Labour Weekend Low, 20th-24th

Storm Struck · Unread post by **Storm Struck** » Tue 24/10/2006 20:39

Yes Tony but wouldn't it gather too much rain at the top

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It is all level and firmly in the post so should be picking ok readings considering it only picked out 4mm for September.
Pool is not big enough

yes I know you live close to the ocean

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Cheers
Jason.

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Tue 24/10/2006 21:12

Wasn't too bad of a day in Auckland in the end. The real showers didn't turn up untill about 4pm. Looking at the IR satellite, clouds don't look much around the top of the country. NZWP sounding has tropopause at 6200m (-32), not overly high.

One of the conditions we have decided upon for severe thunderstorms in NZ (and many other places) is 25+mm/hr.

Interestingly in USA, they leave rainfall out of thunderstorm warnings and issue 'flash flood' instead.

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Tue 24/10/2006 21:15

Showers continuing in Chch with a fresh, cold southerly. BTW I notice it was only 3C with recent precipitation in Waiouru at 7pm - snowing on Desert Road?

Manukau heads obs · Tue 24/10/2006 21:34

jason, you could end up with rain splashing off the post into the rain gauge....i think thats a problem (for rain from that direction....but maybe you dont get rain from that diretion much)
on the otherside of the coin, the post will shelter the rain gauge for rain from that angle (wind blown rain anyway)

TonyT · Unread post by **TonyT** » Tue 24/10/2006 21:57

Jasestrm wrote:Yes Tony but wouldn't it gather too much rain at the top

It would gather just the right amount of rain if it were at the top. I think Brian is right, you're not going to get optimum performance out of it mounted the way it is now.

Storm Struck · Unread post by **Storm Struck** » Tue 24/10/2006 22:18

Well cheers for the tips all about learning aye

will have a weather station in a few years when the dosh is abit better

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Cheers
Jason.

Andrew Massie · Unread post by **Andrew Massie** » Wed 25/10/2006 07:58

TonyT wrote:
Jasestrm wrote:Took a pic of my rain gauge too just so ya know what it looks like .
Cheers
Jason.
Wow, thats an amazing raingauge. I've never seen one that big before. I like the way you've used a wooden frame to support it. How do you empty it? Do you use the ladder to climb in and use a ruler to measure the accumulated rainfall? I know you have big downpours at your place but I never imagined you'd need such as big gauge.

PS Your new swimming pool looks rather small though...

PPS Seriously, your raingauge will not be reading correctly mounted the way it is. You need to get the top of the gauge up above the top of the post.

I think he missed that one, Tony!

How about this... There's NO WAY I would be able to swim in MY rain gauge!

Manukau heads obs · Wed 25/10/2006 09:29

I see Waiuku got 9mm from that CB I photographed to the south of me