effected.. local radio stations out.

Edit, MetService just upgraded the Chch urban forecast to "Snow easing to few showers"

You lucky sods!

Manukau heads obs · Mon 12/06/2006 06:30

6:20 am here
wind increasing here now, NNE, 33 knots gusting too

yes, I saw the moon last night and the halo

latest sat image shows the low center heading for cook straight area
and a strong front has developed to the sout of the low, but the front to the east of the low is unorganised at this stage, rain radar shows only scattered heavy showers along the front....
but it will probably get more organised as the day progresses

temperature climbing here now, nearly 15oC here now

Storm Struck · Unread post by **Storm Struck** » Mon 12/06/2006 06:32

NEVER Seen anything like it outside

massive drops of rain or large sleet

flooded from back to front property streets flooded ekkk watch the rivers at high tide especially the avon.
It's been heavy rain since 3:30am and still going.
EDIT.. Heavy snow falling in Rangiora,Oxford,Timaru,Cashmere hills this is interesting.

Cheers
Jason.

Skywatcher · Unread post by **Skywatcher** » Mon 12/06/2006 06:39

After a night of heavy rain then sleet, it's finally gone quiet here because it turned to snow and is already starting to settle

jeffsweather · Unread post by **jeffsweather** » Mon 12/06/2006 06:44

Just started snowing in Hillmorton/Hoon Hay as well, the rail eased and with 0.4C here at the moment, there had to be some snow.

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Mon 12/06/2006 06:44

Steven Graham wrote:After a night of heavy rain then sleet, it's finally gone quiet here because it turned to snow and is already starting to settle

I awoke to find 15 cm of snow covering everything and more falling steadily! WOOHOO!

Cameo1 · Unread post by **Cameo1** » Mon 12/06/2006 06:44

It hasn't rained here at all for the last few hours. Very gusty northerly here.

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Monday 12th: Severe Gales, Snow and Storms

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