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Foggy Hamilton wrote: What's the Bracknell model? :-s
Bracknell is where the UK MetCentre is and they have skantily dressed people modelling the latest swim-wear ;)
Part of this is untrue :lol:

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It's hot over there, here in Holland just a temp around +4 degC and sunny weather. It's winter here.

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Bracknell

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Bracknell is where the UKMO used to be...for the past couple of years they have been situated in Exeter in sw England...the Bracknell model is one of the world fcst computer models used for long range fcsting..MetService here in NZ uses several models including WAF DATA(world area fcsting) from Washington...EC data from the European Community. BR DATA (still called Bracknell from the UKMO) and a good few else including BOM data from Melbourne and NZ's own CHAMP DATA..
I will try and put some examples of these when I return to work..I have a few days off now after working nights..
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NZstorm wrote:
32c in Upper Hutt today...34c was recorded on Thursday and 29 yesterday.
It certainly has been hot down your way while the Wellington airport area has been cool and foggy. Good to get some feed back on weather from the Wellington area. We don't get enough of it on the forum. :)
the Bracknell Model Data showers cooler westerlies 3 days from now..
Doesn't look too bad though. Eastern areas will welcome the change.
A run of very warm humid days here, with the fog situation a classic which has occurred from time to time. In the middle of Jan 1999 when there was some action up north there was a lengthy spell with the city as well as airport being blanketed. Only a slight change more toward ENE is needed for very warm but less humid conditions, as per March 2003 or January 1965. The latter saw warm cloudy conditions over nearly all of the SI except Marlborough while W'gton was +2.5C over monthly mean and topped the country's sunshine.

Today there already seems to be a light wind form the northerly quarter so any fog issue should be gone, with the airmass less humid.
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NZstorm wrote:
32c in Upper Hutt today...34c was recorded on Thursday and 29 yesterday.
It certainly has been hot down your way while the Wellington airport area has been cool and foggy. Good to get some feed back on weather from the Wellington area. We don't get enough of it on the forum. :)
the Bracknell Model Data showers cooler westerlies 3 days from now..
Doesn't look too bad though. Eastern areas will welcome the change.
A run of very warm humid days here, with the fog situation a classic which has occurred from time to time. In the middle of Jan 1999 when there was some action up north there was a lengthy spell with the city as well as airport being blanketed. Only a slight change more toward ENE is needed for very warm but less humid conditions, as per March 2003 or January 1965. The latter saw warm cloudy conditions over nearly all of the SI except Marlborough while W'gton was +2.5C over monthly mean and topped the country's sunshine.

Today there already seems to be a light wind form the northerly quarter so any fog issue should be gone, with the airmass less humid.
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yes the flow over the lower North Island has turned more ne'ly...the cloud should break later with another very warm day ahead..23c at present in Upper Hutt..somewhat cooler in Wellington...
cheers Steve...
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Gary Roberts wrote:
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haha.... nice one :)

Should be another HOT day in inland south island, hanmer already up too 28.4 C

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its 10:40am..now 27.5 in Upper Hutt...god I hate this heat...
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Summer has peaked for the North Island :( , apart from Northland and the East Coasts, but peaking for Wellington today probably.
27-28c likely today here, wind will bring it down like yesterday.
Only 20-24c tomorrow with heavy rain expected tomorrow here.
(up to 60mm from tonight to tues morning for Waikato and Auckland)

8/8, cloudy with an easterly. 24c :?
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Summer has peaked for the North Island !!! ???

perhaps for the next few days..but why do you make such a claim?

I would agree with you if it was late March but certainly not at this point..

You just wait for the next blocking high near the Chathams..

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Another hot day here, 31 already.

Hottest day of the summer yesterday and one of the hottest i have experienced in Alexandra. 37.6 degrees
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Hi Andy....just wondering what kind of exposure you have for your temp
readings and what kind of thermoms you have..

Cheers Steve..

ap the mo here its 27c..
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Re: Bracknell

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rawdon wrote:Bracknell is where the UKMO used to be...for the past couple of years they have been situated in Exeter in sw England...the Bracknell model is one of the world fcst computer models used for long range fcsting..MetService here in NZ uses several models including WAF DATA(world area fcsting) from Washington...EC data from the European Community. BR DATA (still called Bracknell from the UKMO) and a good few else including BOM data from Melbourne and NZ's own CHAMP DATA..
I will try and put some examples of these when I return to work..I have a few days off now after working nights..
Steve
I didn't realize that the UKMO had shifted.
Bracknell used to be down the road from rels in England.

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Andy wrote:Another hot day here, 31 already.

Hottest day of the summer yesterday and one of the hottest i have experienced in Alexandra. 37.6 degrees
Crikey! That's bloody hot! I assume you are measuring from within a screen...I was not far from you yesterday and it was unbearable, like being in an oven. Imagine being in some place like western Australia in summer! :-\

It's only 29.3° here right now, I'm happy to say.
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Andy wrote:Another hot day here, 31 already.

Hottest day of the summer yesterday and one of the hottest i have experienced in Alexandra. 37.6 degrees
Crikey! That's bloody hot! I assume you are measuring from within a screen...I was not far from you yesterday and it was almost unbearable, like being in an oven. Imagine being in some place like western Australia in summer! :-\

It's only 29.3° here right now, I'm happy to say.
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Well we hit it. A 19 degree dewpoint this morning at 11am with 20 degrees, ok it was actually 18.9, lol. But, as far as I can see from those wunderground records it's the highest dewpoint we've had and those records go back to 1996/1997 (something like that). It might've been more humid in other times? I'm not sure.

Now it's nice and sunny, around 26 degrees with a 18 degree dewpoint. Man I'm obsesed with dewpoint! \:D/
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33c here in uper hutt at 2pm...time for a cold beer..lol
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A factor in the Auckland area getting temps around 30C over the past 2 weeks has been the very dry land surface. We have had some rain here over the past few days so perhaps we wont see that type of hot weather again here this year.
Good to see Alex got 37C yesterday, a rare temp in NZ especially with out the help from a fohn NWesterly.
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lower hutt is 29c at 2pm but wn airport has dropped a deg to 27...

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rawdon wrote:lower hutt is 29c at 2pm but wn airport has dropped a deg to 27...

cheers steve
33.1° at 14:12...not as hot as previous days, but still too durn hot! I really chose the wrong season to quit drinking! :-\
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Cooling NE'erly now picked up in Christchurch after being very light southerly at my location. I recorded 28.3C at 2:20pm, now 26.4C at 3:20pm.
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rawdon wrote:Summer has peaked for the North Island !!! ???

perhaps for the next few days..but why do you make such a claim?

I would agree with you if it was late March but certainly not at this point..

You just wait for the next blocking high near the Chathams..

Steve
Records do indicate average temps decline after the first week of February and maximum temp records for the North are around late January - mid February

I say this on the basis of temperatures, not "summery weather". ;)
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rawdon wrote:Summer has peaked for the North Island !!! ???

perhaps for the next few days..but why do you make such a claim?
I heard your very revered R McDaviit make just such a claim on national TV a few days ago.. :roll:
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Woah mann it has been hot and humid here got all fans going in house because it's that bad 25C in the house.
Got to 30C out here just on 3pm but cloud has rolled in again and it's now dropped to 24C but still very warm for overcast conditions as such.
Drizzle last night around 7pm very thick for a time in some areas but all evaportaed by morning.
This week looking unsettled start have to see what happens.
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Foggy Hamilton wrote:Records do indicate average temps decline after the first week of February and maximum temp records for the North are around late January - mid February

I say this on the basis of temperatures, not "summery weather". ;)
Interestingly enough last year's high in Omarama occurred on-or-around January 3rd (IIRC)...the average daily temperature steadily declined after that. I wish I'd been collecting data here in town longer.
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