General February Weather

[Razor]

The race is on to see if we can top 30 for a 4th straight day. 28.1 currently- still NW and very sunny.

[CHCH Weather Chaser]

28.7 degrees the warmest all day now and hardly a breath of wind. It has actually turned SSW here for almost an hour and a half now.

Updated:

Temperature 29.0 C
Dewpoint 9.2 C
Humidity 29 %

Wind Speed 15 km/h
Average Wind Speed 4 km/h
Wind Direction South West
Barometer 1005.8 hPa

Rainfall (Last 10 Mins) 0.0 mm

[dogmelon]

There was a Pyrocumulus over a fire somewhere Darfield way or so but before I could get a photo it had disappeared.

[Lukemyster]

Yeah, when that southerly change came through it didnt carry much strength. The little wind kep't rising the Temps to 29 degrees. Not sure if it will rise up to 30C, but anything can happen here.

5th concecutive day above 30C for good ol' Rangiora, with the highest temperature of 36.3C on the 23rd.

[Michael]

Little rain here with the change,least the SSW is lighter,less daylight heating in this respect lessens the wind speed,sunny now.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

There was a Pyrocumulus over a fire somewhere Darfield way or so but before I could get a photo it had disappeared.

Just managed to get a shot of one closer that that, just down the road here in West Melton. Post it up later.

JohnGaul
NZThS

[CHCH Weather Chaser]

25 degrees now with the winds swinging around to the ENE so 2nd wind change of the day. Still very liuttle cloud, a bit of CU to the west and south but beside that glorious and pleasent with a freshening ENE.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Yes, back to NE here which has dropped the temperature a little.

JohnGaul
NZThS

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

There was a Pyrocumulus over a fire somewhere Darfield way or so but before I could get a photo it had disappeared.

Just managed to get a shot of one closer that that, just down the road here in West Melton. Post it up later.

JohnGaul
NZThS

Here is that photo.

JohnGaul
NZThS

[Richard]

Good shot John,could even see it from up my way too.

8mm of rain overnight ,nice not to have the NW wind for a change today,had 6 days of it.

[Nev]

Refreshingly cooler 17.1C with DPs down to 15C, few clouds and a moderate SW breeze.

Only managed 3.0mm of light showers yesterday bringing the months total to a mere 11.5mm.

[CHCH Weather Chaser]

Managed to get 2.5mm last night/early morning. 14 degrees here with a 5km/h NNW. Southerly has died out already, good news!

[Michael]

Just beebop here.wont ease till evening never does once its kicked in the morning.Whats happened to "light southerlies" needles falling more than the rain yesterday.

[Richard]

A 3C start to the morning here,i see "Jim" recons Culverden should be around the 29C later

[Dean.]

A balmy 31 in Ashburton this afternoon

[snowstormwatcher]

fine here 28 degrees here this afternoon 5 degrees here first thing this morning.

[Lacertae]

By the way John, beautiful picture of the pyrocumulus !

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

By the way John, beautiful picture of the pyrocumulus !

It was just an offchance. Very quickly the smoke went up and then a Cu form on the top of it. I was buzy burying some roosters and when I looked up, WOW there was this PyCu to the west of here. It was better before this but when I went back to house to photograph it, it sort of weakoned a little.
... but however I was pleased with the shot.

JohnGaul
NZThS

[Michael]

Were they too loud in the mornings? because they dont lay eggs?

back to weather ecmwf shows a low over northern n.z perhaps the western route.

I was buzy burying some roosters and when I looked up, WOW
... but

JohnGaul
NZThS

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Were they too loud in the mornings? because they dont lay eggs?

back to weather ecmwf shows a low over northern n.z perhaps the western route.

No. It's an old tradition that when conditions that are suitable for 'burning off', which happens a lot here in Canterbury over the late summer/Autumn months, is to dig a hole and bury some roosters, which some people may think of as a foul thing to do, excuse the pun. This encourages growth in the smoke as it moves up into the atmosphere to form a cloud and then depending on the amount of roosters you bury, increases the size of the cloud to a point that it may deliver rain and more so if the roosters are quite virile, a clap of thunder may be heard.
As there was thunder around the South Canterbury area that day, I was trying to draw the related activity into here at West Melton, by using this method, but unfortunately it went out to sea. Never the less, I was unsuccessful. Next time, I will just go and chop their heads off, like any other person would do.

Latest ECMWF low tracking to the north of NZ looks interesting. No indication of TC statis, yet

JohnGaul
NZThS

[David]

wow the dewpoint has dropped to 9.8°C here. hasn't been that low for quite some time. A sunny warm day

[CHCH Weather Chaser]

Sitting on 27 degrees here with overcast skies, no sun today as yet and a light SW breeze. No sign of the NWester or sun otherwise would be on the 32 that blue skies forecasted for today.

[Richard]

By the way John, beautiful picture of the pyrocumulus !

It was just an offchance. Very quickly the smoke went up and then a Cu form on the top of it. I was buzy burying some roosters and when I looked up, WOW there was this PyCu to the west of here. It was better before this but when I went back to house to photograph it, it sort of weakoned a little.
... but however I was pleased with the shot.

JohnGaul
NZThS

ahh soo..if you were "buzy" burying roosters when the PyCu had already been formed to the west of you,had those poor roosters bin buried in vane?? John

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

ahh soo..if you were "buzy" burying roosters when the PyCu had already been formed to the west of you,had those poor roosters bin buried in vane?? John

Not really. According to the tradition, a rooster may be buried at any time during pyrocumulusing, but in this case I was a bit out of synch,possibly because of the positioning of the moon (it's very close, full and bright at night at the moment ) and also the pre-shock waves of the impending earthquake and tsunami, probably ruined any chances of an event happening.

JohnGaul
NZThS

[Razor]

John I urge you to steer clear of the moon...you'll get in trouble here