General February Weather

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Sat 22/02/2014 15:24

26C/dp22C,almost Darwin type warmth. Can see a few small towering Cu around but mostly overcast here.

I see Hastings is on 34C.

mikestormchaser · Unread post by **mikestormchaser** » Sat 22/02/2014 18:35

Im looking at tomorrows thunder/hail chance. seems to be looking at a low to moderate risk for me.
Good instability and nice cold upper levels.. better charge the camera batterys up!

iomkiwi · Unread post by **iomkiwi** » Sat 22/02/2014 19:15

dew point got to 24.5 here, temp was 26.9

Manukau heads obs · Sat 22/02/2014 19:39

that Northerly airstream we had certainly dragged down tropical DP's today
only some mist here....and to think a cooler change coming..but its going to push out this airmass instead of interacting with it and making it rain out some of the moisture
having said that though, there is a bit of rain with the frontal boundary that is approaching
and some rain bands over inland northland..

Orion · Unread post by **Orion** » Sat 22/02/2014 20:55

iomkiwi wrote:dew point got to 24.5 here, temp was 26.9

Stifling!

iomkiwi · Unread post by **iomkiwi** » Sat 22/02/2014 22:03

tell me about it

- DP currently 20.5

- did I mention it has been overcast and drizzly as well all day

tunster · Unread post by **tunster** » Sun 23/02/2014 03:21

Surface wet bulb temperatures at 3AM range from 7C in coastal Southland (10/04 at Invercargill Aero) to 21C in the Bay of Plenty (21/21 at Whakatane Aero).
It's still around 24C in Napier.

RWood · Unread post by **RWood** » Sun 23/02/2014 09:57

Spenidng a few days in Auckland soon - Thurs 27 to Mon 3 March. Forecast for Thursday not looking great, hopefully will improve. Not interested in the 6+ day versions. A friend almost cancelled a trip to Hawkes Bay when the outlook for this weekend was rather poor 5-6 days out - I suggested that the forecast would change, and it certainly did.

David · Unread post by **David** » Sun 23/02/2014 10:16

RWood wrote:Spenidng a few days in Auckland soon - Thurs 27 to Mon 3 March. Forecast for Thursday not looking great, hopefully will improve.

I can't see any model predicting a wet day on Thursday, so I don't know where Metservice got that prediction from!

Refreshing temps here today after yesterday's weather - currently 21C.

CHCH Weather Chaser · Sun 23/02/2014 10:35

The forecast for Auckland hasn't been moderated yet. It has just been dragged into the 5 day forecast from what it was yesterday in the extended computer generated forecast. You'll notice that they update the rural forecast area first then align it with the city forecasts after. If you go into the Auckland rural right now it says Mainly Fine light winds (updated 10:22am) so that will be reflected in Auckland City forecast in the next hour or so when they get to that.

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Sun 23/02/2014 10:48

forecast looks the same but a day earlier next weekend as this one.been no rain from any of this just more wind today.

David · Unread post by **David** » Sun 23/02/2014 10:56

CHCH Weather Chaser wrote:The forecast for Auckland hasn't been moderated yet. It has just been dragged into the 5 day forecast from what it was yesterday in the extended computer generated forecast. You'll notice that they update the rural forecast area first then align it with the city forecasts after. If you go into the Auckland rural right now it says Mainly Fine light winds (updated 10:22am) so that will be reflected in Auckland City forecast in the next hour or so when they get to that.

Ah, thanks for the tip. And right you were! Now showing sunny and 26 degrees

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Sun 23/02/2014 11:04

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RWood wrote:Spenidng a few days in Auckland soon - Thurs 27 to Mon 3 March. Forecast for Thursday not looking great, hopefully will improve. Not interested in the 6+ day versions. .

Lows from the north are what can really spoil our weather this time of year, Ak weather outlook looks okay at this stage.

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Sun 23/02/2014 11:58

some bloody rain would be nice! Weather display has my drought conditions at 440 today. Steadily climbing and with no rain in the forecast it will only continue to climb.

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Sun 23/02/2014 12:35

it only rain once the wind dies,a decent wrap round depression settles over and cold air is about.

Manukau heads obs · Sun 23/02/2014 13:08

my Davis Soil moisture level is off the bottom of the scale for dryness now, at 200...
only 18mm here for the month to date...

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Sun 23/02/2014 13:17

Man the wind has gone crazy today. Fire weather index is at very high right now

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Sun 23/02/2014 14:25

Crazy dust storm here. Visibility dropping very fast. Air smells of dirt ad can only see about 1km

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Sun 23/02/2014 14:27

Well that was short lived. Not sure where that came from. Still dusty but no way near as bad.

Orion · Unread post by **Orion** » Sun 23/02/2014 14:34

Curious....

RWood · Unread post by **RWood** » Sun 23/02/2014 17:30

David wrote:
RWood wrote:Spenidng a few days in Auckland soon - Thurs 27 to Mon 3 March. Forecast for Thursday not looking great, hopefully will improve.
I can't see any model predicting a wet day on Thursday, so I don't know where Metservice got that prediction from!

Refreshing temps here today after yesterday's weather - currently 21C.

Saw it in Metservice early this morning - radically altered a few hours later (looking at the 5-10 day range)

RWood · Unread post by **RWood** » Sun 23/02/2014 17:30

spwill wrote:\
RWood wrote:Spenidng a few days in Auckland soon - Thurs 27 to Mon 3 March. Forecast for Thursday not looking great, hopefully will improve. Not interested in the 6+ day versions. .
Lows from the north are what can really spoil our weather this time of year, Ak weather outlook looks okay at this stage.

Indeed it does now (see other reply to David)

David · Unread post by **David** » Sun 23/02/2014 19:27

9C dewpoint this evening, compared to 22C yesterday. Big change!

melja · Unread post by **melja** » Sun 23/02/2014 20:31

Had a fine and sunny weekend tramp up the Hawdon Valley Arthurs pass, Sat was vey hot(29C) and sunny but with a vey strong NWer bulding to gale over night (not fun in a tent) with a little spill over rain. Today was sunny and cold with fresh snow on the tops and a cold strong Westerly.

Shocked at the lack of bird life since last up there, DOC did a full valley 1080 drop in Dec but have never seen such low bird numbers after one before.

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Mon 24/02/2014 13:37

Nice photo melja

Ends up the dead possums feed the rats, they in turn breed flat out while there's heaps of food,when they've cleaned the carcass out they turn to the birds.

back to a strong NW again here and 20deg

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