General February Weather

[Nev]

Apparently a 'twister' causing very minor damage was spotted in Papamoa, BoP around 2pm today...

'Twister rips up blokart track' - SunLive

Possibly a 'dust-devil'?

[tgsnoopy]

Dust devil for sure, no way did the conditions here today support the formation of a tornado.

[spwill]

Yes NZstorm, I always remember you saying about how winter is better for storms in your parts, .

Yes May to September is the best time for Tstorms here but summer can produce a few however recent years have been very quiet, bring on El Nino.

Felt like our warmest day of the year here today , max 25C but dewpoint up to 20C.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Yes NZstorm, I always remember you saying about how winter is better for storms in your parts.

Sounds like it's getting rather personal here
Thank goodness I'm not a moderator anymore

[Thunder]

Maybe your taking my message out of context John? I have the utmost respect for Steven and was saying about how he often mentioned thunderstorms could occur around Auckland more in winter and how correct he is. All is good John

Up in Nelson for a wedding, drove through Murchison around 10pm and it was 19 degrees outside and felt very nice.
EDIT: I take you to heart too much John, lol.

[spike_01]

Drizzly in Wellington.. No wind.. Very surprised that it is drizzling, thought it would be fine..

Shame for the 7's..

[RWood]

Drizzly in Wellington.. No wind.. Very surprised that it is drizzling, thought it would be fine..

Shame for the 7's..

Rotten day in a thoroughly lousy summer - the sun deficit ever widens.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Yes. In a week that is usually the hottest time of the year, the temperatures are rather cool, more so cooler this WE.

[Michael]

Suns out here today,no wind too,should get hot if it stays away.It (cloud) has been ok for gardening at least but not the beach.

[spwill]

Warm n dry , no wind in Welly.. Perfect for the 7's Parade..

Games start tomorrow, and it will be fine.. Even better on Saturday..

Plenty of rain yesterday for the 7's but weather forecasting has not yet reached 100% accuracy.

[03Stormchaser]

Grey and gloomy today with a fresh ENE and light drizzle, sounds just like an English summer....

[spwill]

Cloud and sunny spells for Auckland today, max 22C. The dewpoint of 12C is low for Auckland for February, I prefer the humid weather. Looks like plenty of high cloud to cross our region tomorrow, hopefully some fine weather by Tuesday..

[Manukau heads obs]

for me here , Feb is carrying on the cooler than normal trend that started in Jan
with cooler night temperatures
(this air mass is originating from further south around the high)

[David]

for me here , Feb is carrying on the cooler than normal trend that started in Jan
with cooler night temperatures
(this air mass is originating from further south around the high)

Last 4 nights have had lows of 17 in Howick, right around average for Feb The cool day time temps are dragging my average down...

[CHCH Weather Chaser]

Another dull day here, the low cloud never looked like breaking with an easterly. Light drizzle patches at times. Looking to the south now I can see some blue sky but its only a patch with higher cloud from a break in low cloud. However, cloud will no doubt thicken back up tonight bringing perhaps more persistent drizzle. Looks to be a very dull few days ahead also.

[RWood]

Another dull day here, the low cloud never looked like breaking with an easterly. Light drizzle patches at times. Looking to the south now I can see some blue sky but its only a patch with higher cloud from a break in low cloud. However, cloud will no doubt thicken back up tonight bringing perhaps more persistent drizzle. Looks to be a very dull few days ahead also.

Record low sunshine for Ch'ch in Feb is 112 hours in 1966 (only 70 at Haast same month, and at TImaru in Feb 1974).

[spwill]

Overcaste here today ( mostly high cloud) temps on the cool side for Febrauary, 15 -22C,dp 13C.

The high cloud moves away tomorrow morning allowing for good sunny spells and a warmer day, 24C.

[melja]

Great weekend in the mackenzie basin sunny,warm, and little wind- high 20s every day down at the lake but a little cooler around twizel.
Cought a couple of those accidentally released mt cook salmon too.

[spwill]

Great weekend in the mackenzie basin sunny,warm, and little wind- high 20s every day.

The weather will be better over that side of the hill for the rest of the week

A friend who lives in Sydney tells me It has been a cool damp summer there so far with a lot of overcast days
with showers and only one day over 30 degrees. They haven't been to the beach yet.

[snowstormwatcher]

Great weekend in the mackenzie basin sunny,warm, and little wind- high 20s every day.

The weather will be better over that side of the hill for the rest of the week

Easterly cloud and drizzle this side of the ranges for the last few days.
Reasonabily mild and humid though with highs around 17-19 and dewpoints around 14-15.

[Manukau heads obs]

horray
wall to wall sunshine here this morning for a change

[jamie]

horray
wall to wall sunshine here this morning for a change

I am so excited today! Sunshine!

We last saw the sun on Wednesday or Tuesday last week. What a horrible period that was and i hope i never see cloud and wind for that long again.

[iomkiwi]

horray
wall to wall sunshine here this morning for a change

Could you send some North please - we've only had 10 hours so far this month

[spwill]

Almost feels like Summer here today ,plenty of sunshine, light winds, max 24C

[Storm Struck]

Been a nice few days and much enjoyed with plenty of sunshine, although yesterday was alot better.
Today has that slight muggy feel to it with lower and mid level cloud maybe even some light showers forming to the west looking inland, dew points must be slightly up with 20C currently.
Much preferr this weather to the overcast clag definatly need all the sun we can get as its summer after all.