April quite dry

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Thu 19/04/2007 14:12

Only 10mm here so far. Where is our next lot of rain going to come from? All the models show a blocking high.. notice the interannual convection has decreased a lot in the southwestern Pacific (Fiji region) over the last month.
Long high pressure cell ranging all the way from WA Aus to the mid-Atlantic at the moment.
Though an amplifying low to the SW of Australia looks set to bring some southwesterly weather to NZ at some stage soon.. not very good for rain chances!

Said that, stunning day here with sunny southeasterlies.

Maybe a frost sometime soon.. haven't had one this year yet!
Waiouru and Taupo both registered frosts today.

spike_01 · Unread post by **spike_01** » Thu 19/04/2007 18:35

1st minor frost here this morning... Only noticable on the cars...

Rainfall so far 29.4 mm...

mikestormchaser · Unread post by **mikestormchaser** » Thu 19/04/2007 20:10

beaut day here in Christchurch hardly any wind i could pick

but being surrounded by trees would help.
has it been a dry April so far? i haven't really noticed haha.

Storm Struck · Unread post by **Storm Struck** » Thu 19/04/2007 20:22

I wouldnt say that Canterbury is dry over a wide scale with some localised areas recieving perhaps more rainfall than others.
Since April 1st we have had up to 38mm most of that falling over the easter wekend when there was some heavy rain i believe overnight on Good friday.
Cheers
Jason.

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Mon 23/04/2007 08:57

If the models stay correct with the prognostic of no significant rain.. we could have a record dry month!

How much has Auckland had so far this month?

Cloudy change today.. might even be some drizzle later this evening.

janewaystv · Unread post by **janewaystv** » Mon 23/04/2007 09:08

Looking at Metservice's reading - only 18.2mm recorded so far at Auckland Airport this month.

Manukau heads obs · Mon 23/04/2007 13:02

we have had 32mm here.....from beefy showers in that last SW blast we had
still, yes, thats going to make it a very dry April

dija · Unread post by **dija** » Mon 23/04/2007 14:22

slightly better here, 51.4mm

year to date 158mm

Andy · Unread post by **Andy** » Mon 23/04/2007 17:32

Only 8.5mm here, but it's always dry

Wildland · Unread post by **Wildland** » Tue 24/04/2007 14:09

Tawa seems to be having a bob each way in the monthly stakes - drier than last year, wetter than 2005.

But the year to date is definitely drier.

Some stats for Tawa:
rainfall to 21 April 2007: 35 mm, YTD 147 mm
to 21 April 2006: 51 mm, YTD 269 mm
to 21 April 2005: 11 mm, YTD 211 mm

mikestormchaser · Unread post by **mikestormchaser** » Tue 24/04/2007 19:27

Nice day again here in Christchurch, once again cool,calm conditions with the trees going bald

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Should be another nice day tomorrow