General February Weather

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Wed 15/02/2017 20:32

Weather Watcher wrote:Correct, the radar will be detecting smoke particles or ash. Based on investigations into the 2012 Tongariro (Te Maari) volcanic eruptions, the radars are able to detect particles down to about 0.5 to 1.0mm diameter.

Thanks Weather Watcher. I heard a radio report today from someone living near the fire experiencing an ash fall.

Captain Salty · Unread post by **Captain Salty** » Wed 15/02/2017 20:38

Manukau heads obs · Wed 15/02/2017 22:13

Kia kaha people in CHCH

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Wed 15/02/2017 23:06

The wind is east to northeast, so the fire should be spreading away from most inhabited areas on the Port Hills.

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Thu 16/02/2017 13:44

Another photo of the smoke cloud over the Port Hills yesterday, shows the low level NE wind and westerly flow higher up.

Nev · Unread post by **Nev** » Thu 16/02/2017 14:50

Another great shot from Twitter taken at 3:17pm yesterday…

Porthills Fire By Amanda ‏@howesaman - Feb 15, 3.17pm.jpg

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spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Thu 16/02/2017 16:17

This is how it looked from Cashmere yesterday afternoon

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Thu 16/02/2017 18:57

Yes, there was a good pyro cumulus cloud yesterday afternoon, which I took on my cell phone.

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Thu 16/02/2017 20:15

The longer range outlook indicates a dry pattern returning for the north and east of NZ, excellent to have this very moist rainy trough crossing north eastern parts of the country.

Orion · Unread post by **Orion** » Fri 17/02/2017 07:59

Misty here at present; around 11deg.C

Razor · Unread post by **Razor** » Fri 17/02/2017 12:13

A horrendous week. Fire reached within a few hundred metres of our place but we're ok. Really hurting for our neighbours up Worsley Spur, and beyond. In laws in Westmorland had a good outcome too thankfully.

Feeling totally done in.

Orion · Unread post by **Orion** » Fri 17/02/2017 12:46

Glad to hear from you, Razor, had been wondering. Take care.

Manukau heads obs · Fri 17/02/2017 17:59

wow, that sounds scary as !.bugger that

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Fri 17/02/2017 20:38

Good news razer, sad for those who lost everything though

Just starting to rain here now

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Fri 17/02/2017 22:01

Grey old overcast and drizzly day here which was quite good considering the dry weather we have had lately. 4.6mm from the occasional showers and drizzle patches moving across from the convergence moving through around lunchtime, and the drizzly NE from then on. Humidity up as well around the 90% mark.
Hope a lot of this also dropped on the Port Hills.

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Sat 18/02/2017 09:51

katipo wrote:When will the wind in Christchurch swing back to the usually reliable NE ?
Should help with the Port Hills fire fighting efforts, the Westerlies of the past few days must have been a pain for them.

With a wind change you can end up with a bigger nastier fire because the fire can reignite along along the edges of old fire track and very quickly form a wide fire front.

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Sat 18/02/2017 13:31

Timelapase I took on Wednesday night from Sparks road

& a second timelapse taken from Bengal Drive, Worsleys road to the right

Orion · Unread post by **Orion** » Sat 18/02/2017 13:53

One's heart would sink seeing that in real life.

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Sat 18/02/2017 19:44

I see CWU have started this up in the last couple days. Unsure why we need to pay to receive weather txtx given there are already a number of weather apps about, WW and MS. I guess CWU don't have an app and this is there answer, innovative at least

http://cwu.co.nz/canterbury-weather-updates-txt-alerts/

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Sat 18/02/2017 22:53

03Stormchaser wrote:Timelapase I took on Wednesday night from Sparks road

Sparks Road. Does that sound appropriate???

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Sat 18/02/2017 23:00

03Stormchaser wrote:I see CWU have started this up in the last couple days. Unsure why we need to pay to receive weather txtx given there are already a number of weather apps about, WW and MS. I guess CWU don't have an app and this is there answer, innovative at least

http://cwu.co.nz/canterbury-weather-updates-txt-alerts/

I'll stick with MetService and other resources I use to forecast the weather.

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Sun 19/02/2017 13:18

Not looking like there's going to be any more rain this month to add to the 2.2mm total so far, dont get many months with rainfall that low.

cbm · Unread post by **cbm** » Sun 19/02/2017 16:07

Just enjoyed couple hours on boogie board in sun and decent water temp while watching storms off the coast here at Raglan.

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cbm · Unread post by **cbm** » Sun 19/02/2017 16:08

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cbm · Unread post by **cbm** » Sun 19/02/2017 16:12

Rolling in now

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