Cool, Wet and Windy Westerlies

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Sat 08/10/2005 02:48

Lashing heavy rain with some hail has eased (18mm/hr to midnight, 28mm in the 3 hours to midnight) and I also noticed we peaked at 20mm/hr early Wednesday morning!

(Downtown)
Strong northwesterly has eased, 12c.

Low centred 700km W of Farewell Spit has really started swirling and deepening within the last hour..

115kph At Manukau Heads? Cool! Should rise to 80km/h today here hopefully, maybe more during possible thunderstorms...

Steven W, when you look at Helicity values, are you looking at modelled soundings and windgrams or what?

Are there modelled specific values out there?

The new cricket season is here, and those outfields look mighty green and soft!

Cheers, rain has turned heavyish now.

Angel · Unread post by **Angel** » Sat 08/10/2005 07:23

After a brilliant day of hot sun yesterday, I woke up to grey skies with rain and wind, a temp of 9 degrees C on the wall of my house, and my kowhai tree laying on the road. And that rain is really cold too.. usually its quite warm, but not today.

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Sat 08/10/2005 07:52

Yes, cold this morning with heavy showers. Temp 11C. We are getting our August weather now!

Steven W, when you look at Helicity values, are you looking at modelled soundings and windgrams or what?

No, I just take them of the actual NZWP/NZPP soundings.

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Sat 08/10/2005 08:03

10mm overnight from brief but heavy showers.
Lightning tracker looks busy this morn.

Just had brief hail from this cloud

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Sat 08/10/2005 08:50

Nice picture spwill/ Heavy rain in christchurch.

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Sat 08/10/2005 09:15

Thunder here 20 mins ago.

Big Downpour and a couple of Lightning flashes

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Sat 08/10/2005 09:28

Do you have a video camera spwill?
or any of you guys up north??

ricky · Unread post by **ricky** » Sat 08/10/2005 09:28

Almost overhead here too

Manukau heads obs · Sat 08/10/2005 09:32

yes, quite a bit of lightning and thunder around this morning, and reports of localised large hail too, not far from where i was milking cows this morning ( i noticed alot of mamatus cloud overhead at that time)
squally winds too again

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Sat 08/10/2005 09:34

Yes, thunderstorm in the last hr. Couple of CG's in central Ak vicinity.
Frequent showers here this morning.

Manukau heads obs · Sat 08/10/2005 09:41

met service just released this warning
Squally showers
could produce severe gale gusts of 120 km/h in parts of Auckland from
later this morning through to late afternoon.
Winds of this strength have the potential to cause damage to trees,
powerlines,lift roofs and to make driving hazardous, especially for
tall sided vehicles.

but why today, why not yesterday, when it looked like we were going to get winds strong enough for a warning anyway?

my ligthtning detector is working well, now that i lenthended the aerial on it

recording strikes at the moment...looks very black out to my SW at the moment

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Sat 08/10/2005 09:46

Do you have a video camera spwill?

I'm am in the market for a video camera for filming weather. If any one has any tips or advice on what I should be looking at, I would appreciate it.

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Sat 08/10/2005 10:02

Woken by loud thunder. Very thundery here, high winds and heavy showers. YOU BEAUT THOR!!!

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Sat 08/10/2005 10:08

A lot of Cb in our skies just now and the Lightning tracker looks busy.

spike_01 · Unread post by **spike_01** » Sat 08/10/2005 10:20

Can someone tell me the site for the Lightening Tracker... Cheers...

Manukau heads obs · Sat 08/10/2005 10:25

http://www.portunus.net.nz/weather/StormVue.html
try that one

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Sat 08/10/2005 10:27

spike_01 wrote:Can someone tell me the site for the Lightening Tracker... Cheers...

http://www.portunus.net.nz/weather/boltek600.png
or..
http://www.portunus.net.nz/weather/StormVue.html (java)

Thundery shower has stopped. Awaiting the next one

spike_01 · Unread post by **spike_01** » Sat 08/10/2005 10:43

Thanks for that... Have added them to Faves...

I think the only noise around here today will be when the Mighty Horowhenua Kapiti take on King Country...

Manukau heads obs · Sat 08/10/2005 10:49

gusts to 65 knots (120kmh) a the manukua heads signal station now..
40 knot gusts here...
you should drive up foggy for a chance at a another storm wind chase, LOL

make that 43 kts here now, gusts

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Sat 08/10/2005 10:50

Heavy rain in christchurch.

And strong cold (6C) southerlies too - nice morning to be indoors. Canterbury skifields (those that are still open) should be getting big dumps of snow.

Manukau heads obs · Sat 08/10/2005 11:01

just heard a 76 knot gust reported on nowcasting for signal station
a squal had just gone through....

Bean rock gusting to 52 kts (entrance to waitemata harbour)

gust to 50 kts at the farm site now, average 40 kts there...

getting windy now...worse still to come!

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Sat 08/10/2005 11:05

Manukau heads observer wrote:you should drive up foggy for a chance at a another storm wind chase, LOL

That would be cool!, but no car, got work later and so on

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Sat 08/10/2005 11:10

Manukau heads observer wrote:just heard a 76 knot gust reported on nowcasting for signal station
a squal had just gone through....

...141km/h wicked!!

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Sat 08/10/2005 11:13

Weather absoulute crap here Winter is in full swing

Manukau heads obs · Sat 08/10/2005 11:14

it has to get to 85 knots there before you might here them say, dang, its getting windy...better not use the toilet (as the water in the toilet at that stage is surging back and forth too much!)

Spwill or nzstorm wanna jump in the car and head up the heads?