Ground Hog Week or (Cold End To June)

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Re: Ground Hog Week or (Cold End To June)

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About time,weather "reasonable" this afternoon after the past week.and finally Wellington getting what we had all week here with All models showing it all downhill again mostly in the N&W.Probably need a new thread..Ground Hog week revisited Start of July :lol:
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Excellent vantage point spwill, seems you love those storm clouds!! ;) Great photography as always.
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Re: Ground Hog Week or (Cold End To June)

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some food for thought: the series of fronts we just survived were not really much out of the ordinary isobar-wise, with the exception of the massive initial injection of polar air early on. is this what caused such activity, ie, initial cooling of the surrounding air?
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Re: Ground Hog Week or (Cold End To June)

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A combination of cold upper air originating from the southern lattitudes and low level moisture off the North Tasman Sea. In these situations strong wind shear and fast moving fronts also assist in thunderstorm development.
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yes, i think the amount of moisture was important, early on
often a cold air is dry air...
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Re: Ground Hog Week or (Cold End To June)

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Probably the warmer than normal SST for June? plus low sun height.
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