Labour Weekend Low, 20th-24th

Manukau heads obs · Mon 23/10/2006 22:51

blustery (gusting to 34 kts or so) W to WSW here with squally rain showers, and only 10.2oC now

Storm Struck · Unread post by **Storm Struck** » Mon 23/10/2006 23:16

Big downpours just gone through here drains overflowing and flooding our lawns quickly quite large the rain drops too.
Just as I predicted a few days ago too

wind has turned more SE than NE now.
Cheers
Jason.

Manukau heads obs · Tue 24/10/2006 06:50

the next low/trough contains some real good looking CB's, and they are lightning active too
gonna be a good tuesday upper NI boys

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Tue 24/10/2006 07:21

Yes, looks like a real unstable spring day out there.

C-Nimbus · Unread post by **C-Nimbus** » Tue 24/10/2006 08:56

bring it on!!!

yes there was some stunner anvils out west this morn.

hopefully its snap, crackle, and pop all day!

Manukau heads obs · Tue 24/10/2006 09:38

met service severe thunderstorms (probably just for rain totals more than lightning? (still,where there is smoke, there is fire)) out for the auckland area this arvo and evening

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Tue 24/10/2006 09:47

met service severe thunderstorms (probably just for rain totals more than lightning?

Severe due to Slow movement.

Probably the risk of Thunder today is higher east of the city due to better day time heating out that way.

Razor · Unread post by **Razor** » Tue 24/10/2006 09:52

It's not Labour Weekend anymore folks. Time for a new thread perhaps

dija · Unread post by **dija** » Tue 24/10/2006 10:03

Now on to our 4th day of continous rain/drizzle. (96mm)
Just went to feed the pigs and gained 4 inches in height by the time i got back from our sticky clay soil

C-Nimbus · Unread post by **C-Nimbus** » Tue 24/10/2006 11:06

SEVERE T/S's!!!

crikey, well we'll see. I would tend to agree to Brian on this one, ie more rainfall than anything else.

Paul Mallinson · Unread post by **Paul Mallinson** » Tue 24/10/2006 11:08

One of the conditions we have decided upon for severe thunderstorms in NZ (and many other places) is 25+mm/hr.

Paul

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Tue 24/10/2006 12:42

It's not Labour Weekend anymore folks. Time for a new thread perhaps

Still the same weather system - maybe the thread title needs altering.

Seems that the heavy rain has been north of Chch. Rained overnight around Akaroa, but dry this morning. Coming back into Chch late this morning, there's been a little rain as I reached the city, but wet ground indicated more substantial stuff earlier. Skies looked dark to the north.

C-Nimbus · Unread post by **C-Nimbus** » Tue 24/10/2006 13:12

the sun is just starting to do its thing now, and the T/Cu tops do look nice and crisp....

C-Nimbus · Unread post by **C-Nimbus** » Tue 24/10/2006 13:19

Houston.....we now have glaciation out east...

i repeat....we now have glaciation out east!!!!

in line with spwills predictions that most of the warming will be out that way.

Large Cb heading onto Gt. Barrier island too..

cooooor

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Tue 24/10/2006 13:43

Houston.....we now have glaciation out east...

Just very weak though.

Looks like a crop of showers will drift in from the NW this afternoon, perhaps turning heavy over the warmer land.

KiwiWeather · Unread post by **KiwiWeather** » Tue 24/10/2006 15:02

Looking very dark out east !

KiwiWeather · Unread post by **KiwiWeather** » Tue 24/10/2006 15:06

Its like waiting for the starters pistol and they all fire up at once.

ricky · Unread post by **ricky** » Tue 24/10/2006 15:53

Bit of lightning showing up on the detector now... I think Whangarei way...

Manukau heads obs · Tue 24/10/2006 15:59

very black to the nth of the city looking from here
and thats where strikes are showing for me....

GraemeWi · Unread post by **GraemeWi** » Tue 24/10/2006 16:02

Heavy rain moving onto the North Shore area now. It's just one big mass of grey from shy to land. I'm going to get really wet getting out to my car!

dija · Unread post by **dija** » Tue 24/10/2006 16:19

40 mm rain here today, SW Winds gusting 100km/h now, wind chill 3.7. Fire's on here at home.

Storm Struck · Unread post by **Storm Struck** » Tue 24/10/2006 18:49

Downpours continued off and on last night after my post very breif dollops with 12mm falling within an hour.
When I checked the rain gauge this morning there was 20mm in there and that was just from the downpours.
21mm now obviously with these lighter showers coming through this arvo hasn't deliverd much.
We are just putting our pool in at the moment so our first bit of water was added overnight

bit annoying because it's gotta have the lining down in a few days.
Took a pic of my rain gauge too just so ya know what it looks like

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Cheers
Jason.

Manukau heads obs · Tue 24/10/2006 18:50

very impressive CB to my south now!!

TonyT · Unread post by **TonyT** » Tue 24/10/2006 19:02

Jasestrm wrote:Took a pic of my rain gauge too just so ya know what it looks like .
Cheers
Jason.

Wow, thats an amazing raingauge. I've never seen one that big before. I like the way you've used a wooden frame to support it. How do you empty it? Do you use the ladder to climb in and use a ruler to measure the accumulated rainfall? I know you have big downpours at your place but I never imagined you'd need such as big gauge.

PS Your new swimming pool looks rather small though...

PPS Seriously, your raingauge will not be reading correctly mounted the way it is. You need to get the top of the gauge up above the top of the post.

KiwiWeather · Unread post by **KiwiWeather** » Tue 24/10/2006 20:20

Rapping fingers on keyboard - ho hum - where for art thou forecast tempest?