Aucklander's wanna come here to experience severe gale?

ricky · Unread post by **ricky** » Sat 17/09/2005 08:38

should see if i can borrow a t3g card... i can do vodafone but might be a bit useless way out there!

Manukau heads obs · Sat 17/09/2005 10:44

Storm chase vehicle ready to go, with anenometer mounted on the top and davis WMII station (will be able to download data to a PC afterwards too)
met service now warning of possible tornadoes with the cold front and showers after the wind change
see:
http://www.metservice.co.nz/default/ind ... key=212868
!!

Thunder · Unread post by **Thunder** » Sat 17/09/2005 10:47

Awsome Brian!!! Wish I could be there. Hopefully we get some interesting weather to.

Cheers

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Sat 17/09/2005 10:49

Good stuff Brain!!

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Sat 17/09/2005 10:51

Manukau heads observer wrote:Storm chase vehicle ready to go, with anenometer mounted on the top and davis WMII station (will be able to download data to a PC afterwards too)

Make sure you have lots of spare camcorder batteries, and be careful!

Manukau heads obs · Sat 17/09/2005 10:53

met service now warning of possible tornadoes with the cold front and showers after the wind change
see:
http://www.metservice.co.nz/default/ind ... key=212868
(and scroll down)

i see the latest marine forecast only talks of gusts to 50 kts
i think that will be upgraded more yet

Manukau heads obs · Sat 17/09/2005 12:25

NORTHLAND AUCKLAND
Between midnight Saturday 17th and 9pm Sunday 18th, expect gale force
winds which are likely to shift from north or northeast to northwest
during Sunday morning and southwest in the evening. There is a risk
of the winds reaching severe gale at times with gusts to 120 km/h.

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Sat 17/09/2005 12:46

Manukau heads observer wrote:NORTHLAND AUCKLAND
Between midnight Saturday 17th and 9pm Sunday 18th, expect gale force
winds which are likely to shift from north or northeast to northwest
during Sunday morning and southwest in the evening. There is a risk
of the winds reaching severe gale at times with gusts to 120 km/h.

muahahah we had hurricane-force gusts

hopefully more tornadoes without death!

ricky · Unread post by **ricky** » Sat 17/09/2005 14:50

I'm going to take a photo of my weather instruments on the roof now... in case they get blown off later! lol hope I dont regret not replacing the front flashings....

ricky · Unread post by **ricky** » Sat 17/09/2005 15:17

Fingers crossed...

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Sat 17/09/2005 15:22

You are very exposed to the north there Ricky. My house gets wacked by the southwester.

ricky · Unread post by **ricky** » Sat 17/09/2005 15:25

Yes, it really blasts in the front here for sure!

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Sat 17/09/2005 20:00

Quote:
any others game to come out for a meet?

Yes, if I'm in Auckland.

I'm heading South tomorrow. I'll be visiting my Parents who live in Mosgiel near Dunedin.

Will be good to experience this Low from both ends of the Country.

Thanks for the invitation Brian, hope you have a good day out there.

Manukau heads obs · Sat 17/09/2005 20:28

take some thermals, only 6oC down that way at the moment

Angel · Unread post by **Angel** » Sat 17/09/2005 21:21

There was a small thunderstorm up here in northland this afternoon.. wind has picked up a wee bit, but nothing to write home about at the moment. I know we'll get a real good storm, but it will be while i'm trying to sleep I bet

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Sat 17/09/2005 21:51

Angel wrote:There was a small thunderstorm up here in northland this afternoon.. wind has picked up a wee bit, but nothing to write home about at the moment. I know we'll get a real good storm, but it will be while i'm trying to sleep I bet

It appears we'll be experiencing a deepening depression of another kind shortly.

Manukau heads obs · Sat 17/09/2005 22:20

latest sat image shows the front out to your NW well organised now with embeded CB's
rain radar shows heavy rain bands moving down the front, just to the west of northland

side note, could see that light aircraft and helicopter lights buzzing the sky tower from here (just under the cloud cover)

Angel · Unread post by **Angel** » Sat 17/09/2005 22:41

[quote="Manukau heads observer"]latest sat image shows the front out to your NW well organised now with embeded CB's
rain radar shows heavy rain bands moving down the front, just to the west of northland
quote]

We've had very heavy rain over the last hour or so.. i love this weather

cept my car leaks!

tgsnoopy · Unread post by **tgsnoopy** » Sun 18/09/2005 00:55

Manukau heads observer wrote:could see that light aircraft and helicopter lights buzzing the sky tower from here (just under the cloud cover)

It crashed into the harbour about 50m off Kohimarama beach about 9.40pm.

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Sun 18/09/2005 07:06

tgsnoopy wrote:
Manukau heads observer wrote:could see that light aircraft and helicopter lights buzzing the sky tower from here (just under the cloud cover)
It crashed into the harbour about 50m off Kohimarama beach about 9.40pm.

I think we should all be placed under house arrest, for our own protection. And we need National ID Cards...maybe tattoo numbers on our forehead. Won't somebody please think of the children?

Oops...I take it back...National isn't in power! Sorry about that! Carry on.

Manukau heads obs · Sun 18/09/2005 07:13

it migth have been the TV1 news helicopter we could see, as we only looked after the new flash...
the footage of a search light on the harbour with the news acnhor saying..it is hard to see whats what isnt it....

following on from that bomb guy in the BOP, hopefully now that the testicular erection is over, no more stunts like what we have seen!!!

cape reinga currently gusting to 115kmh from the NW (average 70kmh)
so the wind is up that way, heading our way

even rotorua gusting to 96kmh at the moment
3oc at gore, 4oc invercargil

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Sun 18/09/2005 08:18

Those Rotorua gusts are insane, trees would be down there.

Anyway it looks like you have one awesome/memorable day instore Brian!

As for me i'll be working from now until 4pm or so

, and it will be very busy since the weather is "crap"

42mm since midnight for Rotorua now

Manukau heads obs · Sun 18/09/2005 08:29

is it very exposed the rotorua airport?
maybe its the hill next to it, funnel effect, off the lake?

tgsnoopy · Unread post by **tgsnoopy** » Sun 18/09/2005 10:09

Is this meet still hapening? or has it happened? When and Where are what I need, feeling like going for a drive.

GraemeWi · Unread post by **GraemeWi** » Sun 18/09/2005 10:13

tgsnoopy wrote:Is this meet still hapening? or has it happened? When and Where a what I need, feeling like going for a drive.

I'm umming and ahhing at the moment as well - Brians place is near the top of the South Manukau heads with the signal station not too far away. It's only 38km as the crow flies from my place, but by road it's nearly 100km

Certainly it's a spectacular loaction!

Cheers,

G