Fine day finally

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Tue 30/03/2004 09:26

A nice day here finally

but time will tell and the Nasty SWer will soon be back

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Wed 31/03/2004 18:16

Much better day today This is how Autumn I remember of the last few years like No wind and blue skies and 21c

CbFan · Unread post by **CbFan** » Thu 01/04/2004 08:34

So what are you doing inside on your computer???

- Go outside and play!

....You've only got 14 Hrs to enjoy it before the SW'er kicks in again and the 10/10 cloud settles again with its associated drizzle

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Thu 15/04/2004 16:22

Vast improvement today,No Wind,No Rain and blue skies with lots of sun.

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Tue 08/06/2004 16:41

Nice to see the sun out all day too and no wind

It looked like this

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Tue 08/06/2004 17:03

Fine afternoon in Chch after cloud built up in the morning following a frosty night. According to the radar, the showers plaguing Banks Peninsula gradually died out overnight.

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Tue 08/06/2004 17:22

tich wrote:Fine afternoon in Chch after cloud built up in the morning following a frosty night. According to the radar, the showers plaguing Banks Peninsula gradually died out overnight.

A cool-but-fine day has become a cooler-but-beautiful evening.

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Tue 08/06/2004 22:56

Looks like another frost for tomorow morning!! It will be warm water on the car windows again tomorow!!!

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Tue 08/06/2004 23:11

Yes... but unfortuately, it should milder up from tomorrow with high cloud ruining the chances of frost

JohnGaul
NZTS

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Wed 09/06/2004 08:03

Yeah the frost wasnt as bad as i thought was going to be John. But its still thers ice on my car windows and its only 3 degrees outside!!

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Wed 09/06/2004 11:22

03 Stormchaser wrote:Yeah the frost wasnt as bad as i thought was going to be John. But its still thers ice on my car windows and its only 3 degrees outside!!

We got down to -2.3 at 06:35 this morning...anybody else here dip below that? Alexandra? It's usually pretty darn frosty down there!

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Wed 09/06/2004 17:21

Down to a cold 7c in Central Auckland this morning after a clear calm night but cloud cover came over at day break on a light SW wind and it made for a cool day up here.

Looks like a cold South to South East flow may affect the South Island next week with some snow fall to low levels for the East.

Andy · Unread post by **Andy** » Wed 09/06/2004 17:40

Gary Roberts

We got down to -2.3 at 06:35 this morning...anybody else here dip below that? Alexandra? It's usually pretty darn frosty down there!

Yep -3.3 here around 6 am and a coolish day followed with some cloud lingering around till late in the day. Max 5.4 at 3.30pm

Temp ATM 4.2

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Wed 09/06/2004 18:09

Andy wrote:Yep -3.3 here around 6 am and a coolish day followed with some cloud lingering around till late in the day. Max 5.4 at 3.30pm

Temp ATM 4.2

Bit nippy that. I expect you'll be seeing it colder though!

We flew off to the heat and humidity of Japan on the evening of May 25th, and on the morning of May 27th it hit -3.3 in Omarama. I miss all the interesting weather...

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Wed 09/06/2004 21:54

spwill wrote:
Looks like a cold South to South East flow may affect the South Island next week with some snow fall to low levels for the East.

Yes, I'm betting on that as well.
Anticyclone/Depression/ anticyclone scenario looks likely for NZ this winter.
We are having the anticyclone at the moment, so next week looks likely for some wintry weather. I hope so

JohnGaul
NZTS

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Wed 09/06/2004 22:06

NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote:Yes, I'm betting on that as well.
Anticyclone/Depression/ anticyclone scenario looks likely for NZ this winter.
We are having the anticyclone at the moment, so next week looks likely for some wintry weather. I hope so

JohnGaul
NZTS

Oh please, oh please, oh please...!

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Thu 10/06/2004 00:07

As long as it depression in the tasman and moves NE wards to sit off Raoul Island.Not the hideous ones that move abeam the north Is to the Chathams

NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote:Yes, I'm betting on that as well.
Anticyclone/Depression/ anticyclone scenario looks likely for NZ this winter.
We are having the anticyclone at the moment, so next week looks likely for some wintry weather. I hope so

JohnGaul
NZTS

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Thu 10/06/2004 20:33

Noticed a shower passing over before, about an hour ago. View from the rain radar! There must be a lull between storms for the 03 stormchaser to report a shower!!!!

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Thu 10/06/2004 21:02

Noticed a shower passing over before, about an hour ago. View from the rain radar!

What - a shower in Chch.

Not in the central city. Clear skies here and heading towards another frost.
I notice today's radar showing a bit of shower activity out on the peninsula though.

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Thu 10/06/2004 21:08

Yeah a shower lasted a half hour or so, im more near the airport than central city. looks as if it will be frost tomorow, nd with this rain wont do anyone favours!

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Thu 10/06/2004 21:13

tich wrote:
Noticed a shower passing over before, about an hour ago. View from the rain radar!
What - a shower in Chch. Not in the central city. Clear skies here and heading towards another frost.
I notice today's radar showing a bit of shower activity out on the peninsula though.

Yes, Ben, I recorded a shower about 6pm with 0.3mm in my rain-gauge.
Interesting skies this afternoon. Looked quite thundery, which would impossible as we are under anticyclonic conditions at the moment.
Possibly an upper level trough scenario???

JohnGaul
NZTS

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Thu 10/06/2004 21:20

Yeah noticed that too john, possible around lunch and into late afternoon, was quite surprized!! do these troughs ever produce anything??

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Thu 10/06/2004 21:26

03 Stormchaser wrote:Yeah noticed that too john, possible around lunch and into late afternoon, was quite surprized!! do these troughs ever produce anything??

They can do. One did in the early 1990's produced thunderstorms in anticyclonic conditions in Southland and here in Canterbury. Date I can't remember.

JohnGaul
NZTS

Thunder · Unread post by **Thunder** » Thu 10/06/2004 22:08

Yeah, I got rain from when I left town to here in Southshore. Not small stuff, it was OK rain but not torrential. Stopped now though.
There looked to be some ok rain offshore at about midday:

I noticed clouds building out towards the peninsula after midday and thought "What if?

.......... " But nothing happened

I didn't think anything would anyway but as you guys say they had that thundery look to them. The clouds offshore from the Peninsula looked good on the 4pm Sat Pic:

Probably not active but they were towering up casting shadows.

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Thu 10/06/2004 22:14

On the maps the last night or two they showed kinks in the isobars around the high(could be localized troughs) as its been cloudy up here with a light SW but only enough to make it cloudy though