Ah thats nothing. ChCh's mediteranean winter weather surpassed that 4 or 5 days in a row last week
Yes higher afternoon temps down there last week Razor but a big difference between the South and the North of NZ is the temperature the day starts on and the dewpoint temp ( humidity).
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I have just looked at the cloud burst video above. Looked like a real deluge, the sort of thing you see in USA where visibility is reduced to fog like conditions the rain is so heavy.
Fog and low cloud this morning with a quick glimse of sunshine early afternoon then cloudy again.
Canterbury Agircultural park's pond or lake was and has been quite full, and there are still islands of natives which are in deep water although the Cabbage and Flax don't mind wet feet.
Quite a few footbridges were under water too and can see the flood marks up to waist height in some areas.
Yes another deep low by the weekend MSLP has it down to 976HP looks more possibly the case for some strong winds perhaps.
Cheers
Jason.
MetService forecast for Chch today says rain at times, but nothing so far (just overcast), and radar shows only some light showers further north near Kaikoura and maybe clipping outer Banks Peninsula.
I really don't know what drugs they are on at Metservice. The ChCh forecasts as you say is rain at times, while the Short NZ forecast says only showers. In reality I'd bet there will be little rain, if any, here today.
Time will tell!
I'm heading for Dunedin this weekend and it looks like it could be into the teeth of another reasonably serious rain event. The mountain bike is packed regardless.
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I really don't know what drugs they are on at Metservice. The ChCh forecasts as you say is rain at times, while the Short NZ forecast says only showers. In reality I'd bet there will be little rain, if any, here today.
Did get brief spitting rain in central Chch about 11am, but sun is now trying to break through.
03Stormchaser wrote:Dunedin and Queenstown airports were closed this morning due to fog...
Yeah, quite foggy here too this morning but it burned off nicely and now the weather is spectacular. (Spectacular - Fine, not Spectacular - Action Weather.)
Not so much fog here although i may be wrong because i didn't get up until late, and thats when it was only drizzling so there may have been some fog earlier on any decent exciting weather too come?
tornadoman18 wrote:Not so much fog here although i may be wrong because i didn't get up until late, and thats when it was only drizzling so there may have been some fog earlier on any decent exciting weather too come?
Uhm, no....not anytime soon, anyway (and by soon I mean in the next week/week and a half...)
I heard on the radio that Stewart island has been evacuated due to bad weather not sure what bad weather as it hasnt been on the news as of yet, maybe no reporters have got down there yet .
Another overcast day with a few spots of rain around midday, I also noticed that the port hills are looking lush green in some areas.
I wouldn't say there is nothing coming up in the weather certainly some interesting lows which could fire anything closer to the time .
Cheers
Jason.
I heard on the radio that Stewart island has been evacuated due to bad weather not sure what bad weather as it hasnt been on the news as of yet, maybe no reporters have got down there yet .
Nothing that drastic, but TV1 News showed there were quite afew slips on the inhabited part of Stewart Island (a tiny fraction of the whole island), and some homes were cut off from road access.
great looking jet stream right across the mid tasman this afternoon
when you see that, often that means windy weather on the way (as it helps depressions in the tasman deepen )
Manukau heads observer wrote:great looking jet stream right across the mid tasman this afternoon
when you see that, often that means windy weather on the way (as it helps depressions in the tasman deepen )
...whew!!! Great to hear from someone!
I thought there wasn't anyone left posting to the forum! (or perhaps not much to say these days...... )
...yes, pretty cool jetstream sat loops...very clearly defined....