early morning drizzle

Manukau heads obs · Sat 22/03/2003 07:05

enough to get wet!
should go during the day again

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Sat 22/03/2003 07:16

Hi Brian
We have been catching the odd light shower in Auckland over the last day or two. Its a critical easterly, just north enough to let the marine layer in.
Temperature inversion at 1700m with very moist unstable air under it.
We normally get this on the southwester.

Manukau heads obs · Sat 22/03/2003 08:37

cool, and now the sun is shining

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tich · Unread post by **tich** » Sat 22/03/2003 20:16

Some fog here in Christchurch today, but otherwise nothing of note. Just as well - it would take a major cyclone to take media attention off the war in Iraq at the moment, and that doesn't look like happening in the near future with this big high sticking around.

Ben Tichborne

Manukau heads obs · Sun 23/03/2003 09:53

i see the low in the south tasman is weakening, but there is a new gathering of activity in the north west tasman now, and a low looks set to develop there,but the next high looks likely to push in to replace the old one now moving off to the east....and so more dry weather for most this week...thats how it looks at the moment...but time will telll
thoughts anyone (from a sometimes rude and abnoxious and offensive dairy farmer?)

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Sun 23/03/2003 11:05

Cloudy weather with odd light shower persisting in Auckland with a
light NE. A very green end to summer this year. We have not had a dry
summer in Auckland for a few years i think.

I don't expect much change in the weather this week. High looks to be
in control for a while.

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Sun 23/03/2003 23:25

Just got back from a long WE in North Canterbury, temps in Hamner Springs reaching 30C plus, over the last couple of days, but today would of been only in the high twenties because of a NW breeze.
Too hot for the hot pools but lovely anyway.
Country-side very dry.
No coastal fog, ran out of this at Waipara

JohnGaul
NZTS

Dean. · Unread post by **Dean.** » Mon 24/03/2003 20:16

The big dry continues,the countryside around Ashburton is browning off now,with only 2.6mm of rain so far this month,the southwester forecast for Friday does not look too promising either.
Cheers

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Tue 25/03/2003 16:11

Might be a bit of rain around from Friday and into the WE, which is a bit unfortunate as I was hoping the rain would stay off until next Tuesday, thus making March a very dry month.
It has happen before when a dry month has ended with a day or two of heavy rain bringing the monthly total up to or near average.

JohnGaul
NZTS

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Tue 25/03/2003 17:59

Yes John, looks like extensive rain into Canterbury over the weekend.
Heavy falls possible in places. Have to watch and see how this low
progresses. The farmers will be happy.
Cheers

Dean. · Unread post by **Dean.** » Tue 25/03/2003 18:50

Yes updated forecast looks much better for rain this weekend,playing rugby in rain is much better than last weekends 25+ degrees.

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Wed 26/03/2003 22:49

Some unforecast drizzle in Christchurch late yesterday afternoon and again early this morning. Mostly very slight stuff, but the roads were wet around Woolston (SE Chch for those of you unfamilar with the city) as I was cycling to work, so there must've been something more significant there. (at first I thought that there had been some road cleaning going on, but then I noticed driveways wet as well!)

It seems like the rain for Canterbury should now come Friday and early Saturday according to MetService. Most probably not enough for the dry land, but a lot better than none at all. BTW I noticed some towering cumulus/cumulonimbus inland this afternoon.

Ben Tichborne