Aucklander's wanna come here to experience severe gale?

Manukau heads obs · Sun 18/09/2005 10:35

Hi
yes, still happening
1:15 to 1:30pm meet time

just in waiuku now, on the way to pukekohe
i see the NNWER has arrived at the farm and the house
38 knots gusting at the farm now, its starting!
http://www.weather-display.com/windy/flash/

have to head off to a hockey game now, back in time though
if you jump in hte car now tgsnoopy you will have it in time

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Sun 18/09/2005 10:37

Wind's picking up in Auckland. A friend says it's setting off car alarms in his street, and the Mission Bay anemometer has recorded a 43.6 km/h gust, and climbing.

GraemeWi · Unread post by **GraemeWi** » Sun 18/09/2005 11:46

Just been outside at up to our exposed gum tree plantation - 50kph out of the north-west - the rain really stings your eyes at that speed!

The weather is now officially ****!

Cheers,

G

ricky · Unread post by **ricky** » Sun 18/09/2005 12:07

maximum gust here now 72 km/hr

CbFan · Unread post by **CbFan** » Sun 18/09/2005 12:16

Good thunder moved through this morning, with some good bumshudders around Kerikeri. Currently steady at around 60km/hr , gusting 80, from the West (With the trees having been weakened with the Northerly bashing this morning, this Westerly shift should see some increased frequency of windfalls)

Far North:
Dargaville, 30x50m awning lifting on service station forecourt, Fire estimate gusts at 60 - 70Kn. Currently holding lid on with excavator and attempting to shield forecourt with stocktruck.

Kaitaia: Roof lifting on Kaitaia sawmill, debris hazard to traffic. Fire attempting to tie roof down

Roof off dwellings in several locations around district

Many trees have come down across roads, Councils and Power doing the rounds non stop.

CBFan
Just in... Trees and lines down at Towai, downed lines have killed several head of stock.

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Sun 18/09/2005 12:35

ricky wrote:maximum gust here now 72 km/hr

Good grief, you must be in a very exposed location! The Mission Bay station has only recorded a 51.1 km/h gust so far!

Manukau heads obs · Sun 18/09/2005 12:58

back in waiuku now
i see 56 knots at the farm (110 kmh) and 48 knots at the house now!
heading off home now
hopefully none one going to wait too long for me to turn up!

Manukau heads obs · Sun 18/09/2005 13:45

home now
gusting to 51 knots here now!
neighbours letter box blew away!

current now cast reading at signal station is 62 knots, i suspect over 70 knots up there at the moment!

update, now 52 knots here

GraemeWi · Unread post by **GraemeWi** » Sun 18/09/2005 13:56

Check out that barometer, 976.5 - thats pretty low. Just shows how intense this low really is. Mine seems to have 'topped' out at 978.

Cheers,

G

Manukau heads obs · Sun 18/09/2005 14:07

signal station nowcasting 68 knots now
125kmh

cape reinga is reporting 139kmh gusts

tgsnoopy · Unread post by **tgsnoopy** » Sun 18/09/2005 14:19

I seriously thought about going, but by the time I got a couple of new tyres fitted onto my car it would have got me up there too late.

Maybe next time. It would be good to meet a group to be able to put some names to faces.

Amazingly I just discovered a friend of mine here in Tauranga is seriously into his weather stations. My upcoming project has just got easier, now I've just got to put aside the $$$.

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Sun 18/09/2005 14:33

tgsnoopy wrote:Amazingly I just discovered a friend of mine here in Tauranga is seriously into his weather stations. My upcoming project has just got easier, now I've just got to put aside the $$$.

Cool! The network continues to expand.

TonyT (the other TonyT) is hoping to have his station in Oamaru online very soon too.

Manukau heads obs · Sun 18/09/2005 14:48

71 knots now at the signal station
just waiting on c-nimbus to turn up (another 15 minutes), then we are heading up there!

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Sun 18/09/2005 14:51

Manukau heads observer wrote:71 knots now at the signal station
just waiting on c-nimbus to turn up (another 15 minutes), then we are heading up there!

So...are you taking a paraglider?

tgsnoopy · Unread post by **tgsnoopy** » Sun 18/09/2005 15:38

Gary Roberts wrote:So...are you taking a paraglider?

Hmm, now there's an extreme thought! A hangglider & the recovery truck with it's 100m of steel rope on a winch up at Te Weraiti

GraemeWi · Unread post by **GraemeWi** » Sun 18/09/2005 17:26

Keen to hear how the wind 'mission' went... let us know how it was when you guys get back!

G

Manukau heads obs · Sun 18/09/2005 17:55

Hi
Back at the house now!!
wow, 71 knots recorded on top of the car
and we went to the top of a hill and could not stand up at times , we were getting blown off the hill, 65 to 70 knots!

i have attached the graph
the barometer drop then rise was when we drove up there and back (and the speed of the car gave some big readings, so ignore those)

you should have come out Graeme, it was an exhilerating
will attach photos in a sec

GraemeWi · Unread post by **GraemeWi** » Sun 18/09/2005 18:25

Looks like you guys got some pretty good wind there!

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Sun 18/09/2005 19:04

Looks like you guys had abit of fun!!

btw who is who in the pics?? who went up with you Brain?

Manukau heads obs · Sun 18/09/2005 19:11

ricky was taking the photos (and being blown around doing that), and the other person is c-nimbus

we missed the peak of the winds, which was around 1:45pm
but we would not have been able to stand up in those winds

wind swung Westerly here now, and increasing again
I see big cb's have passed over dargaville away last hour, with another low center up that way

C-Nimbus · Unread post by **C-Nimbus** » Sun 18/09/2005 19:21

awesome day out there today brian, i have just made it back home to west auckland, where there is some wind damage to trees etc etc.

Part of me wishes the election was still going cos i would have loved to have seen all those signs blown over

but yes, i did get blown over when we headed up to the signal station!! I can honestly say that i have never experienced winds like that.

Thanks once again Brian for the invitation and the ride in the "chase vehicle" with 'custom aenonononononmeter" or however you spell it.

And a big thanks to your wife for the hospitality, sossy rolls, sarnies and the whole nine yards.

more th th th thunder and lightning on the cards for 2moro.

Next time fellow aucklanders we have to ALL meet up and do this....

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Sun 18/09/2005 19:32

Damn damn damn! Stupid Microsoft Windows! The pics won't display on this PC. Gonna have to shanghai one of the Linux boxes to view them.

Angel · Unread post by **Angel** » Sun 18/09/2005 19:46

you guys should be up here!!! Its incredibly windy

looks like you had an awesome time - i am most jelous

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Sun 18/09/2005 19:49

Well the winds now are starting to reach Gale here now

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Sun 18/09/2005 20:25

Manukau heads observer wrote:Hi
Back at the house now!!
wow, 71 knots recorded on top of the car
and we went to the top of a hill and could not stand up at times , we were getting blown off the hill, 65 to 70 knots!

i have attached the graph
the barometer drop then rise was when we drove up there and back (and the speed of the car gave some big readings, so ignore those)

you should have come out Graeme, it was an exhilerating
will attach photos in a sec

What, no kite?!

Woohoo, good old Debian...I can see the pics now. Looks like a lot of fun was had by all!