New Low forefast to move onto the upper NI

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Fri 16/12/2005 19:03

I am not

NZstorm wrote:Looking forward to a wind change out of this northeaster!

Manukau heads obs · Fri 16/12/2005 19:06

heavy shower over south kaipara heads at the moment,,,,
passing showers here...

yes, been a very long period of NE winds
gusting to 30kts here day in day out for a week!

GraemeWi · Unread post by **GraemeWi** » Fri 16/12/2005 19:09

Getting some thunder, though it is pretty murky and embedded so no cloud features can be seen

Cheers,

G

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Fri 16/12/2005 19:19

Just light rain here now at least I dont have to water the tomatoes tonght

Manukau heads obs · Fri 16/12/2005 21:26

just had some real havy rain...8mm....in a few minutes
shame it has not lastes longer!
saw one flash of sheet lightning

spike_01 · Unread post by **spike_01** » Fri 16/12/2005 22:16

Just went from this...

spike_01 · Unread post by **spike_01** » Fri 16/12/2005 22:19

To this in about a 15 minute period around 8:30pm tonight... It peed down...

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Fri 16/12/2005 23:27

Manukau heads observer wrote:just had some real havy rain...8mm....in a few minutes
shame it has not lastes longer!
saw one flash of sheet lightning

Bucketing heavily here now too!!

Manukau heads obs · Sat 17/12/2005 08:31

whow hoo!!
my bones were correct

60mm recorded on the west side of the peninsular late last night!
(we got 15mm only here)
flash flooding, side of roads a bit of a mess

we are still in the generation zone....a shower over south auckkand now
fine weather out to our NW

note, i need to confirm more on the 60mm (700 feet altitude)
another rain gauge a few kms east only 30mm
update. 50mm more like, there was only 10mm before

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Sat 17/12/2005 09:27

Still raining here in central AK but looks like the weather will improve this afternoon as the front moves south.

Should be a few ts over central/lower NI this afternoon.

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Sat 17/12/2005 09:32

NZstorm wrote:Still raining here in central AK but looks like the weather will improve this afternoon as the front moves south.

Should be a few ts over central/lower NI this afternoon.

A sunny day in the Mackenzie, so far.

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Sat 17/12/2005 09:38

In for a day of heavy rain at long last!

Monday is also shaping up nicely for more heavy rain.

Can anyone else access the MetService sites?

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Sat 17/12/2005 09:39

Foggy Hamilton wrote:In for a day of heavy rain at long last!

Monday is also shaping up nicely for more heavy rain.

Can anyone else access the MetService sites?

Looks like they are down/offline right now.

spike_01 · Unread post by **spike_01** » Sat 17/12/2005 13:57

Met Service is OK now anyway...

Today is shaping up exactly the same as yesterday here... 100% overcast, humid etc... Looks like we might get another storm later...

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Sat 17/12/2005 15:28

A couple of Cb's have developed over Northland, near Whangarei.
Strikes on the tracker over the top of Northland are probably from those clouds in the South.

ricky · Unread post by **ricky** » Sat 17/12/2005 16:08

Yes, definately from the Cb inland from Whangarei.. must be fairly weak..
Looks like the eastern Coromandel is getting some very heavy rain now!

GraemeWi · Unread post by **GraemeWi** » Sat 17/12/2005 17:25

Starting to clear from the north-west, behind the murk to the north are some good looking cu - they are really boiling up quickly... just a shame it's so late in the day!

Directly north is a mature cb with anvil, no too sure how far away it is, over the Kaipara area is my guess.

Cheers,

G

GraemeWi · Unread post by **GraemeWi** » Sat 17/12/2005 17:36

And the cb over the Kaipara area

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Sat 17/12/2005 18:15

Heavy rain continues to bucket down

... looks like the heaviest is still to come!

GraemeWi · Unread post by **GraemeWi** » Sat 17/12/2005 21:26

I've done a short (1 picture taken every minute for 10 minutes) animation of a cu at sunset - nothing spectacular, but I like it!

Click the link below - 300kb animated GIF

Cheers,

G

spike_01 · Unread post by **spike_01** » Sat 17/12/2005 21:42

Gotta love that graeme...

And I am on Dialup...

Nothing happened here today... 20 blardy rain spots and that is about it...

Manukau heads obs · Sun 18/12/2005 05:53

good one graeme

been a few more cb's go down the coast just overnight
my lightning counter (now that i have it up high) picked then up nicely
http://www.weather-display.com/windy/gb ... ggraph.gif

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Sun 18/12/2005 09:51

Nice to see the sun out again.

Air looks a tad unstable over the central NI to upper SI. So isolated TS over the inland ranges in those regions. fairly stable elsewhere today.

Manukau heads obs · Sun 18/12/2005 12:48

showers have developed in the area now here....
nwer building here on the coast, so the showers are going to get pushed way to the SE

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Sun 18/12/2005 14:07

Pretty much a fine day over Auckland now with 24C but some t/cu.
Can see a cb top to SE. Should be a few thunderstorms central North Island this afternoon.