Another warm week on the way

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Fri 24/10/2003 18:48

Next week should be mild to warm again over NZ with a northerly looking to establish itself. This northerly pattern will be a conveyor belt of milder air onto NZ with high temperatures possible again in inland parts of the SI. Humidities should be on the up too.

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Fri 24/10/2003 19:31

It should be good

Andy · Unread post by **Andy** » Fri 24/10/2003 20:02

great to hear:

Bring back the warm temps !!!

Alot cooler today only getting to 14.6, but most of the time it was a round 10-11 degrees

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Sat 25/10/2003 09:01

Its cloudy here this morning in Auckland and looks likely to go beebop as the SSW freshens up during the day here

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Sat 25/10/2003 14:43

Can see some cbs to the SW of here in the clear patch would be out to sea Its probably some from the cold air from the south just off the coast as its cold in Wellington today so they may be some spillover from cookstrait

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Sat 25/10/2003 16:24

Michael, the cb's will be low topped and quite weak. Isolated tops to 4500m possible today. Higher atmosphere is stable.

Max temp today was 19.7C. A milder day than I had expected.

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Sat 25/10/2003 17:59

This Labour WE weather is boring compared to Labour WE last year when I spotted and videoed a tornado just south of Christchurch on the Sunday 27th.
Could be a frost tonight if the remaining cloud clears tonight.
It should be interesting with this trough developing in the Tasman Sea next week.
I say humidities will be up here in Canterbury with lots of low cloud and moderate to fresh NE. As the trough is not expected to move much , it could be a 'blocking low' scenario if there's such a thing!!???

JohnGaul
NZTS

Weather Watcher · Unread post by **Weather Watcher** » Mon 27/10/2003 10:05

Hi John - Did the tornado you saw south of Christchurch last October do any damage? I'm just curoius as the local media didn't report any, and none of your coments have mentioned any damage. The tornado looked impressive in the photos I have seen, but with no damage reports I guess it was only F0 (at best!).

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Mon 27/10/2003 11:20

Weather Watcher wrote:Hi John - Did the tornado you saw south of Christchurch last October do any damage? I'm just curoius as the local media didn't report any, and none of your coments have mentioned any damage. The tornado looked impressive in the photos I have seen, but with no damage reports I guess it was only F0 (at best!).

Hi WW

No the tornado didn't do much damage except for a few twigs scattered here and there. It was over fields between Lincoln and the TaiTapu area and only briefly touched down. Hence only a F0 on the Fujita Scale.
If it has been over a built up area like the Halswell tornado of 1983, it may of been a different story!

JohnGaul
NZTS

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Tue 28/10/2003 22:09

Next week should be mild to warm again over NZ with a northerly looking to establish itself. This northerly pattern will be a conveyor belt of milder air onto NZ with high temperatures possible again in inland parts of the SI. Humidities should be on the up too.

It hasn't been a warm week so far in Chch and Banks Peninsula. Today has been often drizzly, with temperatures only reaching into the low teens. (but the humidity is certainly up) Seems like the mild temperatures have arrived up north, and also in Alexandra - 20C max there, as opposed to only 9C in Dunedin. And there was snow at Mt Cook (village I presume) at some time during the day, according to TV1 Weather.

Still drizzly as I write, with a fresh northeasterly and about 9C in central Chch. Let's hope tomorrow is better, and we feel some of that warmer air.

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Wed 29/10/2003 06:51

Looks like the above average temperatures will be more likely in the north of the country this week.

Not the mild northerly across the whole country I was originally expecting.

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Wed 29/10/2003 07:12

NZstorm wrote:Not the mild northerly across the whole country I was originally expecting.

We can only dream on about light N or NW winds from a stationary ridge to the east of the NI Be the usual Low after low racing across the country with high pressure to the north

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Wed 29/10/2003 11:04

Looks like the above average temperatures will be more likely in the north of the country this week.

Not the mild northerly across the whole country I was originally expecting.

Looks like slow moving high pressure well to the southeast is stalling the front which gave the damp weather to the east of the South island yesterday and overnight. Instead of moving off and allowing the weather to become fine, it has ground to a halt just to the southeast of the island and is disintergrating. Consequently, the weather is only gradually improving - here in Chch this morning it's cloudy, but no longer drizzly, and still cool (but a bit milder than yesterday).

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Wed 29/10/2003 19:04

Yes, this annoying low cloud hindering the observation of the Aoura Australis tonight which could be a good one.

JohnGaul
NZTS

Andy · Unread post by **Andy** » Thu 30/10/2003 12:31

Quite warm and muggy here in Alexandra temp in the low 20's, partly cloudy.

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Thu 30/10/2003 16:42

Metservice predicting 20c for Auckland today(It hardly reaches that on a sunny windless day)-What a joke Its lucky if its 15 or 16