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NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Sun 16/04/2023 18:22

I see, well I saw what looked like a weather balloon pass over Geraldine this afternoon, moving from the SW to the NE.

Nev · Unread post by **Nev** » Sun 16/04/2023 20:17

NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote: Sun 16/04/2023 18:22 I see, well I saw what looked like a weather balloon pass over Geraldine this afternoon, moving from the SW to the NE.

Did it look like this...

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https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300854 ... from-wnaka

More info: https://blogs.nasa.gov/superpressurebal ... w-zealand/

BeaconHill · Unread post by **BeaconHill** » Sun 16/04/2023 21:02

Nev wrote: Sun 16/04/2023 20:17
NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote: Sun 16/04/2023 18:22 I see, well I saw what looked like a weather balloon pass over Geraldine this afternoon, moving from the SW to the NE.
Did it look like this... ?
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300854 ... from-wnaka

More info: https://blogs.nasa.gov/superpressurebal ... w-zealand/

I see lots of people thought aliens were arriving as it was VERY high over the Chch area at dusk.

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NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Sun 16/04/2023 22:12

Nev wrote: Sun 16/04/2023 20:17 Did it look like this... ?

Yes. Through binoculars, but my camera just picked it out as a white spot, which is just to the left of the toilet air outlet on the photo for those who cant find it.

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Wed 26/04/2023 14:25

I see that MetService has "Frost of fog", whatever that means, for tomorrow morning, in their 11:19am forecast, today, for down here. ??

Nev · Unread post by **Nev** » Wed 26/04/2023 15:33

^ 'Frost of Fog' is quite a nice term for 'Freezing Fog', even if it is just a typo...

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Wed 26/04/2023 17:27

I see the newsreader on RNZ said "Frost of.....or fog" when reading the short forecast at 5pm this evening.

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Fri 05/05/2023 00:20

I see that King Charles offered our PM, "Baby Face" Hipkins some sausage rolls. Good choice.
I know the place in Upper Hutt where "BF' Hipkins gets his pies from. Good pies and sausage rolls.

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Fri 26/05/2023 18:29

I see the Canterbury and Westland radars are off and on at the moment.

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Tue 06/06/2023 23:07

I see the MS recorded 0.2mm of rain today at their AWS station when the weather there today was a blue dome day with no cloud whatsoever? Don't trust the rainfall recorded at that station, sorry

There have been times driving to Timaru when it is raining around Washdyke and out to the west and yet nothing is recorded at the airport.

TonyT · Unread post by **TonyT** » Wed 07/06/2023 13:33

NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote: Tue 06/06/2023 23:07 I see the MS recorded 0.2mm of rain today at their AWS station when the weather there today was a blue dome day with no cloud whatsoever? Don't trust the rainfall recorded at that station, sorry
There have been times driving to Timaru when it is raining around Washdyke and out to the west and yet nothing is recorded at the airport.

Dew?

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Thu 08/06/2023 19:19

Should be an interesting total there today with dew/frost melt and moisture from the fog that moved in from early afternoon.
Should be the heaviest fall recorded today from fine anticyclonic weather conditions that are plaguing the South Island at the moment

I used to record dew/frost melt as precipitation amounts but as these features are not really rainfall accounts, I stopped recording them in my rainfall figures. I think Bob Crowder was the same at his Spreydon site.
...by the way Bob has sold his site in Ashgrove Terrace and now lives up the hill off Dyers Pass Road in a flash retirement apartment up there. I went and saw him the other day. His weather records would be very interesting for those who want to go over them.

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Thu 22/06/2023 17:48

I see that there are 4 billionaires trapped in an underwater submarine thing around the wreck of the Titanic.
They are experiencing trouble down there and running out of oxygen.
Why not send in Jeff Tracy and his sons down there with Gordon Tracy in Thunderbird 4 to rescue them?
"As Thunderbirds Are Go", they would rescue them!

TonyT · Unread post by **TonyT** » Thu 22/06/2023 18:00

NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote: Thu 22/06/2023 17:48 I see that there are 4 billionaires trapped in an underwater submarine thing around the wreck of the Titanic.
They are experiencing trouble down there and running out of oxygen.
Why not send in Jeff Tracy and his sons down there with Gordon Tracy in Thunderbird 4 to rescue them?
"As Thunderbirds Are Go", they would rescue them!

Too many strings attached to that idea...

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Fri 28/07/2023 22:47

I see they are calling it Global Boiling instead of Global Warming.

Interesting to see how warm it will get here in NZ this coming summer under El Nino conditions with anticyclones bringing warm air from the Australian desert across the Tasman Sea.

Also I see that southerly changes may be not severe because of warmer sea temperatures so thunderstorms maybe less severe as far as hail goes which maybe good for growers.

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Thu 03/08/2023 18:56

I see that about 50 motorists were pulled up in Nelson today for having I see, I mean excuse the pun, icy windscreens this morning.

Orion · Unread post by **Orion** » Thu 24/08/2023 20:25

Visited Temuka and Geraldine today.

I see that the single-lane bridge over the Orari River on SH72/SH79 looks quite dilapidated, most of the kerbing beside the roadway is damaged

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Mon 28/08/2023 18:32

Orion wrote: Thu 24/08/2023 20:25 Visited Temuka and Geraldine today.

I see that the single-lane bridge over the Orari River on SH72/SH79 looks quite dilapidated, most of the kerbing beside the roadway is damaged

I see that they are talking about replacing it with a double lane bridge, but whenever that will happen, who knows. A second bridge over the Ashburton river is more important, also widening the Rakaia River bridge to allow cyclists to safely cycle across it.
More important than a tunnel under Auckland Harbour to link North Shore to the city

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NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Fri 29/09/2023 23:04

I see the NIWAR, as I call them, have announced that it is now officially La Nina. Good on them.

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Mon 02/10/2023 18:44

I see that someone broke the Ranfurly Shield.
Might have to send it to the Repair Shop on TV to get it fixt.?

Apparently the white substance was plaster of paris, not cocaine as what the silly media thought as first.

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Tue 03/10/2023 17:35

Why would they be snorting plaster of paris John

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Wed 04/10/2023 00:06

Richard wrote: Tue 03/10/2023 17:35 Why would they be snorting plaster of paris John

I have heard of the term "Getting Plastered".
Probably they were so drunk that they would could also, get a high on the POP, thinking it was cocaine. ?

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Wed 04/10/2023 06:43

NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote: Wed 04/10/2023 00:06
Richard wrote: Tue 03/10/2023 17:35 Why would they be snorting plaster of paris John
I have heard of the term "Getting Plastered".
Probably they were so drunk that they would could also, get a high on the POP, thinking it was cocaine. ?

Well done young fella

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Mon 23/10/2023 18:21

I see that MetService is getting blasted for not accurately forecasting the Auckland Anniversary Floods. I thought they did but other people think otherwise and blame them for using outdated models systems?

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Wed 25/10/2023 22:48

I see that flying back from Auckland recently, the flight attendant mentioned that the bathrooms were located at the rear of the airplane.
Strange place to have a bath. It would be rather swishy. Do they supply towels as well?

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