Rain from Complex North-Tasman Lows rather than Simple NW/SW

C-Nimbus · Unread post by **C-Nimbus** » Mon 11/07/2005 13:15

oh and ricky's tracker is picking up strikes a mere 500km from auckland...

should be here soonish

Manukau heads obs · Mon 11/07/2005 18:43

do you have a link to a good hour updated image?

C-Nimbus · Unread post by **C-Nimbus** » Mon 11/07/2005 19:27

No sorry Brian, I ve only got the boring 'peasant' ones like metvuw and all that...and even that one now is always about 30 to 35 mins late every 3 hours.

Almost seems worth getting sky digital installed just for the weather component. I think thats updated quite regularly....

weather has gone a bit michael now, and even brendon on tv1 today said that...

" two weather systems will be coming together 2moro to produce michael weather initialy down south and then michael weather later on the north. In fact i'm putting a moderate to severe michael warning out to the whole country" and then he said "Over to you Jude"

So thats it from the horses mouth.....

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Mon 11/07/2005 19:28

Manukau heads observer wrote:do you have a link to a good hour updated image?

Yup the weatherzone site has very good access to the brand-spanking new JMA MTSAT-1R. MetService for some reason continue to do 3 hour satelites updates. The new satellite can view low cloud and fog where previous satellites left forecasters wondering.

http://www.weatherzone.com.au/currentwe ... p?state=NZ
On the hour, takes roughly 20 minutes to update on the internet.

The NASA animation is also quite good.. On the hour also but with a 45 minute update.

Rain has well and truly set in now. I made a rain radar animation using sky tv today.

C-Nimbus · Unread post by **C-Nimbus** » Mon 11/07/2005 19:31

good stuff foggy,

another on the 'favourites' list

(that last one is brendon face by the way - check those teeth)

Manukau heads obs · Mon 11/07/2005 19:50

cool
i am from now using that image for that link i have posted
and set it to download it very hour (using weather display to do the animation)

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Mon 11/07/2005 20:17

Manukau heads observer wrote:cool
i am from now using that image for that link i have posted
and set it to download it very hour (using weather display to do the animation)

Awesome! It's the same map Sky News/Prime news uses, a better animation i believe than TV one's and TV 3's Which (prime) uses roughly a set of 12 images which is a bit short but it has a good speed to it.

I sound like a freak lol

Fujita Phil · Unread post by **Fujita Phil** » Mon 11/07/2005 20:26

Foggy Hamilton wrote:Yup the weatherzone site has very good access to the brand-spanking new JMA MTSAT-1R.

Yes I use this one, good, reliable and up to date.

Foggy Hamilton wrote:I made a rain radar animation using sky tv today.

Hey Freak...

How did you capture the frames?

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Mon 11/07/2005 21:21

Using my TV Card frrom DSE, $80 or so. I just used the RCA cables, then I captured it every 15 mins and ran it through ImageReady. Surely someone can hack the system and free, 15min updates for all?
Come on, we own the Dopplers too!

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Mon 11/07/2005 22:37

Some heavy showers here tonight, dew points are 13C.
10pm Sat photo below.

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Mon 11/07/2005 22:53

13mm last hr here.

Manukau heads obs · Mon 11/07/2005 23:25

cool, cables from your sky box i presume...good stuff
i have one of those tv tuners, but when i went from win98 to w2k, there was no drivers for it....
weather display can actualy handle a tv tuner.,...(but i would need to enable that function (part of the web cam capture component) and then could save the images auto time stamped and then create an animated gif and upload it, all automaticly...and it can run stationless

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Mon 11/07/2005 23:34

spwill wrote:Some heavy showers here tonight, dew points are 13C.
10pm Sat photo below.

11pm image shows that cloud expand considerably

11.15 rain radar shows 'very heavy' rain west of the Waitakare ranges from about Muriwai to Waiuku near Pukekohe.
Should make it's way down here hopefully

Wind has already turned southerly here, but I guess it has been southeasterly all day here.

Brian, retrieving the rain radar image requires a manual download, if you know what I mean

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Tue 12/07/2005 06:17

CONTINUOUS HORIZONTAL RAIN HERE WITH WINDS NOW RISEN TO GALEFORCE COLD

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Tue 12/07/2005 09:37

Michael wrote: CONTINUOUS HORIZONTAL RAIN HERE WITH WINDS NOW RISEN TO GALEFORCE COLD

Another cloudless, rainless and windless day in the Mackenzie country...

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Tue 12/07/2005 12:44

Gary Roberts wrote:
Michael wrote: CONTINUOUS HORIZONTAL RAIN HERE WITH WINDS NOW RISEN TO GALEFORCE COLD
Another cloudless, rainless and windless day in the Mackenzie country...

Fine and beaut with just some high cloud now.

Showers early though.
Fresh gusty southwesterly has eased, 12c

ricky · Unread post by **ricky** » Tue 12/07/2005 12:46

I wondered if Michael had been completely blown away now that the SW is actually gale force in exposed places for a change

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Tue 12/07/2005 13:02

LOL...

Strong cold front we've been waiting for is due Thursday morning, bringing widespread heavy rain to the west of both islands. Shouldn't be heavy north of the Waikato however.

Very strong Northwesterlies developing also everywhere in the NI ahead of the front. Northerly though north of Waikato. Strong easterlies about the Nelson region likely.

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Tue 12/07/2005 14:54

Another cloudless, rainless and windless day in the Mackenzie country...

Yes, but bloody cold. I think we should send Michael to Omarama for a day, might shut him up.

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Tue 12/07/2005 17:22

spwill wrote:
Another cloudless, rainless and windless day in the Mackenzie country...

Yes, but bloody cold. I think we should send Michael to Omarama for a day, might shut him up.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...!