General February Weather

Razor · Unread post by **Razor** » Sat 23/02/2013 18:24

Yet another blue dome day. What a sensational summer this has been, the best I have experienced in my 16 years of living in ChCh

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Sat 23/02/2013 19:20

Yes, it's been a lovely coupla weeks. The weather at Lake Taupo was just fantastic for us last WE and it has been cloudless for the time that we were away...
(noticed a wee bit of steam coming out of Tongariro driving back on the Sunday)
...but sadly, no rain, the only precipitaion being from dew.

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Sun 24/02/2013 06:24

Not so cold this morning after yesterdays mornings light frost,its 4deg with a bit a scattered cloud

Manukau heads obs · Sun 24/02/2013 07:27

Surprising we got to 26 c yesterday after such a cool and cloudy
Morning

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Sun 24/02/2013 08:00

Rainfall for the next 7 days. Typical february rainfall pattern.

Warmer airmass moving over NZ next few days with inland places getting 30C.

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Sun 24/02/2013 08:42

Yes, Gisborne looks the spot for some rain later in the week in a SE flow.

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Sun 24/02/2013 14:05

Been up to Hanmer Springs over the weekend. The countryside looks very dry, could do with some decent rain over the coming weeks but the models are not looking like we will get much at all!

CHCH Weather Chaser · Sun 24/02/2013 17:15

yet another dry, nice day here with 24 degrees the high. Light winds with a maximum gust of 18km/h today. Looks like could even be 2 weeks before the next rain here with yet another high on the cards moving in on the long range forecast.

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Sun 24/02/2013 19:02

Managed a high of 27deg here,lovely day and as you say Leighton a lot more days like this coming up

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Sun 24/02/2013 19:35

Another warm dry day. I am surprised to see they aren't declaring a drought just yet. Another meeting on this Friday so I'm sure it will be declared this week.

Check out the sea breeze effect here. Insane jump in moisture. I don't recall seeing one so sharp and large before.

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Ignore the solar reading. I haven't had a chance to level it yet since I moved the station.

Manukau heads obs · Sun 24/02/2013 21:58

wow, yes, that is a big jump in DP
sea breeze arrived here at midday...but took 5 hours later to reach in land as far as Hamilton!

Sea breeeze wind curve one of the best for shape I have seen here today (i.e slowly increased then peaked then slowly decreased. Interestingly it stayed SW to WSW and did not go around to the SSW like it often does

I see Ricky as flip flopping between SW and NNE wind , on the convergence

Tornado Tim · Unread post by **Tornado Tim** » Sun 24/02/2013 23:29

Manukau heads obs wrote:wow, yes, that is a big jump in DP
sea breeze arrived here at midday...but took 5 hours later to reach in land as far as Hamilton!

Yes Sea breezes usually do take there time to get here, typically around 4-6 PM (Prime time for Thunderstorms).
Last year there were a few storms that were triggered on the Sea Breeze, but zilch this year so far.

The upper air has been far too warm, I have a suspicion the Waikato may not get a decent amount of rain till early autumn. I hope I am wrong though.

David · Unread post by **David** » Mon 25/02/2013 09:23

ECMWF now has a low coming in from the NW from 5 March. Or is it just teasing us!

Manukau heads obs · Mon 25/02/2013 12:15

before that now even, latest run
looks like a rain maker too

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Mon 25/02/2013 12:32

No model agreement on next week yet, still too far out anyway but atleast there is hope for some rain there.

Cooler feel today with the lower dewpoints, dps around 12C, currently fine, light winds , 23C

David · Unread post by **David** » Mon 25/02/2013 14:01

It's been such a good summer in Westland that the wood pigeons are getting drunk on all the fruit!

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/artic ... d=10866998

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Mon 25/02/2013 21:32

Another example of a sharp sea breeze today

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Manukau heads obs · Mon 25/02/2013 21:35

very similar here too, even the spike in the windspeed when the sea breeze first arrived

Tornado Tim · Unread post by **Tornado Tim** » Mon 25/02/2013 22:08

Stark contrast to here, it certainly wasn't as obvious.

David · Unread post by **David** » Mon 25/02/2013 23:09

I think the extremely dry weather has made our house shift slightly - one of the interior doors is getting harder to shut because there isn't much room left between the bottom corner of the door and the door frame

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Tue 26/02/2013 06:13

David wrote:I think the extremely dry weather has made our house shift slightly - one of the interior doors is getting harder to shut because there isn't much room left between the bottom corner of the door and the door frame

We have a door thats the other way round,sticks when the weather gets humid,ok at the moment though.

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Tue 26/02/2013 06:34

David wrote:I think the extremely dry weather has made our house shift slightly - one of the interior doors is getting harder to shut because there isn't much room left between the bottom corner of the door and the door frame

A lot of Auckland is built on clay and clay shrinks in dry weather. The underground movement can do damage to masonary houses and driveways.

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Tue 26/02/2013 06:53

David wrote:I think the extremely dry weather has made our house shift slightly - one of the interior doors is getting harder to shut because there isn't much room left between the bottom corner of the door and the door frame

Yes u are correct there David. Us in the Waikato get this every dry summer on the peat soil as it drys. My new house is still settling on its piles in the peat as is the concrete slab for the garage. I have painters and builders coming to jack the house up on certain piles to bend the house back into line. Lots of cracks in the gib are appearing and doors sticking. My garage is the same but nothing I can do as its concrete.

Tornado Tim · Unread post by **Tornado Tim** » Tue 26/02/2013 13:39

According to Metservice, Rotorua got 5.2mm of rain, that can't be correct!
I had a look at the 12 hour radar loop and there is nothing.

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Tue 26/02/2013 16:29

jamie wrote:
David wrote:I think the extremely dry weather has made our house shift slightly - one of the interior doors is getting harder to shut because there isn't much room left between the bottom corner of the door and the door frame
Yes u are correct there David. Us in the Waikato get this every dry summer on the peat soil as it drys. My new house is still settling on its piles in the peat as is the concrete slab for the garage. I have painters and builders coming to jack the house up on certain piles to bend the house back into line. Lots of cracks in the gib are appearing and doors sticking. My garage is the same but nothing I can do as its concrete.

We can close the door at the back properly,in winter it is off joint,the cracks on some of the concrete is very pronounced too.

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