Cyclone Wati

C-Nimbus · Unread post by **C-Nimbus** » Mon 27/03/2006 09:41

Tornado's today now apparently!!!

Might go and hire "Twister" a bit later on.....

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Mon 27/03/2006 09:51

Yes, MetService say weak Tornado's are possible if Thunderstorms develop this afternoon.

KiwiWeather · Unread post by **KiwiWeather** » Mon 27/03/2006 09:54

I, so want thunderstorms today.

Heavy rain currently here in South Auckland and its lovely

Razor · Unread post by **Razor** » Mon 27/03/2006 10:39

Peopled_Diagram wrote:I, so want thunderstorms today.

Heavy rain currently here in South Auckland and its lovely

Lovely and sunny in AK CBD. No sign of rain here

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Mon 27/03/2006 12:27

Toplo here 24c but showers

Manukau heads obs · Mon 27/03/2006 12:43

been some brief heavy showers running down the coast side of the peninular here today
i see the next front showing up on the rain radar now
it could be all on!!!
wind increasing, barometer dropping

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Mon 27/03/2006 14:07

Toplo here 24c but showers

Has been dry partly cloudy day here so far.

ricky · Unread post by **ricky** » Mon 27/03/2006 14:23

well it's a good setup for that front.
Feeling quite tropical here with temp 24C and 19C DP

Manukau heads obs · Mon 27/03/2006 14:32

the rain radar does not show anything very specatular with that next front....which as it rolls onto thge auckland area might stick around for a bit
there is alot of pre frontal cloud thats stopping the heating of the ground any more....

so far this TC has bene disapointing....so far....

average windspeed increasing all the time here.....now constant 20 to 30 knots all time time......at this rate of increase we will have a Gale here in a few more hours time

agingaquarian · Unread post by **agingaquarian** » Mon 27/03/2006 15:08

Rain started about 15 minutes ago - steady, not heavy. Wind today has shifted to the north, was brisk but has dropped since the rain started. Barometer still dropping - now 997. Still warm and very humid.

ricky · Unread post by **ricky** » Mon 27/03/2006 16:20

997 baro? I dont think it's dropped that far yet.. where are you? is that a mslp corrected reading? 1001.5 here now

agingaquarian · Unread post by **agingaquarian** » Mon 27/03/2006 16:32

Coatesville, which is near Albany on the North Shore. Not an expert, but our 2 barometers are now reading 995 and 996 respectively. Maybe they are both wrong!?

Manukau heads obs · Mon 27/03/2006 16:39

i think you have them set a bit low....probably 4hpa too low
999.7 here now

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Mon 27/03/2006 17:26

Only some light rain here from 2.30pm, next band of showers for later tonight looks stronger.

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Mon 27/03/2006 18:04

Only some light rain here from 2.30pm, next band of showers for later tonight looks stronger.

Looks like a developing band out there alright.

heavy shower here at the moment. Good low level instability on todays sounding, marginal instability higher up.

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Mon 27/03/2006 18:29

heavy shower here at the moment.

I see GreyLynn has just had 7mm.

Manukau heads obs · Mon 27/03/2006 19:43

not sure how or why,but we missed those heavy shower lines here!,LOL
we will get rain here as the low passes to our north i expect...

what will happen when the cold air from the cold front in the south tasman hits the low?
nothing?

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Mon 27/03/2006 19:57

Actually got to 0C on the airport metars. That must be close to the all time record low temp for March.

According to the chch Airport obs for yesterday (in today's Press), the 0C minimum was 10C below the March normal minimum, and the 14C max was 6C below normal!

Alot less rain today than predicted - only light falls in morning, and nothing (in central city) this afternoon. In fact the sun came out for a short period early afternoon.

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Mon 27/03/2006 20:21

what will happen when the cold air from the cold front in the south tasman hits the low?
nothing?

Should be in for clearing weather after tomorrows showers.

jeffsweather · Unread post by **jeffsweather** » Mon 27/03/2006 20:30

Actually got to 0C on the airport metars. That must be close to the all time record low temp for March.

Looking at my records, I recorded 1.2C on the 30th March 2001 at 06:40. Not sure what the airport temperature might have been then.

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Mon 27/03/2006 20:47

Looking at my records, I recorded 1.2C on the 30th March 2001 at 06:40. Not sure what the airport temperature might have been then.

According to the hourly metars on that day,
6am 6C
7am 4C

Skywatcher · Unread post by **Skywatcher** » Mon 27/03/2006 20:55

jeffsweather wrote:Looking at my records, I recorded 1.2C on the 30th March 2001 at 06:40. Not sure what the airport temperature might have been then.

The historical data on wunderground shows a minimum at the airport of 3Â°C.
My own records only start from the end of 2001 but yesterday was the coldest March temp I've recorded at 1.1Â°C here. Next coldest was 1.7Â°C on 25th March 2004 which also got down to 0Â°C at the airport.

Matt Townsend · Unread post by **Matt Townsend** » Mon 27/03/2006 20:58

LOL cold in NZL and very warm in here

storms is likely here and hate the cold there!

Matt

Flutterbye · Unread post by **Flutterbye** » Mon 27/03/2006 21:10

Give me cold over snakes & spiders, (and goodness knows what other critters), anyday LOL

Not cold in the upper North Island at the moment Matt.

Manukau heads obs · Mon 27/03/2006 21:25

you can see the shower lines curving around the low center nicely on the rain radar now out to the west of the upper NI