Tasman low 20-23rd July

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Re: Tasman low 20-23rd July

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Up to whoping 213mm since midnight in inland kaikoura.
30mm here in rangiora today and this on top of 30mm yesturday, still coming down but much more so in the last two hours.
Ashley bridge still closed and will be till the river drops.
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Re: Tasman low 20-23rd July

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Out in the wet with slippers on ? :eek: :D

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Just a of figure John, a bit like when ya get into a pub fight when ya "put the slipper in" :D
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Re: Tasman low 20-23rd July

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melja wrote: Ashley bridge still closed and will be till the river drops.
And what a joke of a bridge that is...opps off topic #-o
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Re: Tasman low 20-23rd July

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Yeah a romantic weekend away with the Mrs!
Will test our 4wd out too with a drive up to the Hanmer skifield on Sunday
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Re: Tasman low 20-23rd July

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Sure is Richard :lol: can add this one to the old waimak bridge which is also stuffed- the waimak council own both :-k
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Re: Tasman low 20-23rd July

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And only a matter of time before someone ends up in an accident when the bridge decides to give way, will it really take that sort of thing to happen before they do something.
Funny thing is they fixed the main northern motorway bridge by putting in new bridge gaurds, but nothing done to the old one.

Back on topic another 5mm since 5:30pm so within the hour, light to moderate falls.
Canterbury, home of good rugby and severe storms
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Re: Tasman low 20-23rd July

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[quote="Talbotm" I would love to know how much rainfall a place needs before a full :-k warning????[/quote]

For a severe weather warning with MetService I believe there needs to be more than 50mm expected within 6 hrs or 100mm within 24hrs and needs to be a widespread occurance .
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Re: Tasman low 20-23rd July

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Richard wrote:
Deano wrote:Yeah a romantic weekend away with the Mrs!
Will test our 4wd out too with a drive up to the Hanmer skifield on Sunday
Enjoy yourselves Deano,weather should be great
Cheers,yes wanted snow or sunshine.No chance of snow so will take the clearing weather fingers crossed.
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Re: Tasman low 20-23rd July

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Nice orographic cloud over north Westland today, as depicted in the noon sat pic from MetService.
A reverse of Canterbury's NW Arch, possibly ?
No wonder it was warm over there today, 17C in Westport and 16C in Greymouth whereas we only got a scundgy 8.6C maximum here in West Melton o_O

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NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote:Nice orographic cloud over north Westland today, as depicted in the noon sat pic from MetService.
A reverse of Canterbury's NW Arch, possibly ?
No wonder it was warm over there today, 17C in Westport and 16C in Greymouth whereas we only got a scundgy 8.6C maximum here in West Melton o_O

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Re: Tasman low 20-23rd July

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Upper Hutt has been wet and dull all day ... Tx 10C ...
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Re: Tasman low 20-23rd July

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NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote:Nice orographic cloud over north Westland today, as depicted in the noon sat pic from MetService.
A reverse of Canterbury's NW Arch, possibly ?
No wonder it was warm over there today, 17C in Westport and 16C in Greymouth whereas we only got a scundgy 8.6C maximum here in West Melton o_O

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SE Arch clearly seen here
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