General February Weather

[jamie]

Very humid for Canterbury standards, 35C currently in Rangiora and 60% humidity.

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Errrr call me nit picky but that gives a dew point of 26. I think your station is on the blip if that’s what it’s telling you.


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[melja]

Yes I agree Jamie, other station is reading 49%

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[spwill]

Very humid for Canterbury standards, 35C currently in Rangiora and 60% humidity.

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Errrr call me nit picky but that gives a dew point of 26. I think your station is on the blip if that’s what it’s telling you.


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The general coastal dp for Canterbury looks to be around 16C which will feel humid with high twenty temperatures.

[melja]

Was recording a dew point of 18.8 at chch airport at one point this afternoon with temps in the low 30s so very humid and hot for Christchurch standards or anywhere in NZ for that matter.

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[Chris W]

Is that a southerly wind change moving northwards through Selwyn on radar? Wobbly line of bugs?

Southerly, with alleged beetles or aphids or whatever.
The radar looked like that when it came through here earlier.

Seems to tally that it was 33C when I left Amberley and now 27C in Woolston.

Off-topic but I see the international space station is crossing the upper South Island at 9:51pm and should be visible to the naked eye. Which is likely, given the lack of storms in Canterbury today and current clear skies.

[tornado]

i see there may be a risk for some rain this saturday in auckland. hope that happens

[Richard]

Humidity levels hovered between 40 and 50% during most of today, so yes, very humid by Canterbury standards,

[Richard]

Tomorrow afternoon I'm heading down to Ranfurly, with a moderate risk all the way should make for an interesting trip.

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[Captain Salty]

Off-topic but I see the international space station is crossing the upper South Island at 9:51pm and should be visible to the naked eye. Which is likely, given the lack of storms in Canterbury today and current clear skies.

And visually crossed paths with a train of star-link Sats!

[Chris W]

Off-topic but I see the international space station is crossing the upper South Island at 9:51pm and should be visible to the naked eye. Which is likely, given the lack of storms in Canterbury today and current clear skies.

And visually crossed paths with a train of star-link Sats!

Yes I saw that! I didn't know what they were but I hoped they were way away from each other

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Warm and humid day here with with scattered unstable looking mid-range cloud.
Today's temperature maximized out at 30C.
Nice cloud forms in today's sunset and noticed 2 lightning flashes in clouds way to the south on returning home from Barkers, just before 10pm.

[cbm]

22.6 at nearly 11pm and not a breath of wind. A rare >20C overnight low is possible.

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[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

A bit of lightning around the Mackenzie area not being picked up on the Blitz.

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Is that a southerly wind change moving northwards through Selwyn on radar? Wobbly line of bugs?

Southerly, with alleged beetles or aphids or whatever.
The radar looked like that when it came through here earlier.

I wish they would fix that glitch on the radar that points to the SW from the radar itself at Rakaia.
It's infuriating

[NZstorm]

Very unstable airmass across the South Island today although the best instability is pre 4pm. A convergence zone running from Mt Sommers to Southland. Some chunky hail may occur with the earlier storm development.

[Nev]

I wish they would fix that glitch on the radar that points to the SW from the radar itself at Rakaia.
It's infuriating

It's not a 'glitch', but rather interference from an external source, i.e. someone illegally transmitting on the same frequency. See: https://blog.metservice.com/Radar_Interference

[Orion]

Low overcast here at present, almost misty;
16.7°C, 70% humidity.
Light southerly drift.

[Chris Raine]

Woke to heavy showers at 0530 2.2 mm over about 10 minutes

[melja]

Story on stuff from MS about the high humidity yesterday.

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[tornado]

i can see a front on the moldels for the north island on saturday. could be some heavy falls but high pressure is either side of it so we may not get much from it. but its still something to watch

[Chris W]

Story on stuff from MS about the high humidity yesterday.

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Yep, that looks how it felt. Managed to get to sleep though!

[treetop]

timing for sat front looks good . Afternoon for Nth Is. May take a while to move through hopefully

[Awhituobs]

the ground here is like dust now
need gentle soaking rain first

[spwill]

Eastern parts of Auckland might get a shower tomorrow afternoon , the sea breeze convergence will push out that way. I guess for people on tank water any rain will be good.

[cbm]

I've been working on this speadsheet for a while, wanting to put this dry into historical context. Sorry, I know Waikato is not the only region affected by this dry, but it's where I'm at, and Ruakura research station is one of the better long term records we have in the country.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RNcU0l ... sp=sharing

Alarming how many of the lowest Jan+Feb+March totals have occurred since 2008.
This year must be odds on at this stage to go straight to number 1 for the driest Jan plus Feb total. Really hope it does not however.