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Re: General February weather
Posted: Thu 21/02/2019 13:58
by Razor
Richard wrote: ↑Thu 21/02/2019 12:41
Witnessed a huge whirlwind while in the paddock planting trees, heard it coming from the NW as it passed over the old man pines, over where I was and out into the next door neighbours bare paddock where I was able to see how wide it was, this whirlwind would have been 200-300m across and traveling about 80kmph SE
Sounds like a mini tornado to me
Re: General February weather
Posted: Thu 21/02/2019 17:11
by Richard
Razor wrote: ↑Thu 21/02/2019 13:58
Richard wrote: ↑Thu 21/02/2019 12:41
Witnessed a huge whirlwind while in the paddock planting trees, heard it coming from the NW as it passed over the old man pines, over where I was and out into the next door neighbours bare paddock where I was able to see how wide it was, this whirlwind would have been 200-300m across and traveling about 80kmph SE
Sounds like a mini tornado to me
No, I would prefer it being a huge whirlwind, huge sounds more impressive than mini
Re: General February weather
Posted: Thu 21/02/2019 17:23
by Captain Salty
It's amazing that so much energy can get briefly concentrated like that.
Re: General February weather
Posted: Thu 21/02/2019 17:45
by Richard
It was associated with the arrival of the NW wind, but what amazed me was how fast it was traveling. Question- can the term tornado be used when its not accompanying a storm?
Re: General February weather
Posted: Thu 21/02/2019 18:10
by Nev
Richard wrote: ↑Thu 21/02/2019 17:45Question- can the term tornado be used when its not accompanying a storm?
No. Sounds more like a dust-devil (aka willy-willy), which usually occur on hot, sunny days…
Re: General February weather
Posted: Thu 21/02/2019 19:57
by NZstorm
Christchurch Airport the hotspot today on 31C.
Richard wrote: ↑Thu 21/02/2019 17:45
It was associated with the arrival of the NW wind, but what amazed me was how fast it was traveling. Question- can the term tornado be used when its not accompanying a storm?
Maybe if there was convection you could call it a gustnado. But I agree it was likely a devil.
Re: General February weather
Posted: Thu 21/02/2019 21:11
by Thunder081
Pretty fog in the Manawatu is morning
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Re: General February weather
Posted: Thu 21/02/2019 21:13
by NZ Thunderstorm Soc
I remember a willy -willy type of thing come through our gates twixt the shelter belt at our property in West Melton, that stirred up a lot of dust but by the time I grabbed my camera, it was gone.
Re: General February weather
Posted: Thu 21/02/2019 21:44
by Thunder081
I've seen many sea spray whirlwinds on windy days in Wellington many of the big ones can last for more than 30 seconds. Here's some in this video which also shows downdraft wind gusts.
Also seen some huge whirlwinds on the leading edge of intense southerly fronts on Wellington's harbor.
Re: General February weather
Posted: Thu 21/02/2019 22:31
by Razor
24 degrees still, 10:30 PM. What a summer its been
Re: General February weather
Posted: Fri 22/02/2019 17:24
by NZ Thunderstorm Soc
Looks like the warm weather is over for a while with the passage of the cold front here around 10am.
Been sitting on 16 to 17C, since the southerly front moved over and overcast/cloudy.
Wind went back to a fresh easterly from noon.
Rain should set in from tomorrow night and should be interesting to see how much we will get when these 'gold' southerlies move across on Sunday
Re: General February weather
Posted: Fri 22/02/2019 17:33
by Thunder081
Re: General February weather
Posted: Fri 22/02/2019 20:25
by cbm
NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote: ↑Fri 22/02/2019 17:24
Looks like the warm weather is over for a while with the passage of the cold front here around 10am.
Been sitting on 16 to 17C, since the southerly front moved over and overcast/cloudy.
Wind went back to a fresh easterly from noon.
Rain should set in from tomorrow night and should be interesting to see how much we will get when these 'gold' southerlies move across on Sunday
Wonder how many carat those Southerlies will be.
Re: General February weather
Posted: Fri 22/02/2019 20:30
by cbm
Luckily for me this rain seems to be about 150km South of where the EC was putting it, even this morning.
Re: General February weather
Posted: Fri 22/02/2019 21:50
by Richard
cbm wrote: ↑Fri 22/02/2019 20:25
NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote: ↑Fri 22/02/2019 17:24
Looks like the warm weather is over for a while with the passage of the cold front here around 10am.
Been sitting on 16 to 17C, since the southerly front moved over and overcast/cloudy.
Wind went back to a fresh easterly from noon.
Rain should set in from tomorrow night and should be interesting to see how much we will get when these 'gold' southerlies move across on Sunday
Wonder how many carat those Southerlies will be.
The only form of gold this southerly will likely come in will be a single coat of low sheen enamel, just cant see a dust settler be worthy of been called anything else.
..oh and John, nice spotting young fella
Re: General February weather
Posted: Fri 22/02/2019 22:18
by Dean.
Richard wrote: ↑Fri 22/02/2019 21:50
cbm wrote: ↑Fri 22/02/2019 20:25
Wonder how many carat those Southerlies will be.
The only form of gold this southerly will likely come in will be a single coat of low sheen enamel, just cant see a dust settler be worthy of been called anything else.
..oh and John, nice spotting young fella
Looks wetter for North Canterbury than here..will be a handy start I think
Re: General February weather
Posted: Sat 23/02/2019 06:39
by Richard
If we can get 30mm that would be great,
Re: General February weather
Posted: Sat 23/02/2019 07:53
by Orion
Am observing a very nice line of billowy clouds to the south-east at present, also one towering up to the north above a layer of overcast
Cool morning, around 7°C
Re: General February weather
Posted: Sat 23/02/2019 07:55
by Richard
Orion wrote: ↑Sat 23/02/2019 07:53
Am observing a very nice line of billowy clouds to the south-east at present, also one towering up to the north above a layer of overcast
Those types of clouds out to the east in the early morning was often a sign that storms could develop inland later in the day.
Re: General February weather
Posted: Sun 24/02/2019 09:32
by jamie
Where are the signs of disturbed weather in the long range forecasts? Looks very stable to me. I thought this was going to be a change in pattern but doesn’t appear to be.
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Re: General February weather
Posted: Sun 24/02/2019 11:33
by spwill
Comfortable nights in Auckland all this week with the low dps. The tropics have been shut out for much of the Summer= plenty of dry weather
Re: General February weather
Posted: Sun 24/02/2019 12:20
by NZstorm
Feels more like a spring day in Auckland with a westerly, t/cu and temp 22C.
Re: General February weather
Posted: Mon 25/02/2019 07:55
by David
Down to 11.9C this morning, that's the lowest for the year so far. Feels like autumn is here.
Re: General February weather
Posted: Mon 25/02/2019 08:19
by spwill
Alexandra down to 2C is possibly the lowest morning temperature.
Re: General February weather
Posted: Mon 25/02/2019 10:24
by melja
Tekapo I think got down to 0.6C
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