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Weather playing 'cat and mouse'

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Yesterday, areas of rain and drizzle were forecast for Chch. Well there was brief slight drizzle later in the afternoon, but nothing else. This morning it is supposed to clear - the latest MetService forecast doesn't even mention early drizzle. Yet it's been drizzly so far. Maybe the niggly little trough out to the southeast has moved back.

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Bloody drizzle continuing in Chch. Nothing worse than when it is supposed to clear and it not only doesn't, but gets worse.
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Tich Well you will be able to "laugh" at us up in Auckland when the spring westerly pattern and constant wet weather starts and you get no wind and sunshine ;)
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Tich Well you will be able to "laugh" at us up in Auckland when the spring westerly pattern and constant wet weather starts and you get no wind and sunshine
At least Auckland won't be averaging around 7-8C in the daytime, during the wet weather. Anyway, it's been improving somewhat this afternoon - no more drizzle, but still cloudy and cold.

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Michael,
There has been a trend in recent years to more settled weather in spring in Auckland. In the early to mid-nineties I can remember some hellish spring weather with persistent westerlies but of recent years the weather has'nt been too bad. Get out there and enjoy the sunshine. :)
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The "Hellish" weather especially since 1999 comes during October to December when you think it should be getting better ;)
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it was one of the nicest mid august days in the auckland area i can remember for a long time today!
16.7oC maximum here, with light winds all day.
very nice and sunny!

But bring on the more exciting more traditional weather heading our way too....just to keep everyone on there toes!

( and too test my new weather station ontop of a nearby 200 foor exposed hill top:
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South Tasman sea is looking unstable this morning so thunder/hail likely in western districts over the next day or two.

After yesterdays clear weather, raining this morninmg in AK.
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[quote="Manukau heads observer"]it was one of the nicest mid august days in the auckland area i can remember for a long time today!

We need to be just off the Australian East coast at say 25 :) lat South

But bring on the more exciting more traditional weather heading our way too....just to keep everyone on there toes!

BORING traditional weather ;)

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I'm sure the southwesterles forecasted in the weekend will blow it over ;)
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Michael...there's more to life than a sunny climate.
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Fine weather with a light northwesterly breeze in Ashburton this morning,temperature 17 degrees.
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What a change - today it's sunny and mild with a fresh northwesterly (or northerly - it's hard to tell the wind direction with all the buildings around). We haven't had this sort of weather in Chch for some time. Funny that MetService were precdicting rain for today, when they were predicting fine wetaher earlier yesterday, while it continued to drizzle through the morning.

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Its rather scundgy up here today only 13c :(
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Yes Ben, a nice day here, although slightly windy it's warm none the less. Current readings from metvuw.com say it was 18 degrees at 12:00pm (lunch!).

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Seems to be some rather large cloud build ups to the south.

Must go and investigate!!!.
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Charge up your cameras John and Aaron,there seems to be a good buildup of CB's travelling up the Canterbury coastline.
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A view out to sea off Ashton Beach,Mid Canterbury.
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Northwest rain,Looking towards Peel Forest and the foothills.
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Hi Deano
Did notice cloud forms to the south around 5pm when tending to my wife's horses out at the back of Wigram and kept an eye in that direction until it get dark but however, they were a bit dead electrically. According to the Rakaia radar there was a wee bit of precipitation in them.
It's a shame really as I was hoping for some weather especally with this weather system.
Today I recorded 19.2C in my Stevenson's Screen.

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