North Island Low

Manukau heads obs · Tue 29/06/2004 10:21

sky looking black now to the north of auckland city now.....

only 9.7oc here
thats cold air moving in up to mix with all the warm air on the other side of the low....
baro dropping steadily

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Tue 29/06/2004 13:56

The radio tells us severe weather warnings on 93.4 Solid Gold in Northland,Coromandel,Gisborne Ranges,BOP and Westland

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Tue 29/06/2004 15:32

Today will be the coldest day of the year in Auckland with a high of around 11c. No sun today.
Can see rain out to the North and East but the skies out west of here are brighter and the city might escape the rain.

Manukau heads obs · Tue 29/06/2004 15:47

i think the city will get the very edge of it,,.,.as the rain does extend all the way west to the hokianga harbour....
brynderwyn has had 11mm so far of stready rain
http://ps.gen.nz/~richkids/brynderwyn.htm
barometer dropping steadily
but has stopped dropping here at the moment,....

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Tue 29/06/2004 17:00

A little light rain here now.

Manukau heads obs · Tue 29/06/2004 17:22

we got a nice sunset out of it

CbFan · Unread post by **CbFan** » Tue 29/06/2004 17:55

No heavy rain up here in the BOI today. Steady rain, but nothing special. Currently (17:52) 9 deg C and a gentle 14km/h wind.

The pretty pinks and purples lied to you guys

...A good night to blob in front of the TV, I think.

Manukau heads obs · Tue 29/06/2004 20:25

http://manati.wwb.noaa.gov/dataimages21 ... MBds70.png

plenty of wind close to the center

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Tue 29/06/2004 20:28

Wondered where that site went it came up page not found for a week now

We'll get them as "gales" here tomorrow

Manukau heads observer wrote:http://manati.wwb.noaa.gov/dataimages21 ... MBds70.png

plenty of wind close to the center

Manukau heads obs · Wed 30/06/2004 06:08

Gusts to 45 knots around these parts already this morning from the SW
the Signal station has gusts to 55 knots at the mmoment
and the barometer is still dropping, and the wind is still increasing

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Wed 30/06/2004 06:17

Terrible terrible terrible such a woeful climate

Manukau heads obs · Wed 30/06/2004 06:22

TOP of the morning to you Michael!
i think its invigrourating
LOL
shows the true power of nature at its finest

Manukau heads obs · Wed 30/06/2004 07:50

i can see from the sat animation that yes indeed a new low center is forming off gisborne/hawkes bay, and its going to bomb
that will make the wind stronger...,.which has eased here a bit,,,,but it does that around sunrise often,,,,

Manukau heads obs · Wed 30/06/2004 08:00

HICKS BAY NE 9 15.5 15.3 987.8 - 4.2 21 6HR 99 83 2016.0 0.0 1497.0
TAUPO S 3 10.1 9.5 996.7 - 3.2 6 6HR 96 31 27.6 -3.1 1097.4
GISBORNE WSW 14 10.5 8.9 991.2 - 6.8 38 6HR 90 23 29.9 0.0 1101.8

wow, a 6.8 hpa drop in pressure at gisborne!
(in 3 hours)
its still NE wind at hicks bay...., and they have a baro of 987.8 there
its a bomb

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Wed 30/06/2004 08:31

The Chatham Islands also look likely to be battered by savage gales today and tomorrow.

Manukau heads obs · Wed 30/06/2004 09:09

latest met service weather warning:
The low responsible for the heavy rain is expected to continue to
deepen to the east of the North Island today, bringing widespread
southwesterly gales to much of the North Island. The East Coast from
Gisborne to Wairarapa is expected to bear the brunt of the strong
southwesterlies, with severe gusts of 140 km/h possible, especially
about exposed coasts. Also, the Bay of Plenty, central North Island
high country, and Wellington can expect possible gusts to 120 km/h
later today through to early Thursday morning. The southwesterlies
are expected to ease over the North Island during Thursday morning as
the low starts to move away towards the east.
These strong winds have the potential to cause damage to trees,
powerlines and some buildings and also make driving conditions
hazardous.

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Wed 30/06/2004 09:40

Had a noisy night here with the strong winds and it's still very gusty.

Michael must be delighted as the wind is a South Westerly.

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Wed 30/06/2004 09:48

Its all we ever get The Northerly component lasts a day if you lucky then another week of this

Now I see why Auckland is now loosing people to the rest of the country.
I can put up with the cold of yesterday but this is unbelievable

spwill wrote:Had a noisy night here with the strong winds and it's still very gusty.

Michael must be delighted as the wind is a South Westerly.

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Wed 30/06/2004 11:31

Michael wrote:Its all we ever get The Northerly component lasts a day if you lucky then another week of this Now I see why Auckland is now loosing people to the rest of the country.
I can put up with the cold of yesterday but this is unbelievable
spwill wrote:Had a noisy night here with the strong winds and it's still very gusty.

Michael must be delighted as the wind is a South Westerly.

We're safe

down here in Christchurch but mind you it's a bit cooler than yesterday.

JohnGaul
NZTS

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Wed 30/06/2004 11:32

Michael wrote:Its all we ever get The Northerly component lasts a day if you lucky then another week of this Now I see why Auckland is now loosing people to the rest of the country.
I can put up with the cold of yesterday but this is unbelievable
spwill wrote:Had a noisy night here with the strong winds and it's still very gusty.

Michael must be delighted as the wind is a South Westerly.

We're safe

down here in Christchurch but mind you it's a bit cooler than yesterday.

JohnGaul
NZTS

Manukau heads obs · Wed 30/06/2004 17:59

Winds are peaking here in the last hour now
regular gusts to 47 knots, very high average of 39 knots at times.
Barometer starting to rise a little bit.
A good SW gale ,but nothing to get too excited about

(but its not over just yet by the looks)
i notice from the data reports from around the NI that the windspeeds have not reached quite as strong as first forecast.

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Wed 30/06/2004 19:43

Just another evening of the same we are now accustomed to Gales and Rain

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Wed 30/06/2004 19:51

Averaging 33knots gusting 48kts at AK airport.

According to Ricky's Grey Lynn weather station, it is only 8.3kts average in Grey Lynn. But it looks 25-30knot average here to me.

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Wed 30/06/2004 19:55

Its probably buggered by the windy weather

NZstorm wrote:According to Ricky's Grey Lynn weather station, it is only 8.3kts average in Grey Lynn. But it looks 25-30knot average here to me.

Manukau heads obs · Wed 30/06/2004 20:02

yeah, gusts to 50 knots here now , at that farm, maximum average of 42 knots so far (very high averaging wind)
just starting to get interesting (in these parts it has to go over 50 knots before you can say its getting windy )