We need some action weather or this place will die!

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Wed 10/08/2005 21:20

Heading towards a frost in Chch tonight after a sunny day. Looks like the next few days will be milder, unlike SE Australia in the grip of an icy blast on the other side of the approaching Tasman trough.

BTW has anyone else had trouble accessing the forum tonight?

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Wed 10/08/2005 21:22

Heading towards a frost in Chch tonight after a sunny day. Looks like the next few days will be milder, unlike SE Australia in the grip of an icy blast on the other side of the approaching Tasman trough.

BTW has anyone else had trouble accessing the forum tonight?

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Wed 10/08/2005 21:31

tich wrote: BTW has anyone else had trouble accessing the forum tonight?

Yes, and it's never been worse recently...

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Wed 10/08/2005 21:53

Is that actually lightning west of Auckland?

or is ricky's tracker going hay-wire?

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Wed 10/08/2005 22:08

weather does look a bit more interesting, coming up, well especially since the recent bout of boring weather over the last 6 weeks or so - Yawn icon.
I can't find one so this one that Michael uses quite often, will have to do

JohnGaul
NZTS

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Wed 10/08/2005 22:19

Is that actually lightning west of Auckland?

Yes, but about 1000km West of Ak, 9pm sat pic shows location of Cb.

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Wed 10/08/2005 22:36

Foggy Hamilton wrote:Is that actually lightning west of Auckland?
or is ricky's tracker going hay-wire?

Yes, so is Steven Graham's with lightning aplenty away to the west off the South Island. Should be a good light show if flying at the present time to Australia

I wonder if those Cbs ,sorry CNs, have (yet again) "Destination Auckland " stamped to them

JohnGaul
NZTS

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Thu 11/08/2005 07:10

Yesterday would have been the coldest winter day so far for SE Australia.
The thickness at Melbourne was 5240, possibly as cold as you think it could get at that lattitude.

All that cold air will keep the Tasman Sea unstable for a couple of days.
Thunder and hail on the way for western areas and the south of the country.

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Thu 11/08/2005 16:18

A nice day here and pleasant even though it's mostly cloudy... 15c and a faint WNW
Up to 15mm expected here tonight as the front moves through...
Is Thor going to deliver a THUNDERY THURSDAY on his day??

Fingers crossed anyway.

Mostly fine tomorrow and warm. Showery northwesterlies on Saturday
and then sunny spring southwesterlies from Sunday-Tuesday, but few isolated showers persist from Auckland northwards

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Thu 11/08/2005 17:25

Foggy Hamilton wrote:A nice day here and pleasant even though it's mostly cloudy... 15c and a faint WNW
Up to 15mm expected here tonight as the front moves through...
Is Thor going to deliver a THUNDERY THURSDAY on his day??
Fingers crossed anyway.

Mostly fine tomorrow and warm. Showery northwesterlies on Saturday
and then sunny spring southwesterlies from Sunday-Tuesday, but few isolated showers persist from Auckland northwards

Partly cloudy for most of the day, but the sun was very nice. Drizzling a wee bit now.

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Thu 11/08/2005 18:23

What's that free link to the MetService strike map?

Just been reading about it... didn't know TRANSPOWER set it up!

Anyway it's the most sophisticated in the world, the US are upgrading it to our standard.

Various trackers picking up lots of strikes off the West Coast to about North of Taumarunui

Thunder · Unread post by **Thunder** » Thu 11/08/2005 18:44

Hi Foggy, it's:

http://www.geographynetwork.co.nz/websi ... ke/run.htm

Where's the info about america upgrading to this type of network? Woud be cool to read.

Cheers

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Thu 11/08/2005 21:20

Just looked at the latest ECMWF and the up and coming weather looks terrible for the next week.

Might have to start up a new hobby ...
... golf?

JohnGaul
NZTS

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Thu 11/08/2005 22:26

Aaron J Wilkinson wrote:Hi Foggy, it's:

http://www.geographynetwork.co.nz/websi ... ke/run.htm

Where's the info about america upgrading to this type of network? Woud be cool to read.

Cheers

Thanks for the link aj

Here's where I read the article when trying to search for the jolly thing!

(I just realised it's quite old)
http://www.gisuser.co.nz/documents/Othe ... rticle.htm

It quotes,

"The Americans have had a detection network for about 12 years and they're presently upgrading to the same standard as in New Zealand"

So I assume it's already been upgraded as the article is old.

Still dry here, but lots of sferics on the radio

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Thu 11/08/2005 22:35

.....sferics here have just slithered down to bugger all
...that's globals warming for you

(starting to sound like a Grumpy Old Man)

JohnGaul
NZTS

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Thu 11/08/2005 22:47

NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote:.....sferics here have just slithered down to bugger all
...that's globals warming for you (starting to sound like a Grumpy Old Man)

JohnGaul
NZTS

Judging by storm motion and speed, they should make landfall here at 1am

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Thu 11/08/2005 23:17

Foggy Hamilton wrote:
NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote:.....sferics here have just slithered down to bugger all
...that's globals warming for you (starting to sound like a Grumpy Old Man)

JohnGaul
NZTS
Judging by storm motion and speed, they should make landfall here at 1am

....like the National Party, I think they will quickly fizzle

JohnGaulNZ National Party
NZTS

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Fri 12/08/2005 00:37

NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote:
....like the National Party, I think they will quickly fizzle

JohnGaulNZ National Party
NZTS

Boy did he get shot down a few times last night!

Fine atm, 6c and no wind. Showers and isolated storms moving in!

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Fri 12/08/2005 09:40

9mm of rain or showers with some thunder have cleared to fine weather now. Some warm temps across the upper North Island expected today (17-20c for Auckland & Northland and up to 17c in the Waikato)
Hopefully we get this heating to ensure tonight's return of rainfall to assist TS

Storm Struck · Unread post by **Storm Struck** » Fri 12/08/2005 11:57

Wow what a early spring day it is here

I can't believe it's 19C at the moment at almost midday ye harrr brings back the summer feeling iam in shorts and t shirt today havn't been since April.

Lovly NW out there now was NE some scatterd clouds becomnig visable to west now moving in with those predicted showers from the west this evening

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Cold blast has become a dud now ohh well only showers with snow to 600m in the farr south now I give up on waiting for snow now Ill just look forward to storm season.

Cheers
JASON.

NORTH CANTY HEY SPRING HAS SPRUNG OHH IT'S AUGUST RIGHTTTT

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Manukau heads obs · Fri 12/08/2005 12:23

i see ruahpehu has had 15cm of new snow overnight, and they should get more over the next few days too
1.8m base their now

it is surprsingly warm considering the air mass started as cold air over tasmania...i guess though its originated more from NSW/queensland border, and the warm western tasman sea has helped too

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Fri 12/08/2005 14:13

The springlike weather continues here in Omarama and the Mackenzie, with dense cloud and light rain, with cool-to-warm temperatures.

What are the prospects for action weather here in the next few days? Good, or fading?

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Fri 12/08/2005 17:05

Gary Roberts wrote:The springlike weather continues here in Omarama and the Mackenzie, with dense cloud and light rain, with cool-to-warm temperatures.

What are the prospects for action weather here in the next few days? Good, or fading?

Freezing level should drop to about 800m tomorrow night over in Omarama

What a great day here too!

Thundery showers cleared to mostly fine conditions with light NW, 16c

Tropical-like cloud build too

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Fri 12/08/2005 17:48

Gary Roberts wrote:
What are the prospects for action weather here in the next few days? Good, or fading?

Might see Thor unleash some fireworks to the west tonight but apart from that ....bugger all.
Saturdays/Sunday's cold blast may be a fizzer now

- blame global warming and the Tomato Glasshouse effect

!!!!

JohnGaul
NZTS

RWood · Unread post by **RWood** » Sat 13/08/2005 08:50

Gary Roberts wrote:The springlike weather continues here in Omarama and the Mackenzie, with dense cloud and light rain, with cool-to-warm temperatures.

What are the prospects for action weather here in the next few days? Good, or fading?

Sunny dry month here so far, and. quite mild. SE storm for this w/end in earlier prognoses? - sounds like bollocks!

I don't mind this "inaction" at all.