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working in town today again, and kept an eye on the avon river.. was right up there level with the grass, about to overflow!!
prob is flooding now due to the tide coming in now.. has been raining all day with occasional drizzle in the central city.

We have had 41.9mm of rain during the last 24 hours. Driving home from town there were numerous significant slips on Portobello road and lots of surface flooding. Worst ive seen for a good number of years.

Rain has certainly stepped up a notch over the past 1/2 hour or so...and wind has picked up as well...hopefully doesn't last too long....

Spent today witnessing the conditions that has led to significant surface flooding here in the Amberley area. I emptied the rain gauge yesterday morning and by 3pm today, it was reading 150mm. This is 50mm more than a location on the west side of the main road but that gauge is situated low down and surrounded by buildings and trees. Whereas ours is on top of a fence with no building or tree shadows.
The flooding affected the main road of Amberley this morning but by the afternoon had almost gone. The low lying areas are still well under water, being fed by the numerous streams and waterways coming off the low-lying hills. High tide at Amberley Beach was a boiling cauldron of brown frothy salt water with huge trees being cast up on the beach. The Waipara River mouth looked like a hydro dam spillway in full swing. Winds have been tolerable but have increased since the sun went down. This could be bad for the many trees growing in soil-turned porridge. It is not over yet. Although exciting in its ferocity, this system has meant much disruption, heartache and worry for so many.

Thanks for the report from Amberley, i hope the rain has stopped up there for you.

Raining here again.

Meanwhile, the place that's normally the wettest in the South Island (Milford Sound), has been sheltered from today's storm and got up to 17C!

96mm here so far to 8pm, most of the rain came from about 2am-5am at that time our whole property was under water and it was flowing out to the road.

Busy day today I was over in Cobden last night and this morning for the cleanup. Winds were strong. So strong at some times I could hardly stand up. A hard hat was an essential fashion item yesterday when all that debri was flying around.
I was quite impressed by the strength. I seemed to be funelling into particular areas of Cobden. Another odd thing that happened was that across the river in Greymouth the wind was noticeably less in strength. Must have been topographical.
I was also flying over north Canterbury over Amberley Beach and Kaiapoi this afternoon. The fire brigade was voluntarily evacuation the people at the Amberley beach settlement. The water was certainly banked up around the mouths of the rivers. I am curious to see what the high tide at 03:00 this morning will bring. Still raining reasonably consistently at home here in Westmorland at present. Unfortunately my wireless rain gauge appears to have gone flat

Goodness gracious, we sure have heavy rain here at the moment!

That amount of water doesn't seem like something you'd expect in Canterbury "plains".

Heavy rain here in the last hour and i just drove past the heathcote and outside princess margeret hospital it has started flowing onto the grass. Very close to bursting!!

Now sitting on 54.9mm of rain...and very steady.

Sure is abit of a concern no heavy rain here yet but that wont matter as i am sure it is coming down heavy in the foothills again.
Next high tide is 3am .
Sure is frustrating without those rain radars from MS.
Cheers
Jason.

The radars are going

http://www.metservice.com/default/index ... as=chradar

They are up, have been for about 15 mins now maybe?
Anyway looks like its got heavier over last 2 hours.

So the heathcotes across the path near PMH?

I think it would be safe to say most the heavy rain is over, 55.1mm recorded in Timaru and between about 60-70mm in Temuka still raining steadily hasn't stopped at all since 5am when it started yet. the 9:36pm radar still shows a little bit of possibly moderate-heavy rain headed for Timaru and light-moderate for chch by the looks of where it appears to be going.

Looks like the rain is coming in bands from the east now, just looking at the radar...seems to have swung round a bit.

I just ran a loop of the rain radar in 6-15min intervals and about 9 - 9:45 does seem to have swung round a bit like what you just said.

For those who missed it on the news tonight here is the pine tree that fell on a Nelson Intersection narrowly missing the car.
Good old kiwi humor after it cheering it on
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtCzlZogjZQ
Cheers
Jason.

Jasestrm wrote:For those who missed it on the news tonight here is the pine tree that fell on a Nelson Intersection narrowly missing the car.
Good old kiwi humor after it cheering it on
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtCzlZogjZQ
Cheers
Jason.

Caution on that spelling Jase

JohnGaul
NZTS

81.8mm recorded by my weather station. Lots of slipping and flooding on the Otago Peninsula...only route into town is via the high road.

At least its over in many areas in the south with no furthur damage fortunately(off Newstalk ZB news)Looks a standard pattern normally for August now in all areas.

And still the rain falls....

Went for a drive last night just after high tide, heathcote had closed a few roads, nothing to serious though. The surf at the beach was the worst ive seen it eating away at the dunes at high tide. Alot of driftwood and weed spread about.