General May Weather

[snowstormwatcher]

Drizzling here this morning currently 7.8 degrees.

[Dean.]

More general rain here now,radar showing a good rain band building from the north.
Snow is also falling on Mt Hutt according to the webcam.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Yes, it is interesting that this rain band is coming down from the north but we have surface winds from the WSW here.
JohnGaul
NZThS

[Richard]

Yes, it is interesting that this rain band is coming down from the north but we have surface winds from the WSW here.
JohnGaul
NZThS

And a WNW when i drove through Waipara

[Storm Struck]

Rain is falling much heavier out this way than in town, so the SE flow must be creating a sheltering affect from the penninsula.
5mm out here so far, by the way the other topic subtropical low should really be part of these postings as its the same low system just not very tropical here.
Keeping eyes peeled for the wintry blast end of week

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Should be a short blast but I haven't checked the models yet for today.
There's too many annoying anticyclones around at the moment.

JohnGaul
NZThS

[Manukau heads obs]

good to see canty getting rain at last
looks like it might settle in for the night

[tich]

Only occasional drizzle on BP so far.

[CHCH Weather Chaser]

Hardly a drop since around 2pm here with the sheltering affect happening over CHCH once again. Becomes all too familair. We have reached 100mm to the year to date now! Only 5mm today in which 4.5mm fell before 2pm.

[Manukau heads obs]

sat image sequence shows better looking stuff still to move in
and the low SE of Otago might move north enough to reach Canty?

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

good to see canty getting rain at last
looks like it might settle in for the night

Been mainly drizzly rain, Brian, the first recordable rain so far here for the month.
Good stuff this rather than the heavy stuff they got up in the Nelson area today.

JohnGaul
NZThS

[Dean.]

Been quite persistent around these parts,17mm so far.
Cold snap on Friday does look brief now with a fat frosty high moving quickly in behind it.

[melja]

Heavy rain at times here in rangiora with us now up to 20mm for the day
Came home from the lewis pass this arvo and very wet all the way but no snow at all to be seen as its just still to warm

[Dean.]

Freezing level is around 1900 metres,some of the higher Canty skifields have had some snow today.

[melja]

Yeah not many mountains in the lewis are too much higher than that.

[Dean.]

Noticed on some skifield webcams that snow was lying around the 1500 metre level with the heavier precipitation

[spwill]

skifield webcams that snow was lying

Moisture pushing down from the north early next week into residue cold air might be something to watch.

[CHCH Weather Chaser]

Looking at the regional weather stations, Ashburton is at 22mm today, Rangiora at 23mm and here in Christchurch a misley 5mm! No more than drizzle today and the bulk falling this morning. Just when I thought the weather was closing in over the city on the radars, it moves further inland and away from the city so must be the sheltering affect. Need more rain than this!

[Storm Struck]

Off and on stuff here generally light but just had a brief spell of heavy rain on the roof, we must be on the edge where it starts away from the penninsula.
9mm here now and the rain is straight down no wind at all.

[melja]

29mm here in the last 24h, the winter blast looks a fizzer to me at the end of the week and i cant see much happening

[Manukau heads obs]

much heavier rain band heading towards CHCH/Canty in the new hour or so

[CHCH Weather Chaser]

much heavier rain band heading towards CHCH/Canty in the new hour or so

I hope so! We have continued to miss the bulk of the rain here with just 0.5mm since midnight so now only 6mm from yesterday and today compared to Rangiora with the 29mm.Quite a difference.

[Dean.]

much heavier rain band heading towards CHCH/Canty in the new hour or so

Does look impressive on the radar!

[CHCH Weather Chaser]

My concern is it missing us out to sea around BP

[Manukau heads obs]

there is no missing this incoming rain band
and its relatively slow moving too
should be an hour to 1.5 hours of moderatly heavy rain, guessing 15 to 20mm from it alone