General February Weather

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Fri 16/02/2018 22:28

Back from Stewart Island today where I did find the weather there quite warm as to what I expected.
Some pictures later. Expecting much cooler weather, took more clothes than expected but ended up spent most of the time tramping in T-shirt and shorts.

melja · Unread post by **melja** » Sat 17/02/2018 06:52

Fantastic thunderstorms on the west coast at the moment ( coastal Kumara). Lighting every 10 seconds or less

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Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Sat 17/02/2018 07:10

Ya lucky bugger melja, looks to be plenty of rain coming in onto the 'West' Coast at the moment

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Sat 17/02/2018 08:31

Just had a deep rumble of thunder to the west.

Razor · Unread post by **Razor** » Sat 17/02/2018 08:35

Spillover rain here now

Chris W · Unread post by **Chris W** » Sat 17/02/2018 10:41

Metservice going all out on the west coast with a high risk of severe storms, then extended a moderate risk over to Chch. Had wondered as the frontal activity looked quite lively today from the models.

David · Unread post by **David** » Sat 17/02/2018 10:45

Dewpoint back up to 21C here this morning.

Chris W · Unread post by **Chris W** » Sat 17/02/2018 18:07

Well, a whole load of no thunder or even rain but a belter of a day to compensate! Still 23 and clear blue sky, may head along to Sparks later.

Razor · Unread post by **Razor** » Sat 17/02/2018 21:02

4 of the last 5 days over 30 degrees here, and proabably another one tomorrow I'd say. What a summer!

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Sat 17/02/2018 22:30

There were some ominous looking cloud to the south of Timaru whilst driving to Temuka today, glancing through the lower southerly stratus moving through.
I see later , the Blitz did record some strikes well out to the east in the Canterbury Bight.
Heard no sferics here.

TonyT · Unread post by **TonyT** » Sat 17/02/2018 22:46

Just a note that TSI (total solar irradiance) is in the middle of one of its significant drops. In the past I have noted that these tend to make cool airflows over NZ noticeably colder than the models predict, and we have a cool south to southwest period coming up next week. It will be interesting to see how the temperatures respond. We may well also see significant cold in other parts of the world. The TSI drop since October is about 0.5Wm2, or about 0.04% as we move closer to solar minimum. Doesn't sound like much, but we shall see.

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Sun 18/02/2018 17:58

Nice day here with not much wind but as you said, there, Tony, colder weather ahead for here
Stewart Island was lovely, some sheltered part out of the westerly was quite warm, nearly semi tropical with the golden sandy beaches.

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Orion · Unread post by **Orion** » Sun 18/02/2018 18:31

^ Beautiful photo

David · Unread post by **David** » Mon 19/02/2018 07:47

Very warm night in the upper NI. Min temp 21.7C here.

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Mon 19/02/2018 08:00

Mild here too, not quite as warm but 17deg is still a warm night

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Mon 19/02/2018 09:03

David wrote: Mon 19/02/2018 07:47 Very warm night in the upper NI. Min temp 21.7C here.

Very humid conditions, the overnight dewpoint temperature was 20C. I'm sure plenty of people will be finding it hard to sleep in this weather. Air conditioning needed.

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Mon 19/02/2018 09:35

They are the outside temps too, we have a new bedroom clock that shines the time&indoor temp on the roof, been 23-24deg for the last few nights

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Mon 19/02/2018 12:24

Coming onto drizzle. Will this be the beginning of the deluge from Gita?

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Mon 19/02/2018 12:41

See how high the temperature / dewpoint can go today, Ak dp has been up to 23C
Current Ak temperature is 26C, dp 21C

David · Unread post by **David** » Mon 19/02/2018 14:19

Yep, dewpoint has been hovering around 23 here in the last 40 minutes or so. Looking very muggy tomorrow too.

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Tue 20/02/2018 06:48

Looks a decent cold pool over the South Island tomorrow. Probably a waterspout or two on the South Island West Coast.

Cyclone Tracy · Unread post by **Cyclone Tracy** » Wed 21/02/2018 13:22

8.8mm over the last 24 hours, gets me up to 191mm for the month. A Feb 200mm is still a chance here.

Orion · Unread post by **Orion** » Thu 22/02/2018 08:19

A sunny morning now in Ashburton, 8.6° C, mares' tails to the north, and snow visible on the foothills

David · Unread post by **David** » Thu 22/02/2018 10:22

Loving the dewpoints around 15C, feels so refreshing after the conditions we've had recently!

SnwAddct · Unread post by **SnwAddct** » Thu 22/02/2018 10:58

David wrote: Thu 22/02/2018 10:22 Loving the dewpoints around 15C, feels so refreshing after the conditions we've had recently!

Could not agree more! Sunday night was so uncomfortable, so much easier to put a jumper on that to try cool down. Bring on the cooler months!

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