Summer at last

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Fri 14/01/2005 16:04

When the regional flow over NZ is truly NE/E-biased and things are not too anticyclonic over NZ and Tasman lows provide enough moisture then there have been some strikingly dull months in the past in the east of SI (plus West Coast as well usually).

Often it takes just a slight tilt of the flow towards the north, and it clears in Chch - a 'critical northeasterly' in other words.

dogmelon · Unread post by **dogmelon** » Fri 14/01/2005 19:56

This country's weather is crap to say the least. The sycophants dribble on about how great the nz is and all that crap. Thank god there are some people on here who don't look at the world through rainbow glasses all the time.

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Fri 14/01/2005 20:08

dogmelon wrote:This country's weather is crap to say the least. The sycophants dribble on about how great the nz is and all that crap. Thank god there are some people on here who don't look at the world through rainbow glasses all the time.

Can I ask why you call your'self dogmelon???

dogmelon · Unread post by **dogmelon** » Fri 14/01/2005 20:20

it's just a name with no particular meaning

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Fri 14/01/2005 20:26

dogmelon is a gaming company, who makes solitaire
haha

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Fri 14/01/2005 21:00

Its just outright boring its never hot enough in summer and no snow(here) in winter ...just gales and rain mainly

dogmelon wrote:This country's weather is crap to say the least.

TonyT · Unread post by **TonyT** » Fri 14/01/2005 22:03

dogmelon wrote:This country's weather is crap to say the least. The sycophants dribble on about how great the nz is and all that crap. Thank god there are some people on here who don't look at the world through rainbow glasses all the time.

I find it very funny, so many people whinge on when we get two weeks of rainy weather then it only takes a few hot sunny days for the whining to start again. Weather is weather. If you dont like it invest in a big house with an air conditioning system and ignore it altogether. Otherwise enjoy its diversity - no amount of complaining will change anything.

RWood · Unread post by **RWood** » Fri 14/01/2005 23:27

tich wrote:
When the regional flow over NZ is truly NE/E-biased and things are not too anticyclonic over NZ and Tasman lows provide enough moisture then there have been some strikingly dull months in the past in the east of SI (plus West Coast as well usually).
Often it takes just a slight tilt of the flow towards the north, and it clears in Chch - a 'critical northeasterly' in other words.

Perhaps you would have an opinion on why Ch'ch is (at least according to the records) sunnier than it used to be (airport and earlier site records used to show a yearly average of 2000 hrs or less but 30-yr mean is now over 2100). Is there any reason to think the amount of easterly cloud is a little less than it used to be?

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Fri 14/01/2005 23:34

jeffsweather wrote: What was your max in Sommerfield John?

I wasn't online yesterday to answer your query but I only managed to regetser 29C in my Stevenson's Screen.

I couldn't bear the heat and had to go for a lie down

JohnGaul
NZTS

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Sat 15/01/2005 10:58

29.5C already, according to Jeffsweather. Should easily pass 30C again, though a weak dry southerly should cool things down later.

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Sat 15/01/2005 11:45

Sure is HOT been out fishing and am getting very RED

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Sat 15/01/2005 14:08

03 Stormchaser wrote:Sure is HOT been out fishing and am getting very RED

Yes. I have peaked at 31.7C just after 1:30pm. Still that hot now
Must go back and sit inside the fridge

JohnGaul
NZTS

Thunder · Unread post by **Thunder** » Sat 15/01/2005 14:25

Certainly hot out there today. The wind is just now going to the WNW after being ENE for the first part of the day.

34C at Darfield and 34C at Jeffs! 32C at the airport so far. It might not get any higher than that today though?

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Sat 15/01/2005 14:35

[quote="Aaron J Wilkinson"]

I see 38C from the roof of the Selwyn county buildings at Leeston

JohnGaul
NZTS

Just popped out of the fridge to tell you
39.6C at 3:27pm

How can a person live in that heat?

33C here now $\:D/$

...back to the fridge

JohnGaul
NZTS

CbFan · Unread post by **CbFan** » Sat 15/01/2005 15:33

Apparently the heat is setting off fire alarms everywhere around Chch today.

You guys can't be used to a few therms

Up here, we just have problems trawling up enough crews for the volunteer brigades!

CbFan
(currently trying to find some breeze that isn't hot under a 35C blue dome

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Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Sat 15/01/2005 16:50

I kill for a temp of 33c with 20% humidity

NRFA have Darfield registering the hottest temp at 2pm with 34.1c

Sunny and clear currently, 23c, fresh westerly.

Fujita Phil · Unread post by **Fujita Phil** » Sat 15/01/2005 19:38

Not quite as warm today, or at least tonight as yesterday. Dry southerly change came through today and dropped the temp.

I was at the cricket, drinking too much beer with the few students about at the moment. Otago did well in the end against those dirty Cantabs, but unfortunately J. Wilson only scored 4.

Thunder · Unread post by **Thunder** » Sat 15/01/2005 19:53

Despite the very warm upper temps (-12 @ 500mb) I'm thinking the atmosphere could be potentially unstable right now (or is unstable...?). The very high surface temps plus that light Southerly coming through raised the dewpoint to 13C(not sure on thickness of this surface moisture though, take it back to 11C to be safe). I guess you'd need a convergence to set it off and things might start happening? Or perhaps the high wind speeds at upper level's are surpressing things like metservice say?

Anyway, I look outside now and see no note of anything stormy at all, so yeah. It doens't look good despite what my interesting lines on a skew t say! lol.

Still around 30C and it's nearly 8:00pm with no wind! It's quite calm, perfect Michael weather!

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Sat 15/01/2005 20:29

NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote:
Aaron J Wilkinson wrote:

Just popped out of the fridge to tell you
39.6C at 3:27pm
How can a person live in that heat?

33C here now $\:D/$

...back to the fridge

JohnGaul
NZTS

I dont know we never get that sort of heat up here

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Sun 16/01/2005 07:57

The 850mb temps (1500m) are quite warm today over central and northern NZ, around the 20C mark. That will mean some schorching temps in sheltered inland spots, over 30C.

As for Auckland we have 7/8 stratocu which will burn off quickly today, will get warm in sheltered spots like Henderson (28C), but stay coolish over the Manukau harbourside suburbs such as where Micheal lives(21C).

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Sun 16/01/2005 10:03

Was in Oxford hay carting yesterday all afternoon/evening under 32 C plus degrees!!

Today also looks like another hot one!!

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Sun 16/01/2005 11:39

03 Stormchaser wrote:Was in Oxford hay carting yesterday all afternoon/evening under 32 C plus degrees!!

Today also looks like another hot one!!

I don't think so too ENE here at the moment but it could go NW later on

JohnGaul
NZTS

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Sun 16/01/2005 18:45

Just SW here as usual keeps the temps low due to the wind

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Sun 16/01/2005 19:20

Just SW here as usual keeps the temps low due to the wind

Good thermal contrast across Auckland region today with a southwester.
Temps in the low 20's in south to high 20's in sheltered west.
Cooler southern suburbs got the persistent murk as seen in photo.

Storm Struck · Unread post by **Storm Struck** » Sun 16/01/2005 20:19

Hey back from my awsome holiday down south in Wanaka had some nice weather went away just at the right time

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Most days were over the 20's with just one day of heavy showers which was the first day.
Besides that with the good weather I managed to get out and do plenty like Kayaking on Lake Hawea and Lake Wanaka plus 4 wheel driving a few walks and plenty of relaxing.
PRETTY HOT!! in Geraldine today as I went through around 3pm iam guessing around 29-30dg it was schorching.
I will put up some of my holiday pics later there are some nice ones I took very photographic

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25dg is the expected high here tomora but it will probly make it to around 27-28dg not bad if it does it's about time the weather comes right and with that 33dg the other day here its sure showing it's returned.
Although I was talking to the camp mangager and he reackons something big is going to happen around March this year hmmm

I think I will switch off from that and enjoy the summer sun.
Cheers
JASON TIPPET.