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Well rain has set in nicely, with a moderate northwesterly, should get up to 18mm from this here in Hamilton up to tomorrow day break.
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latest rain radar shows a surprising large amount of rain has developed , to come in overnight....started here now too....
that jet stream has really fired that next front up nicely!
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Rain has turned relatively heavy, and there's no end in sight! :D
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heavy here at the moment too
rain radar shows bits of purple now in it out to the west!
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Rain DRIVING across the roofs in wonderful sheets, wind picking up nicely too.

Sky is out with rain fade once again :)
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hit a purple line
which was the front
slight wind direction change from NW to W
barometer risin a bit, temperature dropped
but the rain will be here for a while longer according to the rain radar

12mm now...
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Mod Rain here on the heavy side at times.

hit a purple line
Waiting for the purple line to hit here. :)
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spwill wrote: Waiting for the purple line to hit here. :)
Purple line about to hit the CBD, going by the recent RR images.

Rain still heavy here, but sky is back up ;)
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Downpour at my place now.
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Rain now eased back however it looks likely to continue the entire night as the SW starts to rise :cry: :(
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weak tornadoes possible with the next batch of squally westerlies for the NI west coast, according to the thunderstorm outlook on the met service web site
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its probably surprising how many small tornadoes do actualy occur, but go un detected...
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Horizontal rain and hail in Levin... :shock:
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spike_01 wrote:Horizontal rain and hail in Levin... :shock:
And now the Thunder has arrived... Wooohooooo !!!! 8)
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spike_01 wrote:Horizontal rain and hail in Levin... :shock:
And now the Thunder has arrived... Wooohooooo !!!! 8)
That's what we want to hear! :D Also a few strikes about Taranaki this morning and a whole heap offshore Cape Reinga, NE direction.

Mostly sunny here with a few passing showers, sky unstable though, light winds and 13c

But how shitty does the weekend look? :D
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You can see those CB's just off Taranaki for sure on sat image below :D .
I see Wellington,Wairapa area is under moderate severe thunderstorms today :) it would make sense too seems they have had a few Thunderstorms around there past few days which includes the one in Kaikoura that we Cantabrians missed :( ohh well be interesting to see what happens next few days here even forecasted heavy showers.
Fine here warm too 14C NE wind small CU on Plains to west.
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Rained solidly for a while last evening/night, heard no thunder. Today partly cloudy and not very interesting at all (yet?!)
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Squally showers have returned this afternoon, 15c, dp 9c.

Thunderstorm activity off Karamea at the moment and moving NE'wards.

Milford METAR for 2pm:
SPECI 070100Z 18002KT 6000 SHRA FEW005 SCT015 OVC020 05/04 Q0981 RMK SNOWING ABOVE 2000FT (600m)

Hasnt got past 6c today
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Well todays drama did not last long... It now looks fairly fine to the West, but I reckon we might be in for a slapping around 9 - 10pm tonight...

Will report back then... 8)
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Foggy, can I ask where you found the Milford Speci?

South Tasman Sea looks very cold and unstable.

The helicity values are creeping up over the west of the North Island which supports both strong wind squalls or tornadoes.

Upper ridge over central and north Tasman Sea is evident by the lower cloud tops there today. Still managed a couple of heavy showers in Ak today despite the lowish cb tops.
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Milford METAR for 2pm:
SPECI 070100Z 18002KT 6000 SHRA FEW005 SCT015 OVC020 05/04 Q0981 RMK SNOWING ABOVE 2000FT (600m)

Hasnt got past 6c today
Haast has been very cold and wet this afternoon - a wintry 4C at 4pm with 8.4mm in the previous hour. Must be snowing on the Haast Pass.
Some brief rain in Chch in the last few hours.
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Just heard that the SH73 over Arthur's Pass is closed by snow - must be dumping heavily up there. By contrast, skies have cleared in Chch, but we can expect cold wet weather tomorrow.
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getting windy out here on the coast already
farm site:
http://www.weather-display.com/windy/flash/
http://www.weather-display.com/windy/otherdat.htm
gust to 47 kts now, 41 kts average

gusting to 61 kts at the signal station at the moment
could get to be a humdinga by early morning
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Could do too, Brian :-k
Barometer very low here, now at 974.6hPa, although it is set to 3m above sea-level here so it would be about 978hPa sea-level, - lowest this year.
May get lower as the low is set to hover just off the coast here :D
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your barometeer should be set to sea level
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Manukau heads observer wrote:your barometeer should be set to sea level
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Yes, I know it should but I have always had it set to my land level.
I worked out a rough gauge level so that I can adjust to sea level if I want to.
I will set it to sea level when we move inland next year.
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