Strong Northeasterlies and Rain 4/7 -> 7/7

Storm Struck · Unread post by **Storm Struck** » Tue 05/07/2005 12:38

Well actually i was looking at this weknd and it's looking interesting could be rather messy this weknd for South Island with severe gales in the farr south I dunno what models look like for Saturday evening/sunday for T/S in Canterbury but perhaps you betta ahve a look at these Synoptics MS suggest fine weather don't know where they get that from.
Cheers
JASON

Its not just me is it?

Thunder · Unread post by **Thunder** » Tue 05/07/2005 13:48

Yes Phil, I don't see much if any snow potential looking systems anytime soon for us chasers! I'm not sure on the really up high stuff like ski-fields etc, I guess they'll get some with the sw this weekend but no low down stuff for us. Could be some hail on Sat night / Mon morning here in Chch Jason but I don't think thunderstorms look likely unfortunatley.

Yes Foggy and C-nimbus, does look interesting for Thunderstorms this coming Saturday evening/night from Hamilton northwards. Hopefully something pulls off for you guys!

Cheers.

Thunder · Unread post by **Thunder** » Tue 05/07/2005 14:31

Haha! G'day Dave, I'll email you now!

Cheers.

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Tue 05/07/2005 14:44

Fujita Phil wrote:Maybe I'm looking at it wrong but I just can't see snow for this weekend. Or do you mean after the weekend?

I doubt whether we'll get any (more) snow this season, but others don't agree. Seems to me as if we're sliding from autumn straight into spring. It hasn't even really been cold, and it's already July.

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Tue 05/07/2005 14:48

looks like some light to mod snow to 600m over the high country around Fri / Sat.

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Tue 05/07/2005 14:54

spwill wrote:looks like some light to mod snow to 600m over the high country around Fri / Sat.

There'll always be snow falling on the high high country (1,000m+) but I'd be surprised if we get anymore below that, certainly below 600m. Possibly Lake Tekapo, Burkes Pass and the Lindis may, but anywhere else below those elev/alts probably won't, not in the Mackenzie.

Thunder · Unread post by **Thunder** » Tue 05/07/2005 16:33

Hence:

Aaron J Wilkinson wrote: I'm not sure on the really up high stuff like ski-fields etc, I guess they'll get some with the sw this weekend but no low down stuff for us.

Cheers.

Horaay!

Manukau heads obs · Tue 05/07/2005 17:34

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Manukau heads obs · Tue 05/07/2005 17:55

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NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Tue 05/07/2005 18:29

Winter has been a bit of a dud so far.

My gut feeling tells me we will get some interesting cold weather in spring with a late start to summer.

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Tue 05/07/2005 19:11

Summers are always late in Auckland due to the SW gales and Rain that goes on and on and on and on and on and on ......

NZstorm wrote:Winter has been a bit of a dud so far.

My gut feeling tells me we will get some interesting cold weather in spring with a late start to summer.

Manukau heads obs · Tue 05/07/2005 19:45

like you michael

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Tue 05/07/2005 19:51

tgsnoopy · Unread post by **tgsnoopy** » Tue 05/07/2005 20:32

Michael wrote:Summers are always late in Auckland due to the SW gales and Rain that goes on and on and on and on and on and on ......

Manukau heads observer wrote:like you michael

03 Stormchaser wrote:<mutters under breath 'manukau heads observer bet me too it>

RWood · Unread post by **RWood** » Tue 05/07/2005 21:07

NZstorm wrote:Winter has been a bit of a dud so far.

My gut feeling tells me we will get some interesting cold weather in spring with a late start to summer.

I don't care to indulge in such speculation generally, but unless the El Ninoish flavour persists (ie index mostly a little negative), my gut feeling is that this spring might be quite different from the last 3, which have all featured some excess of W/SW unsettledness to a fair degree. Spring 2001 was quite different.

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Tue 05/07/2005 21:12

NZstorm wrote:Winter has been a bit of a dud so far.

My gut feeling tells me we will get some interesting cold weather in spring with a late start to summer.

I don't think so down here. It has had the odd cold day but this weather is a bit of a nuisance with this annoying anticyclone around cradling the low just to the west of Auckland.
What we need is a good cold blast from the south rather than this pithy weather

- bring it on - yes

JohnGaul
NZTS

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Tue 05/07/2005 21:30

horrible day here today with a ever increasing barometer and annoying WSW when it should of been a NE

JohnGaul
NZTS

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Tue 05/07/2005 21:37

Designer weather specialists should organize the next anticyclone to the south of Tasmania, block it for a while to allow the cold southerlies to develop a cold air weather event over NZ for the next month or so.
This will bring incredible snowfalls to the ski-fields ...and low and behold lots of money to our economy over the winter months.

Jim Wass
Winter Economist
NZ FarQuit Magazine

Storm Struck · Unread post by **Storm Struck** » Tue 05/07/2005 21:47

Nice one John

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Yes me too John this weather is really boring infact the only thing that will interest me is the prediction of hail Saturday night wow go the hail $\:D/$ .
I can't help it if i like disturbing weather i reackon some good blasts outta get evryone shivering iam hoping for 2-3days straight of snow now that would be something it sounds strange but most of the weather is strange at the moment anyway.

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Cheers
JASON

Canterbury, pride of the Thunderstorms ever since Thunder was heard!!!

Fujita Phil · Unread post by **Fujita Phil** » Tue 05/07/2005 23:36

Good dose of fog today. Cleared mid afternoon to let the sun through to heat the ground to cause more fog. Good ground level stuff early this evening.

More significant rain for the north, Tuesday/Wednesday?

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Wed 06/07/2005 08:34

Thursday Friday Saturday ,The week after ,All next month Till Xmas

Fujita Phil wrote: More significant rain for the north, Tuesday/Wednesday?

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Wed 06/07/2005 12:20

Sunny around Akaroa this morning, with just a little early mist, and thin high cloud. But crossing over Hilltop and down into Little River, it was foggy

(though only at the bottom of the valleys), and then variable cloud (low and high) until Chch, where it's now dull and murky with some light drizzle. (now that drizzle is no longer in the forecast for Canterbury

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