Invercargill forecast 23 Sep

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Invercargill forecast 23 Sep

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Just not too sure which forecast is the most accurate. :lol:


Metservice for Saturday
Max: 22°C Min: 7°C
(Day) (Night)
Increasing high cloud. Northwesterly becoming strong.
Fine much of tomorrow with high cloud, but some rain in the evening.

Fencepost for Saturday
A period of rain and strong to gale force northwesterlies on Saturday morning, then sunny periods increasing during the afternoon and winds easing; rather warm.
High 15 Low 9


I will wait with baited breath to see who is right. ;) :)
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Foggy's forecast ;) :

Fine breaks, afternoon showers tending to evening drizzle.
Gusty northerly, tending westerly at night. 21°C
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Excuse me, Tony T
Warm southerly this afternoon
Could you explain, Tony T :)

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Foggy Hamilton wrote:Foggy's forecast ;) :

Fine breaks, afternoon showers tending to evening drizzle.
Gusty northerly, tending westerly at night. 21°C
Thank you Foggy - will add that forecast to the list. :lol:
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Welcome to Kindergarden everyone :D :lol: .
I had better have my say then :roll: .

Tony T why was there showers this morning? :roll: :lol: .

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Jasestrm wrote:Welcome to Kindergarden everyone :D :lol: .
I had better have my say then :roll: .

Tony T why was there showers this morning? :roll: :lol: .

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Something to do with wet clouds maybe... 8)
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NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote:Excuse me, Tony T
Warm southerly this afternoon
Could you explain, Tony T :)

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No idea. I was in Chch and the wind was certainly not southerly, more like west south west. It did go NE for a few hours here this afternoon. I guess when you get sunshine and a fohn wind, it gets warm.
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Jasestrm wrote:Welcome to Kindergarden everyone :D :lol: .
I had better have my say then :roll: .

Tony T why was there showers this morning? :roll: :lol: .

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Weak trough passed over. It was quite apparent on the satpic. Some of the clouds were quite puffy but we didnt see any showers here. Must admit though, I thought there would be a torrent of photos of the cumulus on the forum along with tearful laments of how nearly there was a thunderstorm, and that the hail at your place was almost going to damage your plants Jase :D ;)
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Please stay on topic people! - I don't want to have to end up locking threads.

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TonyT wrote:
NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote:Excuse me, Tony T
Warm southerly this afternoon
Could you explain, Tony T :)

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No idea. I was in Chch and the wind was certainly not southerly, more like west south west. It did go NE for a few hours here this afternoon. I guess when you get sunshine and a fohn wind, it gets warm.
No. It was definately southerly at Halswell and here in Somerfiield, according to wind funnels and flags.

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Yes, the airport reported a southerly wind shift of 9knots by 4pm and the wind then went around to the northeast during the evening as a small bubble of high pressure moved up the coast behind the trough Tony was talking about.

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I'd left Chch by 4pm, but checking the metars I see the warmest temps were in the WSW before the S change. The S wind was so light that there cant have been a significant change of airmass at the surface, so John, the explanation probably lies in the fact that the air which came across you as a southerly was the same warmish air which had been hanging around the Plains in the WSW flow earlier in the afternoon.
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Metservices forecast yesterday was the most accurate - though a strong northerly instead of NW - I recorded a max 21.3. :)
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The front slowed up a bit. They picked it, we didnt. S**t happens. :oops:
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TonyT wrote:The front slowed up a bit. They picked it, we didnt. S**t happens. :oops:
:lol: That's ok - sometimes you are more accurate than them. :D

Dark clouds now with rain starting.
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Earlier rain didn't last long but is now back with thunder. :o
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Yes I see there is some strikes going off down that way esecially south westland.
Tornado's possible there tonight.
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getting some wicked thunder in Gore just started raining
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Distant sferic traffic on radio has been quite heavy this evening :)

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tidd66 wrote:getting some wicked thunder in Gore just started raining

Are you taking any shots, video or stills?
...or just watching and drinking it all in :) \:D/

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NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote:
tidd66 wrote:getting some wicked thunder in Gore just started raining

Are you taking any shots, video or stills?
...or just watching and drinking it all in :) \:D/

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Amazing light show inland towards the north a short while ago - too far away for a good camera shot. :lol:
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....mmmmmmm interesting :-k
Steven Graham's Bolteck is picking up an intensive storm around the Haast area, nothing much around northern Southland?

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Well I definitely seen it - must have been the one we had that headed inland.
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According to this -

http://www.weatherzone.com.au/currentwe ... p?state=NZ

there has been some lightning around.
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