Another icy blast from Friday 16th to Monday 19th June

colin manson · Unread post by **colin manson** » Mon 19/06/2006 16:38

the maps i've been look at i find it hard to see the temp at 850 chart

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Mon 19/06/2006 16:40

evltre wrote:FREEZING to death in ChCh...

It's 0.7Â° in Omarama at the moment...

(or is that my sissy north islander side showing!)...

Yes.

evltre · Unread post by **evltre** » Mon 19/06/2006 16:45

hahahaha

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Mon 19/06/2006 16:54

evltre wrote:

hahahaha

Down to 0Â° now in Omarama!

ScottyD · Unread post by **ScottyD** » Mon 19/06/2006 17:40

Cameo1 wrote:There are the most amazing looking clouds to the west of Auk. They look like the side of a hail storm looks, its an almost yellowish ting to the bottom of the cloud also. Verticle and long wisps.

Saw that cloud myself, not too far away from where i was. It looked like precipitation coming out of the cloud, but there was no precipitation, just a strange looking cloud

KiwiWeather · Unread post by **KiwiWeather** » Mon 19/06/2006 17:51

I agree, there are such amazing cloud formations but hey, its bloody freezing here! It hasn't been above 9 all day and for Auckland thats total brass monkeys.

Sigh - wish we had snow

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Mon 19/06/2006 17:56

Yeah, no snow there..

For snow to happen there you need one big cold outbreak (e.g Sep 19/20 2005) for it to settle there.

It feels like a pretty cold outbreak over NZ at the moment. Anyway, there are reports of snow this afternoon only 5 minutes drive from Taupo on the Napier-Taupo Highway, and on Mt Tarawera. (which got coated on Sunday morning as well, according to Rotorua Daily Post)

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Mon 19/06/2006 17:57

Peopled_Diagram wrote:I agree, there are such amazing cloud formations but hey, its bloody freezing here! It hasn't been above 9 all day and for Auckland thats total brass monkeys.

Sigh - wish we had snow

Bah! Harden up, man! It was 10.1Â° at 12:47 in Mission Bay! Tropical!

Manukau heads obs · Mon 19/06/2006 17:58

gusting to 60 kts in the outer hauraki gulf, and 55 kts up at the heads here....
and with 9oC, that will be a very cold wind!

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Mon 19/06/2006 18:03

Manukau heads observer wrote:gusting to 60 kts in the outer hauraki gulf, and 55 kts up at the heads here....
and with 9oC, that will be a very cold wind!

Mission Bay windchill is currently around -1Â°!

Manukau heads obs · Mon 19/06/2006 18:30

there is a new NOAA windchill forumla out now, to be used world wide, which moderates the windchill from what it used to be

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Mon 19/06/2006 18:33

Photo- Snow Flurries high above Auckland this afternoon, became visible as the lower cloud cleared on the South/SouthWesterly.

Manukau heads obs · Mon 19/06/2006 18:36

didnt i say it looked like snow clouds this afternoon!
so that was snow virga we could see falling!

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Mon 19/06/2006 18:48

spwill wrote:Photo- Snow Flurries high above Auckland this afternoon, became visible as the lower cloud cleared on the South/SouthWesterly.

CRIKEY! Who'd have thought it?!

Pretty amazing stuff, cheers for the pic, and great work!

squid · Unread post by **squid** » Mon 19/06/2006 19:55

that just looks like rain to me how can u tell it is snow??

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Mon 19/06/2006 20:00

squid wrote:that just looks like rain to me how can u tell it is snow??

By the little flying snowmen, silly!

squid · Unread post by **squid** » Mon 19/06/2006 20:02

hahaha gary

squid · Unread post by **squid** » Mon 19/06/2006 20:04

can see the low very clearly on sat to the north of Gisbone/BOP

tgsnoopy · Unread post by **tgsnoopy** » Mon 19/06/2006 21:51

Truck drivers reported snow to 450m on the Kaimai's & Mamaku's this afternoon. Lowest I can recall in about 25 years.

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Mon 19/06/2006 21:57

...well that conferms it, it looks as though this winter is going to be the coldest for .... years

JohnGaul
NZTS

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Mon 19/06/2006 22:13

NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote:...well that conferms it, it looks as though this winter is going to be the coldest for .... years

JohnGaul
NZTS

When are our high pressure cells inclinating?? GASP has been the only model that's been keeping to it's word in my opinion.. has been a real winner of late!

EC very slow to develop warmer northeasterlies over NZ by next Tuesday.

Rwood has been on the ball this year predicting that wet April wasn't it?? NIWA should be employing this guy who does know what's ahead!!

Manukau heads obs · Mon 19/06/2006 22:19

looks like a jet stream induced easterly flow low to form over queensland?
that will help to keep the high to the south which will help to keep directing cold air onto nz....via cold fronts originating deep in the southern ocean ...
someone left the fridge door open to the antartic, and its gona be left open all week!

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Mon 19/06/2006 22:40

Already -1C in ChCh, should be a settled day tomoro first in a couple the right back into it from Wednesday!

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Mon 19/06/2006 22:44

The high to the south should hopefully maintain itself to be a backbone to the low around the Gisborne area...
... but high pressure over NZ will make this coming event a bit of a disapointment as far as any n more snow goes.

JohnGaul
NZTS

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Mon 19/06/2006 22:46

NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote:The high to the south should hopefully maintain itself to be a backbone to the low around the Gisborne area...
... but high pressure over NZ will make this coming event a bit of a disapointment as far as any n more snow goes.

JohnGaul
NZTS

Lets just wait and see....