General March Weather
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Re: General March Weather
North west winds got quite strong here during the night. Woke me up at 2.30am and I could hear lots of banging in the yard and the roar of the wind was quite noticeable.
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Re: General March Weather
Same here, some damage noticed with a few uprooted sunflowers and one tobacco plant snapped off
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Re: General March Weather
Reports of tornado damage in Greymouth last night...
'Wild weather: Tornado rips through South Island town as heavy rain warnings continue' - NZ Herald
'Wild weather: Tornado rips through South Island town as heavy rain warnings continue' - NZ Herald
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Re: General March Weather
Southerly wind now strong and rising, hissing through tree-leaves.
Overcast, 14.1°C.
Overcast, 14.1°C.
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Southwest winds strong through Christchurch now, gusting up to 50kph. Still around 14c
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Re: General March Weather
Wind must be swinging around, just noticed raindrops on west-facing windows which rarely happens.
12.2°C currently.
12.2°C currently.
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Re: General March Weather
It’s calmed down significantly here now, looks like the sun could almost come out. I have noticed the wind swinging around too.
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Re: General March Weather
Hardly any rain here, just overcast with a cold westerly wind blowing. The heavy falls must be way out to sea?
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Re: General March Weather
Just light spotty rain so far here which I was expecting all going by the surface maps, this will increase this afternoon along with the big gales especially about the coast and Banks Peninsula.
Have had a few spells of gusts just on gale force 60kmh about 20 minutes ago.
The system only starting to wind into the coast now.
Have had a few spells of gusts just on gale force 60kmh about 20 minutes ago.
The system only starting to wind into the coast now.
Canterbury, home of good rugby and severe storms
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Re: General March Weather
Some puzzling lines from Stuff:
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"A tornado moving up the country has torn off roofs and brought power outages to southern regions, and warnings remain in place for Canterbury."
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"A tornado moving up the country has torn off roofs and brought power outages to southern regions, and warnings remain in place for Canterbury."
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Re: General March Weather
Decidedly stormy in Lincoln, heavy rain set in an hour ago and increasingly gusty winds. Chch in the firing line I would say, particularly with king tides
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The wind is really picking up here now, by far the strongest it’s been all day.
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Re: General March Weather
Some very heavy rain here now I'll call it torrential, but is probably being driven down by high winds a little higher up.
The winds have been quite blustery although seem to be getting up again now, a few small branches down in the city.
It looks rough in Akaroa with the sea up over the roads.
The winds have been quite blustery although seem to be getting up again now, a few small branches down in the city.
It looks rough in Akaroa with the sea up over the roads.
Canterbury, home of good rugby and severe storms
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Re: General March Weather
Temperature dropped from 21 to 16 with the cooler change here around 2pm, along with 14mm rain this afternoon
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Pretty wet and windy over there today, with heavy rain on the odd occasion and gale gusts at times. Harbour looked wild as I was coming back this afternoon about 4-4.30, but the sea wasn't washing over the road at Duvauchelle (it was high tide), though not far from it. No flooding or major branches down that I could see.
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Re: General March Weather
Fairly windy here all day from the west to he south to SW but not much rain.
Only 0.7mm falling from today's 'heavy falls'.
Temperature around the 12C mark this afternoon.
Only 0.7mm falling from today's 'heavy falls'.
Temperature around the 12C mark this afternoon.
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Re: General March Weather
As expected, some issues in the usual places around chch
40mm plus in a few Banks Peninsula locations, 30mm at home in Halswell, I see 30-40mm across Spencerville/ Kainga too all from the ECAN rain gauges
From the CCC;
A number of roads are closed in the Christchurch area due to flooding and fallen trees.
CLOSED
‼New Brighton Rd, closed from Palmers Rd to Pages Rd
‼Avonside Drive, closed from Wainoni Rd to Kerrs Rd
‼Newport St
‼River Rd, closed from Medway St to Banks Ave
‼Owles Tce, closed from Seaview Rd to Hardy St
‼Beresford St, closed from Owles Tce to Hardy St
‼Maces Rd, closed from Ruru Rd to Lupins Ln
We'll update this post as we receive information. Take care on the roads and drive to the conditions. Stay safe Ōtautahi.
40mm plus in a few Banks Peninsula locations, 30mm at home in Halswell, I see 30-40mm across Spencerville/ Kainga too all from the ECAN rain gauges
From the CCC;
A number of roads are closed in the Christchurch area due to flooding and fallen trees.
CLOSED
‼New Brighton Rd, closed from Palmers Rd to Pages Rd
‼Avonside Drive, closed from Wainoni Rd to Kerrs Rd
‼Newport St
‼River Rd, closed from Medway St to Banks Ave
‼Owles Tce, closed from Seaview Rd to Hardy St
‼Beresford St, closed from Owles Tce to Hardy St
‼Maces Rd, closed from Ruru Rd to Lupins Ln
We'll update this post as we receive information. Take care on the roads and drive to the conditions. Stay safe Ōtautahi.
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Re: General March Weather
Big swells have also been cause for some concern. Wainui boat ramp looked to have taken some damage, and saw some a report of 3m or erosion at the ashburton mouth as waves came of the top of shingle bars.
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Re: General March Weather
Out of interest, where did you get your info about the Ashburton River mouth? I’m not able to drive down there for a look this evening so pictures will have to do!
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Posted on the Outdoor Access Facebook pagedarcyplumb wrote:Out of interest, where did you get your info about the Ashburton River mouth? I’m not able to drive down there for a look this evening so pictures will have to do!
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