General May Weather

[Nev]

Fine and cool day for Auckland. Airport only has 15C which makes it our coolest day since October.

Currently 16.6C at Akld Aero and still rising (17.8C here).

[Michael]

Feels warmer than that but was in the city with no wind however here its going rather Bee Bop (SSW) and cooler though plenty of sun.

[NZstorm]

Coolest day since early November at AK airport. I felt the coolness today. But I reckon we'll get a mild winter this year.

[Manukau heads obs]

just back from a surf trip to Apihara
got a half a kilometer ride on a wave there.,...was getting sore knees!
very dry (only just greening up ) from here all the way north
some very thin cattle around Kaitai

only showers up there....we got good rain here...17mm +another 1.5

[snowstormwatcher]

Been a fine day here after the morning cloud burnt off a bit cooler than it has been in recent weeks high of just 11 looking like a good frezze tonight already down to 5 degrees.

[David]

Well it's already dropped to 11°C here, the metservice forecast of 10 looks far too high...

[Tornado Tim]

Well it's already dropped to 11°C here, the metservice forecast of 10 looks far too high...

So does the Hamilton Low of 5°C from M/S, im already @ 5.7°C

[Vertigo]

cold cold cold

[Richard]

Over night low of 1 before the NW came though in the small hours,only 10C

[tgsnoopy]

8.1°C here this morning.

[Manukau heads obs]

anticylonic gloom has come in overnight here....around 3am going by when the temperature stopped dropping....(to 9 C

[Andy]

Got down to 3.3 degrees at 9pm last night then rose as the NW come in, now 11.5 dgrees, so no frost here.

[David]

anticylonic gloom has come in overnight here....around 3am going by when the temperature stopped dropping....(to 9 C

Yep the low was 5.9°C here before the cloud came in, I assume after 4am (that is when it started getting warmer here). Pretty dull this morning!

[Tim S]

I am now in Nelson, although in temporary short term accommodation atm, I'm hopefully here for the long term. I wouldn't have a clue what the temp was here as all I have to go by is the metservice site and a kestrel. Can't wait until my container arrives with my weather station, although will have to wait until we buy a place to put it up, can't imagine many landlords that will be happy for me to install a weather station at their rental!

Will try and keep you all updated on how Nelson fairs over the coming months, as far as I can tell I am the only one from the Nelson region on here?

[ricky]

Low of 7.1 here but, from the sky temps, cloud was gradually increasing from midnight when the temp was around 8 degrees. It became overcast from about 5 30am

[Nev]

Yep, 7.6C here at 5:25am. Still our lowest temp of the year so far though (and our first fire, lol ).

[spwill]

Tim S wrote,

Will try and keep you all updated on how Nelson fairs over the coming months

Great I think Nelson might be NZ least stormy city but it will be great to have the fine weather reports from that part of NZ I see Nelson averages 88 ground frosts a year so a chilly winter ahead compared with Perth

[Tornado Tim]

Got down to 1.7°C around 3.30 AM then the cloud started to increase and small puffs of wind came through too.

I was hoping for a good frost, LOL

[Manukau heads obs]

there is a nelson station online...used to be..should still be...try googling for it?
maybe try with wunderground?

[Tim S]

Tim S wrote,

Will try and keep you all updated on how Nelson fairs over the coming months

Great I think Nelson might be NZ least stormy city but it will be great to have the fine weather reports from that part of NZ I see Nelson averages 88 ground frosts a year so a chilly winter ahead compared with Perth

Well I definitely didn't move here for the storms, I can tell you that now. I am prepared for a chilly winter, which will be great, I love the cold, looking forward to crispy mornings and being able to drive an hour or so to a ski field! Although not looking forward to the driving on icy roads parts, still I am sure I'll get used to it.

Manukau heads observer: Are you talking about this one? http://www.warren.co.nz/weather/default.asp
I had that one on my bookmarks for a few years but its recently gone offline, was a great station too with a webcam so it was a bummer to see it go. I know on the mesomap live map there was a station in Golden Bay on the other side of Takaka Hill, I haven't seen that on there for a while though. http://www.csweather.net/MMLive.html I had my station on the WA version of this, though not any longer of course.

[Razor]

A lovely warm 20 degrees under sunny norwest skies here. Late summer/ autumn just keeps on rolling....

[Storm Struck]

A rather cooler day up until now, with that overnight air being trapped under this mornings high cloud.
Sun is now out with the temperature up to 17C, no NWer though infact theres no wind at all.
Interesting how the MS have pulled the showers from the forecast, ok the cold front has gone over and decayed but the trough to the south is coming up and is firing a few thundery CB's.
I reackon a crop of wintry showers tonight mainly coastal, heavy rain small hail and maybe a clap of thunder somewhere.

[spwill]

the trough to the south is coming up and is firing a few thundery CB's.

The colder air/ deep instability will go to the east according to GFS.

[Richard]

the trough to the south is coming up and is firing a few thundery CB's.

The colder air/ deep instability will go to the east according to GFS.

I think you are right spwill, on the BOM site you can see them heading off the east ....dam it all

[Razor]

No sign of any shower activity overnight here. Just more clear dry skies and another autumnal stunner in prospect today