Rain and westerly change, 4 - 7 Aug
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Rain and westerly change, 4 - 7 Aug
oh goody , we have thunder here ...a thunderstorm to our west heading this way
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Re: Depression Sunday 29th July onwards
Yes Lightning flash/ Thunder from West Auckland way.
Mod to heavy rain here.
Mod to heavy rain here.
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Re: Depression Sunday 29th July onwards
Thunder on a warm front! Quite an active front too looking at the radar.
Upper air is cold though.
Upper air is cold though.
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Re: Depression Sunday 29th July onwards
getting closer and closer the lightning too me
my Boltec is doing a great job of tracking the CB in this system
maybe its where the cold and warm fronts convergem, i.e the center of a new wave depression under the jet stream?
NE winds picking up here, very low cloud and heavy rain and dark and stormy with lightning and thunder
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my Boltec is doing a great job of tracking the CB in this system
maybe its where the cold and warm fronts convergem, i.e the center of a new wave depression under the jet stream?
NE winds picking up here, very low cloud and heavy rain and dark and stormy with lightning and thunder
love it, great birthday pressy!
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Re: Depression Sunday 29th July onwards
only 4 seconds to the thunder now
rain radar shows the worst of it is going to pass just to the south of me, north of Waiuku
rain radar shows the worst of it is going to pass just to the south of me, north of Waiuku
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Re: Rain and westerly change, NI, 4 - 6 Aug
Raining moderately here.. 3.2mm last hour. NW change due a bit later may prove interesting...
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Re: Rain and westerly change, NI, 4 - 6 Aug
we ended up with about 18mm from that frontal system over the 4 hours
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Re: Rain and westerly change, NI, 4 - 6 Aug
The Thunderstorms have moved south this morn with the Front catching the coastal fringe.
Overcaste here and 16C. Dewpoints are 14C, that is moist air for August.
Overcaste here and 16C. Dewpoints are 14C, that is moist air for August.
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Re: Depression Sunday 29th July onwards
The forecast snow level of 700m for Canterbury for this weekend is a bit of a suprise. Is there a mesoscale cooling effect going on there?
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Re: Rain and westerly change, NI, 4 - 6 Aug
Still looking very unstable out to the west of the NI but this activity drifting toward Waikato south. Not much ts activity atm.
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Re: Depression Sunday 29th July onwards
Just started easterley rain here... Coming through in squalls.
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Re: Rain and westerly change, 4 - 6 Aug
Gusting to 40ks here from the NNW and getting windier slowly
see, didnt I say yesterday that when you see a big jet stream like that in the tasman it means its going to get windy with a deepening low
see, didnt I say yesterday that when you see a big jet stream like that in the tasman it means its going to get windy with a deepening low
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Re: Depression Sunday 29th July onwards
Looks to be snowing at Arthur's pass (webcam shows it)...and snowing at Castle Hill as well...Castle Hill is ~700m?NZstorm wrote:The forecast snow level of 700m for Canterbury for this weekend is a bit of a suprise. Is there a mesoscale cooling effect going on there?
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Re: Depression Sunday 29th July onwards
Sure is snowing in the mountains ] have a look at arthurspass.NZstorm wrote:The forecast snow level of 700m for Canterbury for this weekend is a bit of a suprise. Is there a mesoscale cooling effect going on there?
http://www.softrock.co.nz/mg/apmc.php?page=26
I think both M/S and blue skies are a bit off the game forcasting the weather in this part of the world
Heavy rain in rangiora for the last 2 hours 24mm.
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Re: Rain and westerly change, 4 - 6 Aug
I was expecting good snow on the SI ski fields from this system but not as low as 700m.
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Re: Rain and westerly change, 4 - 6 Aug
Moderate to heavy falls of rain coming down at times here filling up those creeks even more, could be abit of a concern if it keeps up.
6C with a light easterly, it does have that feel as if there is an inland advective snow going to occur.
Wouldnt surprise me if the snow level dropped tonight to say 400m .
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6C with a light easterly, it does have that feel as if there is an inland advective snow going to occur.
Wouldnt surprise me if the snow level dropped tonight to say 400m .
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Re: Rain and westerly change, 4 - 6 Aug
50mm of rain in Sth Waikato in 8hrs and still falling baro... gusts of 70k/hr ... cold wet job today as soccer referee...
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Re: Rain and westerly change, 4 - 6 Aug
Just had a couple of good downpours go through, easterly has picked up too.
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Re: Rain and westerly change, 4 - 6 Aug
Been wet wet wet here today (30mm)... and it's just started to get a bit windy. Suprising very warm for this time of day, 14.4C... warm front is through.
Active Cb cloud brewing in the SC Tasman, risks of thunder over the next few days in areas exposed to the west.
Active Cb cloud brewing in the SC Tasman, risks of thunder over the next few days in areas exposed to the west.
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Re: Rain and westerly change, 4 - 6 Aug
21mm so far and stil raining, a bit more than I thought there would be.
Edit - finished with 26mm
Edit - finished with 26mm
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Re: Rain and westerly change, 4 - 6 Aug
Plenty here in the last 4 hours, I would guess 20-35mm at least.
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Re: Rain and westerly change, 4 - 6 Aug
we received 103mm in the end, max rate was 179mm/hr!! We had 2" in two hrs in the end with thunder and lightening.
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