More squalls and gales for the south

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Tue 15/05/2007 20:18

Looks like Chch won't get anything more than gusty northwesterlies from this front, but hail and squally showers are likely in the far south, with snow to 600m there according to MetService. (but no thunderstorms forecast)

RWood · Unread post by **RWood** » Tue 15/05/2007 23:39

Slightly off topic, but yesterday's arch formations allowed me to get some pics: would have got the best one from next to Carter obs., but the camera batteries gave out.

TokWW · Unread post by **TokWW** » Wed 16/05/2007 08:09

Nice entrancing colours... range from soft purple through peach & orange ... I get some great shots from our home. I will post some old ones on my website later...

TokWW

Kezza · Unread post by **Kezza** » Wed 16/05/2007 10:00

Yeah you're right - Nor`westers are definately on the menu today... Hope they last, I want a bumpy flight out to Auckland tomorrow

gopolks · Unread post by **gopolks** » Wed 16/05/2007 10:34

Well its very warm here in ChCh, and the old Nor west is kicking in, big time.

gopolks · Unread post by **gopolks** » Wed 16/05/2007 12:43

24 degrees in Chch at the moment, is that a record high for May?

Heck I might head down to the beach!

Kezza · Unread post by **Kezza** » Wed 16/05/2007 12:47

gopolks wrote:Heck I might head down to the beach!

You fancy a sandblasting?

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Wed 16/05/2007 14:08

24 degrees in Chch at the moment, is that a record high for May?

No, it think it's got to 26 or 27C before. (1999?) Still pretty warm today.

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Wed 16/05/2007 17:15

Official temp from me at Finlays Road was 22.7C.
Interesting to see what other Maxx for today were.

JohnGaul
NZTS

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Wed 16/05/2007 17:51

Oamaru 24Â° today

NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote:Official temp from me at Finlays Road was 22.7C.
Interesting to see what other Maxx for today were.

JohnGaul
NZTS

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Wed 16/05/2007 19:14

Michael wrote:Oamaru 24Â° today

so was Timaru and another place. Nice to see those places getting warm temperatures this time of year.
I see the wind is likely to turn SW in Auckland??
Do you still go on about them being gale force?
I hope you have had some medicine whilst I've been away

JohnGaul
NZTS

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Wed 16/05/2007 19:28

NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote:
Michael wrote:Oamaru 24Â° today
so was Timaru and another place. Nice to see those places getting warm temperatures this time of year.Kaikora
I see the wind is likely to turn SW in Auckland?? Unfortunately yet again looks it for a week
Do you still go on about them being gale force? Yes often they are but often can be Storm Force,Hurricane Force or Tornado Force
I hope you have had some medicine whilst I've been away
The best medicine would be a nice place like Mecca,Hawaii,inland California but then these are all just dreams

JohnGaul
NZTS

RWood · Unread post by **RWood** » Thu 17/05/2007 13:59

Glorious WSW day today here.

gopolks · Unread post by **gopolks** » Thu 17/05/2007 15:22

The long range forcast for Christchurch for the next six days is fine and sunny

With Temps between 15-19.

Why the heck did I buy an electric blanket?

gopolks · Unread post by **gopolks** » Thu 17/05/2007 16:02

Make that ten days of sunny weather.

Anyone want to buy an electric blanket?

sw_windbow · Unread post by **sw_windbow** » Thu 17/05/2007 16:12

gopolks wrote:
Anyone want to buy an electric blanket?

Keep the blanket. The first week of June, always, without exception is tooth enamel shattering. Beware the first week of June.

sw_windbow · Unread post by **sw_windbow** » Thu 17/05/2007 16:14

sw_windbow wrote:
gopolks wrote:
Anyone want to buy an electric blanket?

Keep the blanket. The first week of June, always, without exception is tooth enamel shattering. Beware the first week of June.

By that I mean you'll need the blanket to catch all your little chips and splinters of teeth.

Storm Struck · Unread post by **Storm Struck** » Thu 17/05/2007 22:03

Another mild to warm day today 19C and i bet some other places got over the 20C mark again

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This might not be quite unusual for this time of year considering it has happend before in May as Tich has said, but has it happend for two days straight before?.
Looks like more of these days on the way too with plenty more mad dog NWer's to come next week.
I actually recall in December last year seeing in the news about America having unusual warm temperatures for the start of thier winter which was then followed a week later by severe snow and ice storms.
Could we be following the same pattern, ive noticed on a few occasions over the last two years especailly with the UK we have followed simular weather patterns as in the aspects that are unusual to a seasonal change.
Coincedence i am not so sure about, But I do know that the northern Hemisphere is experiencing some form of global warming or climate shift just look at the impacts.
Cheers
Jason.

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Thu 17/05/2007 23:19

Yeah we are experiencing a sort of climatical shift, thats why the weather is so boring here and looks as though this trend will continue.
Instead of focusing on a more dramatic effect with climate change, why isn't there more emphasis on the boring effects of weather with the changing climate.
I see less storms here in Canterbury, more drizzle related feature occuring. Boring really.

JohnGaul
NZTS

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Fri 18/05/2007 09:01

Just more premnament highs in the tasman thats all

RWood · Unread post by **RWood** » Fri 18/05/2007 10:22

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John, that's because of the obsession with extremes. The media are interested in nothing else. Climate change regardless, I am an oddball who has always paid more attention to the average weather than the extreme events. The most annoying example I can recall was of a gale in Wellington, 31 July 2000. Very strong NW, but nothing very special happened. However some bored character in TVNZ got a shot of someone hanging on to a farm fence up in the "marginal lands", and together with some BOP flooding that's the only visual images that the public would have seen of that month.

Locally, that gale was completely at odds with the weather for the rest of the month, which was by far our best ever July, and which felt nothing like winter. It may have bored some of course, but that's another story.

Interesting

JohnGaul
NZTS

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