Wet spell looming

Razor · Unread post by **Razor** » Tue 05/09/2006 11:56

Get your brollies ready northerners

Cameo1 · Unread post by **Cameo1** » Tue 05/09/2006 12:34

lol. Yeah, it's looking pretty ominous now. Very black out west with prefrontal high cloud observed signalling upper level cooling.

squid · Unread post by **squid** » Tue 05/09/2006 14:05

i think the wind will be to strong for any brollies

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Tue 05/09/2006 14:48

Satellite doesn't do this front any justice.. frontal boundaries are packed and firing!

Taranaki getting a strong N'ly now.

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Tue 05/09/2006 19:32

Potential for thunderstorms over the upper NI early next week

I'll be away on holiday.
This far out it looks a little bit interesting after a very boring winter here.

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Tue 05/09/2006 20:22

Satellite doesn't do this front any justice.. frontal boundaries are packed and firing!

I think the dps are a bit on the low side at 13C. It could turn more active east of the country.

Potential for thunderstorms over the upper NI early next week
I'll be away on holiday.
This far out it looks a little bit interesting after a very boring winter here.

No, looks like the ridge will take control although anything can happen this far out.

I'm voting this the most boring winter I have seen in Auckland for weather.

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Tue 05/09/2006 21:47

Hawaii Fiji Bahamas Darwin

spwill wrote:Potential for thunderstorms over the upper NI early next week
I'll be away on holiday.
This far out it looks a little bit interesting after a very boring winter here.

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Tue 05/09/2006 23:38

Michael wrote:Hawaii Fiji Bahamas Darwin

EGG-zactly

JohnGaul
NZTS

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Wed 06/09/2006 04:48

18.4mm in the hour to 4am in Whakatane!

(Odd strike being picked up too from that area)

ricky · Unread post by **ricky** » Wed 06/09/2006 07:42

Well a very un-interesting 0.2mm rain here in Auckland overnight!

Manukau heads obs · Wed 06/09/2006 09:39

i had a spider web in my rain gauge,....so had to manualy add a mm this morning...

waiting for thunderstorms to test out my new boltec...

squid · Unread post by **squid** » Wed 06/09/2006 11:19

dont ya hate that when that happends silly spiders

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Wed 06/09/2006 13:45

ricky wrote:Well a very un-interesting 0.2mm rain here in Auckland overnight!

Here too!
There was a heavy line surging into Great Barrier.. must've been some big totals there overnight.

Now a mostly fine and mild day with light westerlies.

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Wed 06/09/2006 19:36

No, looks like the ridge will take control although anything can happen this far out.

Still looking like the Low will be onto the far North.

Michael said,

Hawaii Fiji Bahamas Darwin

I'm going to a place where SW winds are appreciated

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Wed 06/09/2006 21:26

Looking drizzly in the south?
Over the top ridging.
I wonder?

JohnGaul
NZTS

Manukau heads obs · Wed 06/09/2006 21:39

I'm voting this the most boring winter I have seen in Auckland for weather.

I agree with that statement!

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Wed 06/09/2006 21:46

Manukau heads observer wrote:
I'm voting this the most boring winter I have seen in Auckland for weather.
I agree with that statement!

Well, move south?

JohnGaul
NZTS

Manukau heads obs · Thu 07/09/2006 06:26

wow, the 3 NI boltecs are tracking an active large CB in the western tasman......sure has a huge range at times......(but they are being plotted way to close, if you check out the weatherzone sat image with lightning strike overlay ticked )

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Thu 07/09/2006 13:18

Manukau heads observer wrote:wow, the 3 NI boltecs are tracking an active large CB in the western tasman......sure has a huge range at times......(but they are being plotted way to close, if you check out the weatherzone sat image with lightning strike overlay ticked )

Yes, very nice storms over Sydney Metro last night

Distance plotting is the only problem with the Boltek, as it isn't designed really for long range storms.

What normally happens with these storms in the western Tasman.. mine and Ricky's boltek will trianguate the storm much closer, close to NZ, but this is false.
Still showing up on here from early this morning.
http://www.sphere.net.au/strikestarau/

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Thu 07/09/2006 13:25

Looks like gale force winds in Sydney this morning too. They can get hammered by the southerly like Wellington does.

Hopefully conditions remain unstable in that low as it drifts across the Tasman.

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Thu 07/09/2006 13:35

Distance plotting is the only problem with the Boltek, as it isn't designed really for long range storms.

I always use the boltek in conjunction with a recent sat pic, it's usually easy to see exactly where the storms are.

Yes, storms over Sydney last night. I can remember from my days living in Sydney those coastal blow ups can be spectacular

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Thu 07/09/2006 16:12

Yeah ok when while youre on holiday elsewhere

NZstorm wrote:Hopefully conditions remain unstable in that low as it drifts across the Tasman.

Razor · Unread post by **Razor** » Fri 08/09/2006 12:08

I would have thought the way this low was developing that there'd be a fair amount of chatter from northern folk. But it appears no one is thinking much of it?

Certainly looks like a wet weekend for the upper north

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Fri 08/09/2006 13:00

would have thought the way this low was developing that there'd be a fair amount of chatter from northern folk. But it appears no one is thinking much of it?

Well I wont be here

GraemeWi · Unread post by **GraemeWi** » Fri 08/09/2006 17:21

I'll be up in the Bay of Islands all weekend... I'd planned to take a bike up with me, but having looked at the potential rain... nah!