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December weather so far has been cool but we've had plenty of dry sunny weather here in Auckland so a good month weatherwise to date.
To 6pm wends 13 there's been 123.5 hrs sunshine :D for the City and rainfall of 21mm ( from the Herald).
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yes its been quite dry out west really, we already have large cracks appearing in our shrink-swell soils. These dont normally appear until feb.

We even had to water the garden last night :shock:

its a pity too cos it will be next week before we get any decent rain :?

Just had secret santa at work.....got a hat which is going to be useful this summer!

wicked!
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Re: December Weather

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spwill wrote:December weather so far has been cool but we've had plenty of dry sunny weather here in Auckland so a good month weatherwise to date.
To 6pm wends 13 there's been 123.5 hrs sunshine :D for the City and rainfall of 21mm ( from the Herald).
You'd never believe it from Michael's posts! :lol:
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It has been a cool December though. No particularly warm weather yet.
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2.5oC colder than normal so far here
with cool SWers
nice to see a sunny dary with lighter winds and more normal temperature today

looks like warm humid northerlies and some rain for mid week coming up, and maybe xmas day another low to cross nz?
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Starting to warm up today with haze.. around 23C which is pretty warm considering is has been rather cool.
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interesting the tops of the clouds here today are coming in from the NE,but the bottom is affected by the SW breeze
on the web cam animation, they are being pulled apart

http://www.weather-display.com/windy/gb ... dvideo.htm
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Hasnt been a lot of Rain but been Windy as :twisted:
RWood wrote:
spwill wrote:December weather so far has been cool but we've had plenty of dry sunny weather here in Auckland so a good month weatherwise to date.
To 6pm wends 13 there's been 123.5 hrs sunshine :D for the City and rainfall of 21mm ( from the Herald).
You'd never believe it from Michael's posts! :lol:
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spwill wrote:December weather so far has been cool but we've had plenty of dry sunny weather here in Auckland so a good month weatherwise to date.

To 6pm wends 13 there's been 123.5 hrs sunshine :D for the City and rainfall of 21mm ( from the Herald).
Gosh, you've recorded more sunshine (currently) than us Sydney folk :lol: . Seriously its the El Nino pattern isnt it ? Brings cooler but sunnier and drier weather to Auckland.
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Rather green around most of Canterbury at the moment infact I went past a fire danger sign today and it's still on low risk.
I guess with this SW flow it's directing more short bursts of rain occasionally during the weeks but also followed by warm days.
Even Banks Peninnsula is completly green lush hillsides especially more Akaroa side as I visited there on Wednesday.
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Starting to warm up today with haze
The haze currently over Waikato/Auckland is from the Australian bush fires.

2.5oC colder than normal so far here
December 2004 was a bit of a record breaker for cooler temps, looks like 2006 may match it.
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Had some wicked cb's forming here around 4ish then they just dissapeared

weather has been awesome here, nice cool evenings and warm days - still fairly easy to get some sleep without tossing and turning all night sweating like a stuck pig...
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Cb's?! :D

There was a fair amount of developing cumulus out there (was a bit hard to see at times..), maybe we'll see some Cb' on Wed?
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someone asked me if it was smoke haze....
yes, WED could see an active front ?
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Foggy Hamilton wrote:Cb's?! :D
They were towering quite high but didn't anvil out fully

the haze yesterday afternoon was quite bad from the top of the Kaimais as you couldn't see Pirongia and it seemed to get worse the further north you looked in the Waikato, the Bop wasn't as bad though...
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Uh-Oh... CB's CN's... Even after half listening to Gary (KaimaiKid) and Will (Foggy) discussing it whilst I was driving on Saturday, I'm still not clear on which is which :?:

Explinations and demo photo's from a third party please, perhaps in a new topic or a post to an existing topic?

Thanks :)
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if there is rain falling from a cumulus cloud, then its a CB, technicly?
yes?
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All cb's will show some icing around the tops of the cloud. The icing is usually quite obvious. Maybe some illustrative photos are in order.
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This photo was posted recently as Cb but it is Cu hitting a weak Inversion. :)
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Some weak convection showers over Ak this afternoon as dewpoints have come up and we've had some weak sunshine. Currently 20C, dp 16C( Greylynn)

Looks to be some heavy showers developing north of Auckland.
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Some heavy showers over East/South Auckland this afternoon on a line which has moved away.
Photo, Cu building into the high cloud cover over South Auckland.
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Heavy rain, a couple of hours ago - really big drops.

Its really hot and humid here at the moment.
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Yes I noticed the large t/cu congestus. Quite punchy clouds along what looked to be a convergence zone. Upper air too warm for thunderstorms though. Just heavy showers.
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I didn't see any of the showers that were forecast for Chch today, though Hillmorton recorded 0.2mm around dawn or earlier, and radar shots showed light precipitation in many other parts of Canterbury.
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12mm in rangiora between 6am and 8am and heavy at times.
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