Rain Radar

[03Stormchaser]

I see metserive have updated they rain radar to every hour:

http://www.metservice.com/default/index ... zrainradar#

Nothing special for metservice to rant on about.

[Razor]

looks like a good drenching in the cook strait area.

That little disturbance thats been sitting off Banks Peninsula all day- is it going anywhere?

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

This has been up and running on the website since I've been back on the Internet, on line as some people call it.
I see the Invercargill radar is out of action for a week.

JohnGaul
NZTS

[03Stormchaser]

This has been up and running on the website since I've been back on the Internet, on line as some people call it.
I see the Invercargill radar is out of action for a week.

JohnGaul
NZTS

Shows how often I check the metservice site!!

[Michael]

1ZB newstalk ZB news said there will be 10 mil spent on 3 new radar in Hawkes Bay,BOP and Taranaki

[NZstorm]

Yes, good news to hear that the Goverment has approved 10m expenditure on 3 additional rain radars for the North Island. The coverage hole over the BOP and central NI has always been a nuisance for storm watchers.

[jrj]

http://www.radionz.co.nz/audio/national ... ado_alerts

[tgsnoopy]

I understand the new Bay of Plenty Rain Radar is going to be on Puwhenua (S 37° 55.601 E 176° 7.059 WGS84), at a height of 622m between Tauranga and Rotorua.

I beleive there isn't going to be one at Napier, it'll be closer to Gisborne.

[jrj]

Probably at Mahia

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

With all these up and running, the whole country should be covered then

JohnGaul
NZTS

[03Stormchaser]

West Coast, South Island

[ricky]

I hope they specify plant that keeps working in other than fine weather!

[Michael]

What about 1 at Kaitaia at least Whangarei

[NZstorm]

West Coast, South Island

I would add Otago to the list of regions with inadequate radar coverage.

[Manukau heads obs]

Hats off to all those involved in making this a reality

[TokWW]

I understand the new Bay of Plenty Rain Radar is going to be on Puwhenua (S 37° 55.601 E 176° 7.059 WGS84), at a height of 622m between Tauranga and Rotorua.

I beleive there isn't going to be one at Napier, it'll be closer to Gisborne.

Would they setup a Wx stn there that I/we could use as a reference I wonder?

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Yes you are right, Central Otago, but then they don't get all that much rain so a couple of million dollar Dopplar rain radar system for the area would be unessesary, unless it could leap over mountains and show us Fjordland's rainfall???
JohnGaul
NZTS

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

With all these up and running, the whole country should be covered then

JohnGaul
NZTS

I just had a wee look, now that the Auckland and Invercargill rain radars are up and running again,the Gisborne area, NE Cape area, needs one.
With this, now the whole country will be covered.
Why is one needed for the central NI and Taranaki, when the Auckland and Wellington radars are capable to cover those areas?

JohnGaul
NZTS

[tgsnoopy]

It may not look like it, but the Bay of Plenty isn't that well covered. The Auckland Radars beam is too high up and misses out on quite a bit of our rain. There are also areas shaded by topography.

The same would apply to other regions.

I beleive there may be up to 6 more radars installed in the next 10 years. The BOP one may still be 2 years off.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

It may not look like it, but the Bay of Plenty isn't that well covered. The Auckland Radars beam is too high up and misses out on quite a bit of our rain. There are also areas shaded by topography.

The same would apply to other regions.

I beleive there may be up to 6 more radars installed in the next 10 years. The BOP one may still be 2 years off.

Oh! OK then, well, then you need one up there then. Yes, the more the merrier I suppose, especially if topography is a problem with Dopplers, but then someone may event a rain radar that is worked by, say a sattelite rather than a land based system.

JohnGaul
NZTS