AUCKLAND T/S Today!!!! - Yippee

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Fri 30/04/2004 23:34

Northland downwards is going to get battered tommorrow!

Some very moist unstable air in the North and Central Tasman Sea heading this way. It will be interesting to see how much influence the building ridge has in stabilising the air. I think the rising surface dewpoints will probably keep the air on the unstable side of the ledger.
Currently dewpoint 17C, may get upto 20C Saturday.

Manukau heads obs · Sat 01/05/2004 06:37

6:30 am
spitting with rain here, already, from the warm frontal cloud
boy, that came in fast!
also,
the 4 am radar shows widespread heavy rain moving onto northland

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Sat 01/05/2004 07:39

7.35am Lt Nthly, moderate rain, 18C.

Looks like were in for a damp day.

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Sat 01/05/2004 08:33

It will be one of those boring days stuck indoors waiting for it to stop

Manukau heads obs · Sat 01/05/2004 12:50

17mm here now since 9am
steady heavy rain

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Sat 01/05/2004 13:35

Light rain in Chch with a fresh cool northeasterly. Looking forward to the clearance (Noon radar has the rain as a narrow band over Canterbury/Chch) as warm northwesterlies are supposed to follow. We haven't had many warm days lately and seasonal predictions (Blue Skies, NIWA) suggest there won't be many more before winter truly sets in. (though could be several westerly/northwesterly days this coming week)

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Sat 01/05/2004 14:06

Here in Auckland we have continuous mostly light to mod rain driving in on a fresh NE wind.
Canterbury will have a much better weather next week with Foehn winds blowing.

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Sat 01/05/2004 14:15

spwill wrote: Canterbury will have a much better weather next week with Foehn winds blowing.

Lucky bastards

Manukau heads obs · Sat 01/05/2004 14:16

http://www.tokaanuskihire.co.nz/pukekohe/flash/
23mm at pukekohe now
there will be alot of rain coming off those tyres at the V8's!!!!!!!!

19.3mm in waiuku:
http://ps.gen.nz/~hamgap/
22mm here, at my place
http://www.weather-display.com/windy/flash/

and yet auckland only half the amount
http://www.portunus.net.nz/weather/live.html

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Sat 01/05/2004 14:27

Some very warm humid air knocking on the door of northern NZ. Its not here yet though with a cool 16C with non stop rain. I expect a period of unstable weather over northern NZ tomorrow or Monday with thunder likely.

Should be quite thundery/hail on the West Coast of the South Island next week as cold unstable air is advected across that area.

Manukau heads obs · Sat 01/05/2004 14:33

great!
its about time we had some exciting weather!!!!

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Sat 01/05/2004 15:32

Steady rain since 8.30am. Should ease later on????

Looks like a very warm day (for May) is on the cards for Monday.
25c for Kaitaia, 23c for Auckland, 24c for Tauranga tomorrow...

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Sat 01/05/2004 16:08

Yes, should feel tropical here tomorrow.

Manukau heads obs · Sat 01/05/2004 16:25

i see auckland rain has now caught up with us....

i can see a small patch of blue out to the west of me here now....and the sky is much brighter....and the rain has stopped here now...

but the front looks to have slowed down, and is snaking away to the NW of northland....they are getting good rain up there now finally...:
http://ps.gen.nz/~richkids/brynderwyn.htm

so if the front becomes slow moving over northland tomorrow, they might end up with a fair dollop

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Sat 01/05/2004 16:55

Rain here in Central Auckland over the past couple of hours has been heavier but I notice the skies out to our west are brighter now.

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Sat 01/05/2004 20:41

Persisting down here again the front looks like it will stay looking at the weather map We may be pushing it a little to get 23 unless the front moves furthur south

Foggy Hamilton wrote:Steady rain since 8.30am. Should ease later on????

Looks like a very warm day (for May) is on the cards for Monday.
25c for Kaitaia, 23c for Auckland, 24c for Tauranga tomorrow...

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Sat 01/05/2004 21:34

Rain hasn't quite eased up yet with 10mm here in the last hour.
40mm for the day.

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Sat 01/05/2004 21:46

Heavy rain across Auckland this Evening and warm with the dew point over 17c.

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Sat 01/05/2004 22:56

Michael wrote:
spwill wrote: Canterbury will have a much better weather next week with Foehn winds blowing.
Lucky bastards

Be careful, Michael.

I use the quote of Lucky bastardswhen people elsewhere are getting thunderstorms or exciting weather when here in Chrustchurch are suffering from boring weather,\.
I think the West Coast are going to be in for an exciting week.
Aaron, I think you should hop over there for there is likely to be, quite a bit of thunderstorm activity $\:D/$ $\:D/$ $\:D/$

JohnGaul
NZTS

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Sat 01/05/2004 23:28

Michael wrote:Persisting down here again the front looks like it will stay looking at the weather map We may be pushing it a little to get 23 unless the front moves furthur south
Foggy Hamilton wrote:Steady rain since 8.30am. Should ease later on????

Looks like a very warm day (for May) is on the cards for Monday.
25c for Kaitaia, 23c for Auckland, 24c for Tauranga tomorrow...

I'm in Hamilton. Not Auckland. (luckily)

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Sat 01/05/2004 23:29

In the last 5 minutes I have seen several Lightning flashes in our west with distant Thunder.

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Sat 01/05/2004 23:40

Heavy rain here with Thunderstorm just to the east.

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Sat 01/05/2004 23:55

The storm has gone, it just missed this area. Eastern suburbs must have got a real deluge from it. Anyway, 10mm here in the last hour with total now 55mm for the day. On latest satellite picture can see a line of convective cloud over the AK region. My prediction for thunder came a day earlier. Current temp 18C, dp 18C. Its that high dewpoint that causes the air to be unstable.

Manukau heads obs · Sun 02/05/2004 06:34

http://www.hamiltonit.orcon.net.nz/weat ... toetoe.htm
73mm at papatoetoe !

waiuku and us here same as auckland, 55mm or so

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Sun 02/05/2004 08:32

Yes, South Auckland got more rain than further north. I notice on Met Service obs, Auckland airport had 54mm in 6hrs to midnight.

Upper air parameters for Auckland today, K38, Precipitable water 47mm,
Air is looking moist and unstable. Just the chance of thunderstorm today.