General August Weather

[Razor]

A good week here in Christchurch. Plenty of sunshine and no rain. Temps certainly feeling springy now. Things have dried out nicely!

Currently a balmy 16 degrees !

Water table still very high though, as evidenced by ponding around footpaths in Hagley Park still. Wouldn't take much rain to have us a wash again

[David]

Supposed to reach 17 today, but it's actually rather cool, sitting on 12.7!

[Razor]

Supposed to reach 17 today, but it's actually rather cool, sitting on 12.7!

I think we stole your 17....lovely to have it too

[Michael]

According the the herald Wellington is on 114hrs of sun to 25th mtd,we had some yesterday but nule today,Christchurch with 60.2 same period,may even catchup to our 93.8 hrs given the pattern at present ie jetstream.

[RWood]

Still some risk of Ch'ch breaking its record low tally of 86 in 1930. But in % possible terms, won't approach either July 1977 (61 hrs) or March 1979 (80 hrs), both with about 22%.

[Richard]

1C cooler than yesterday here on 18C and a light NNW wind,just lovly

[Dale]

What elevation would the Bombays be? Noticed the LCL was groundscrapingly low today, they have been out of sight most of it.

[spwill]

1C cooler than yesterday here on 18C and a light NNW wind,just lovly

What was the minimum there, I see Chch was around 2C, still some winter in those minimums

[Richard]

1C cooler than yesterday here on 18C and a light NNW wind,just lovly

What was the minimum there, I see Chch was around 2C, still some winter in those minimums

I unfortunately pushed the bottom on the temp gauge this afternoon when checked what the high was,so i dont know but the NW managed to keep blowing over night,so I'd estimate about 5-6

[Nev]

What elevation would the Bombays be? Noticed the LCL was groundscrapingly low today...

According to Te Ara Encyclopedia of NZ, the Bombay Hills reach 1,235 ft (376.4m) asl at their highest point. Bombay itself is about 1,030 ft (314m) asl, or roughly about the same height as the Sky Tower (328m asl).

[jamie]

had the wierdest thing thismorning. Thick as hell fog at 5am through to 7am. by 6.30 it was drizzle fog then by about 7.15 it was torrential rain but still very foggy. Ive never experienced thick fog and torrential rain at the same time.

[Tornado Tim]

I can see some good Cb tops coming from the NW atm

[spwill]

Some cumulus building up at times this afternoon, warm for August, up to 19C, dewpoint 12C

[Philip Duncan]

had the wierdest thing thismorning. Thick as hell fog at 5am through to 7am. by 6.30 it was drizzle fog then by about 7.15 it was torrential rain but still very foggy. Ive never experienced thick fog and torrential rain at the same time.

I had that a couple weeks ago in Auckland - likewise have never experienced it before... was quite cool!

[Richard]

Cant say ive ever seen fog+ heavy rain the same,though i have spent a week in Millerton on the South Island's West Coast when the town was in the clouds + pouring down with rain for the first two day there.

Another lovely day again 18C and still a NW but only light,a lot stronger when driving through Amberley about 1.00pm

[snowstormwatcher]

Getting a heavy downpour here at the moment heaviest ive seen in a long time.

[snowstormwatcher]

Just checked my rain gauge 8mm in the last 15 minutes.

[Richard]

That is a heavy shower

[NZstorm]

Interestingly the south Canterbury heavy shower did produce a couple of lightning strikes. Also weak lightning activity over the west of Waikato to Taranaki.

[Dale]

Nice drive to Tauranga & back via Hunua.. bit of low cloud & fog around this morning, went along SH2 via the Gorge, Waihi, Katikati & return, just started to drizzle lightly in Tau as we left & coming back through the Kaimai's some pretty meaty showers got going.. Wouldnt surprise me if there was the odd clap of thunder, it looked quite unstable.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Interestingly the south Canterbury heavy shower did produce a couple of lightning strikes. Also weak lightning activity over the west of Waikato to Taranaki.

Driving into Rolleston later this afternoon did notice some Cu forms way to the distance to the south of TC with some showery forms along the Alps.

JohnGaul
NZThS

[Richard]

Been a lovely sunny morning here but there's some interesting cloud build ups now developing,end of the golden weather is near

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Back to the clagg here. Overcast with drizzle from 10am.

JohnGaul
NZThS

[CHCH Weather Chaser]

Not a drop here.

[Razor]

Wet since 2 pm here. Not puring just wet