General January Weather

Weetbicks · Unread post by **Weetbicks** » Wed 06/01/2010 22:16

Went for a cycle out near Templeton/West Melton way this evening, great ride aside from the bloody wind.

Here are some pics I took. There was a very cool effect happening over the airport, they almost look like spotlights but definitely weren't, look like just rays from the sun. Can anyone shed more light on this?

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Weetbicks · Unread post by **Weetbicks** » Wed 06/01/2010 22:18

Couple more

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NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Wed 06/01/2010 22:31

The rays are anticrepuscular rays. These will be radiating up from the E horizon, opposite the setting sun.

DT-NZ · Unread post by **DT-NZ** » Wed 06/01/2010 22:33

Weetbicks wrote:Went for a cycle out near Templeton/West Melton way this evening, great ride aside from the bloody wind

Here are some pics I took. There was a very cool effect happening over the airport, they almost look like spotlights but definitely weren't, look like just rays from the sun. Can anyone shed more light on this?.

Nice atmospheric optics Weetbicks and aside from the wind I'm glad your enjoyed your cycle this evening... erm... those there beams *grins* look like Anticrepusular rays to me - I am thinking perhaps you took those gorgeous pics in the opposite direction of the setting sun (?) - anyway, someone else might know.

DT-NZ · Unread post by **DT-NZ** » Wed 06/01/2010 22:35

NZstorm wrote:The rays are anticrepuscular rays. These will be radiating up from the E horizon, opposite the setting sun.

confirming for me that they are anticrepuscular rays...

Weetbicks · Unread post by **Weetbicks** » Wed 06/01/2010 22:43

Cool, will have to google it. Yes you are quite right those are looking eastward toward the airport and were opposite the setting sun.

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Thu 07/01/2010 08:24

You can see the big cb's on the sat pic heading for Southland this morn. Dunedin is looking a good spot for late afternoon thunder/hail with an onshore easterly forecast which will provide the convergence.

Andrew Massie · Unread post by **Andrew Massie** » Thu 07/01/2010 08:30

NZstorm wrote:You can see the big cb's on the sat pic heading for Southland this morn. Dunedin is looking a good spot for late afternoon thunder/hail with an onshore easterly forecast which will provide the convergence.

Sooo.. where's our Dunedin crew? Janos? It's actually looking quite unstable here, but we're not going to get the change we need, dammit!

Razor · Unread post by **Razor** » Thu 07/01/2010 09:34

Razor wrote:Well I'm fresh back from a tramp in South Westland up to the Welcome Flat hotpools where I watched over 300mm of rain fall in two rain events over 36 hours, with a glorious sunny day in between the two events.

On the night of the first we got 141mm at the hut in about 4 or 5 hours with thunder and lightning. Cleared to a magnificent sunny day on the second from around 10am, then on Sunday the 3rd torrential rain set in at 7am and by 4pm it eased to showers, having dumped an incredible 188mm in just 9 hours into the hut rain gauge.

I will try and post some photo's etc later on

Cleared yesterday to allow us to walk out to the highway. I note in the paper that Franz Josef reported 250mm in just 12 hours! Quite a lot of damage on the highway

As promised some pics from the Copland Valley during last mondays event.

Razor · Unread post by **Razor** » Thu 07/01/2010 09:35

I tried uploading a wee movie clip too but can't seem to get it to work. Under 1MB but too big for site limits?

And I see with another 300mm overnight the Cropp River site has topped 1000mm in the past 6 days

Wow thats some start to the year!

DT-NZ · Unread post by **DT-NZ** » Thu 07/01/2010 10:03

Razor wrote: As promised some pics from the Copland Valley during last mondays event.

Morning, thanks for those pics, incredible, what a massive volume of water and those mountains are just overflowing... could do with some of that water in the dry FN and MN regions, thanks again.

Dean. · Unread post by **Dean.** » Thu 07/01/2010 10:17

Steady rain here,quite heavy too.
Looks slow moving on the radar,might be some good totals before it clears this afternoon.

David · Unread post by **David** » Thu 07/01/2010 10:39

Reasonably nice day here, mix of cloudy areas and sun, 20Â°C currently

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Thu 07/01/2010 10:41

Still dry and warm in Chch.

mikestormchaser · Unread post by **mikestormchaser** » Thu 07/01/2010 11:50

Andrew Massie wrote:
NZstorm wrote:You can see the big cb's on the sat pic heading for Southland this morn. Dunedin is looking a good spot for late afternoon thunder/hail with an onshore easterly forecast which will provide the convergence.
Sooo.. where's our Dunedin crew? Janos? It's actually looking quite unstable here, but we're not going to get the change we need, dammit!

yes!! on the last two days of holiday i can chase aswel

someone talk the set conditions up this way bit more

Dry in chch still With light NW i think it is? have to check the stations.

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Thu 07/01/2010 12:03

Have been spending time up Northland way, a very dry landscape up there. It is often dry over Northland through summer (after Xmas) but the current dry weather started back in October. Very nice beach weather but no surf due to the Westerlies/lack of tropical lows to the north and not the usual humid weather.
photo, Whale Bay

MoorfNZ · Unread post by **MoorfNZ** » Thu 07/01/2010 13:14

It's been hosing down here for a while now... very heavy. MetService says chance of TS, it's still warm here... what are the chances???

Razor · Unread post by **Razor** » Thu 07/01/2010 13:16

The Cropp gauge now upto 400mm for the day and last hour 47mm. The Hokitika River is now running at over 6000 cumecs, which is where the flood warnings sound.

Thats nearly 1200mm and counting in 6 days!

Massive, follow that stats here: http://www.wcrc.govt.nz/river_level_rai ... ummary.htm

MoorfNZ · Unread post by **MoorfNZ** » Thu 07/01/2010 13:19

Might have to venture out and see what the Waimak's doing at the gorge....

Andrew Massie · Unread post by **Andrew Massie** » Thu 07/01/2010 13:19

Razor wrote:The Cropp gauge now upto 400mm for the day and last hour 47mm. The Hokitika River is now running at over 6000 cumecs, which is where the flood warnings sound.

Thats nearly 1200mm and counting in 6 days!

Massive, follow that stats here: http://www.wcrc.govt.nz/river_level_rai ... ummary.htm

Awesome.. It's impressive, eh? Did you stop in Arthur's Pass on the way back, Razor?

Chris Raine · Unread post by **Chris Raine** » Thu 07/01/2010 14:29

Thunderstorms and flooding in Invercargill currently

Tornado Tim · Unread post by **Tornado Tim** » Thu 07/01/2010 14:33

Invercargill's Temp is in single digits.

MoorfNZ · Unread post by **MoorfNZ** » Thu 07/01/2010 14:50

Friends in Invercargill reporting rain, some hail and thunder...

Went to Waimak Gorge - it's not really gushing all that much and it's now stopped raining here and sun is out...

MoorfNZ · Unread post by **MoorfNZ** » Thu 07/01/2010 14:55

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/vide ... 349&ref=nf

Can you all view this? Not sure if you can as it's on Facebook - friend's quick vid of arrival of thunder/rain in Inver's at midday today

EDIT- sorry doesn't look like you can... will get original

Gary McConnochie · Unread post by **Gary McConnochie** » Thu 07/01/2010 15:04

Boy that sure is heavy rain!!!!!!

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