Very cold southerly storm 5-6 October

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Wed 04/10/2006 22:03

Thought I'd start a new thread for this one, as it looks significant for the eastern and central North Island. (and to a lesser extent Canterbury and Kaikoura - we might get flurries to low levels) Apart from a few days in the far south, NZ didn't get very cold wintry weather (ie snow to low levels) last month, but tomorrow should see a return to wintry conditions.

According to the forecasts, Gisborne and Hawkes Bay should get some heavy downpours with thunder and hail up to early Friday, as well as the very cold temperatures which could bring snow down to 500m - a level you'd expect in a very cold outbreak in winter, but not in October. (though not unknown before) And southerly gales as well - adding windchill to temperatures which could easily end up as record low maximums for October.

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Wed 04/10/2006 22:10

I must add that Wellington would've felt very cold today, but windchill would've been the major factor. Tomorrow will be really cold.

Achten · Unread post by **Achten** » Thu 05/10/2006 06:21

Very windy here over night, but no recordable rain at my place. Stars out this mornings. Today could get interesting with colder air due latter today.

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Thu 05/10/2006 09:00

-1C at Timaru & Dunedin Airport this morn.

RWood · Unread post by **RWood** » Thu 05/10/2006 09:24

My daughter and her visiting inlaws from the UK have flown to Queenstown - at least they'll get a decent day today.

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Thu 05/10/2006 09:28

The southerly has strengthened this morning in Chch, but it's still sunny, with just scattered cloud. 7am radar shows shower activity well offshore.

spike_01 · Unread post by **spike_01** » Thu 05/10/2006 12:11

Quite a strong Southerly here... Also a small amount of Snow has fallen on the Tararuas overnight...

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Thu 05/10/2006 14:22

The dewpoint is so low today!! -1Â°C

Snowlover · Unread post by **Snowlover** » Thu 05/10/2006 14:31

Metservice is forecasting showers and soft hail for wellington today

what is soft hail? is it like sleet?

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Thu 05/10/2006 14:55

No showers, hail or snow in Chch today, just a fresh to strong, cold southerly and passing clouds. Only about 9C.

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Thu 05/10/2006 17:13

Fine cool day here with a fresh Southerly, afternoon temps around 15C.
Dewpoints only 5C.

A small shower has just developed east of here so the fine weather forecast not correct for every one.

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Thu 05/10/2006 17:42

what is soft hail? is it like sleet?

Soft hail is made from a snow flake which is rolled into a ball due to the strong convective turbulance of a cb. But the term soft hail is technically no longer in use, this form of precipitation is now refered to as snow pellets. Snow pellets can be observed with surface temps upto about 6C.

A small shower has just developed east of here

Looks like a shallow surface trough has passed through this afternoon.

mikestormchaser · Unread post by **mikestormchaser** » Thu 05/10/2006 17:43

mmm pretty dam cold day for this time of year down here! With the windchill factor involved and all.
Only got up to about 11C with the metservice saying there was supossed to be rain and snow flurries! i didnt see any rain if ya ask me.
Anyway with all this cold air around, perhaps a light frost tonight?
my low would be 3C

to wake up to a sunny morning tomorrow

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Thu 05/10/2006 23:40

NZstorm wrote:
A small shower has just developed east of here
Looks like a shallow surface trough has passed through this afternoon.

Looks like a thunderstorm developed just NE of Whitianga too recently.

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Fri 06/10/2006 11:12

Anyway with all this cold air around, perhaps a light frost tonight?
my low would be 3C to wake up to a sunny morning tomorrow

I think the low last night was about 4C, but no doubt colder (and frosty) inland - breeze would've kept Chch from getting colder. Nice, sunny day here, but looks like east and south of North Island are still getting the wintry showers and snow on the higher country. A Trademe poster even reported she'd seen light snow falling in the Wellington hill suburb of Brooklyn early this morning.

mikestormchaser · Unread post by **mikestormchaser** » Fri 06/10/2006 16:11

hi peoples.
Very nice day here in christchurch for a change.
Not too cold, with a gental NE breeze although that wind has picked up a little now.

looking fawed to a nice day tomorrow, so i can get out and do my lawns

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Sat 07/10/2006 06:10

COLD thru greater Waikato this morning..! 0Â°C at the airport, maybe down to -1, sitting on 2C here.. Waiouru on -3, and I see New Plymouth and Wanganui will even pick up a slight frost.

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Sat 07/10/2006 08:49

First TS this tuesday possible for canty, remote chance atm. But keep it in mind

Snowlover · Unread post by **Snowlover** » Sat 07/10/2006 11:19

yay heading to hanmer later today I see it is really 16.7C up there at 10 oclock

Storm Struck · Unread post by **Storm Struck** » Sat 07/10/2006 13:18

22.3C here at the moment lovly indeed with a gusty NW wind.

I think spring has come back

although for how long this monday tuesday looks interesting with a better risk of TS on Tuesday as steve said.
Cheers
Jason.

mikestormchaser · Unread post by **mikestormchaser** » Sat 07/10/2006 15:28

yeah! very nice warm day indeed. got some chors done so thats me for the day.
Time to get ready to go out tonight now.

So lets hope the weather holds up for tonight and stays nice and balmy as it is now!

looking good for thunder on tuesday? heres hoping we get our first ae.

Matt Townsend · Unread post by **Matt Townsend** » Sat 07/10/2006 18:28

Thats not very warm, it mild. Rather stop making so extreme

sw_windbow · Unread post by **sw_windbow** » Sat 07/10/2006 19:33

Quite a South-Westerly change going on here. Some gale force gusts and a band of black cloud sweeping in. Temp dropping like a spring leaf.

Flutterbye · Unread post by **Flutterbye** » Sat 07/10/2006 20:25

sw_windbow wrote:Quite a South-Westerly change going on here. Some gale force gusts and a band of black cloud sweeping in. Temp dropping like a spring leaf.

It hit here about 5pm.

Flutterbye · Unread post by **Flutterbye** » Sat 07/10/2006 20:28

Matt Townsend wrote:Thats not very warm, it mild. Rather stop making so extreme

Christchurch has been cool the last few days - so going from 11Â° to 20Â° probably feels rather warm.