Tropical Cyclone FUNA

[Vertigo]

sunny day here now, still fairly windy up in the clouds by the looks of things.

say what you will about it, but it was still a disappointment for the north. less than a day later and you couldnt tell it was even here. the south doesnt know how lucky its gonna be.

[TokWW]

Its gonna be another scorcher here in Canterbury- I reckon mid 30's again they way its shooting up already

You should get something out of it by tomorrow morning with the two fronts coming close and high winds too.

Gust is up over 50km/hr here and getting stronger quickly. 24ºC and DP of 19.0ºC. Broken cloud. I left the racing bike at home today!

[Razor]

We just had a breif shower, just enough to wet the ground and tease the cockies.

Can't see much more coming out of this for ChCh unless the southerly change brings some glad tidings

[Vertigo]

sunny day here now, still fairly windy up in the clouds by the looks of things.

and now its absolutely pissing down, thanks to that convergence.

[Pelorus Pete]

Boy oh boy – is it whacking in here at the moment !!!!!!!!

Extremely strong NW whipping the sea into a whirlpool of airborne sea water.

Had 2 inches thus far – most of which has come side-ways !!!!!!

[Ryan Thomas]

Its raining here in Christchurch, nothing special. Just like when it actually rains in Christchurch haha.

[David]

Dewpoints close to 23 degrees here

[Inny Binny]

A very good steady rain here now!

There's a lot on that radar too.

Seems like the S change has just come through now, rain getting heavier.

[Vertigo]

i heard on the radio that near the center of the depression winds are expected to be near 130km/h!

[Ryan Thomas]

Little rain here and not windy at all

[Andrew Massie]

Little rain here and not windy at all

Where? Change your settings, Fella!

[Razor]

Yep hosing down now....long may it last!

[Inny Binny]

First S change in a ong, long time to actually bring somethin useful.

And here comes the wind.

[Ryan Thomas]

I'm in somerfield. Still not windy and the rains still very little. Gutters are flowing tho.

[Pelorus Pete]

Thanx for the above info Andrew – I did not think my location was showing , so made amends – but I imagine my Login Nickname would give most a good idea.

Where was the centre meant to track ???
I have no wind monitoring equipment – but we have had some very strong gusts here in the inner Pelorus Sound. Broken some tree tops out and my wife’s Roses and Tomatoes have taken a hiding !!!!
Appears to be easing off now and rain eased – had 71mm but a bit more to come. so that great – as only 9mm from Boxing Day until this lot.

[RWood]

A little light rain here at times. Some strong wind gusts, but nothing at all special in that dept. so far.

[Andrew Massie]

Thanx for the above info Andrew – I did not think my location was showing , so made amends – but I imagine my Login Nickname would give most a good idea.

No worries! Yeah, I got yours ok.... It was Ryan's I didn't know!

Not far from you Ryan, I'm at CPIT, but live in New Brighton.

Hopefully our catchments are filling up. Couldn't have the DC link running backwards now, can we?!! And that's about 840MW instead of 1000. NI could be in trouble, particularly if we lose one of those pylons! But that's a different topic altogether!

[jamie]

Strong gusty winds with one quick heavy convective shower this afternoon so far. The few mm we have had from Funa is not going to last long in this wind

Sounds like canty is finally getting some weather worth talking about

[tich]

Driving southerly rain in Chch now and down to 13C. I see there's a low risk of thunderstorms for us according to MetService. (doesn't feel likely, but who knows)

[Ryan Thomas]

Just a bit windy, doesn't seem like "Driving rain" here

[melja]

Just a bit windy, doesn't seem like "Driving rain" here

HaHa you must live in your own little bubble then

[Storm Struck]

Interesting to note today that the wind never swung gale N-NW just stayed NE all day and breezy, the stronger winds would have been further north.
Weather from this low hasnt turned out the way I was thinking it would, thought we might have some sort of bad weather.
Just scatterd light rain occasionally steady with a strong SW wind, I would say about 4mm all up so far and looks like its on the clear now .
Cheers
Jason.

[melja]

yeah hats of to blue skies for geting there forcast spot on no NW in there forcast.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Good rain here at West Melton with the SW, today and thanks to Funa
With the current La Nina weather pattern over us at the moment we have to depend on these dying Tropical Cyclones to move over us to deliver good rains upon us.
In ordinary circumstances, the SW changes, that come up, are useless.

JohnGaul
NZTS

[Inny Binny]

Just scatterd light rain

Really? Been pretty moderate and steady over here, stopped a little while ago. Possibly 15mm.

Anyway, shouldn't be too long until our next rains, just got to wait for another tropical cyclone to come down to NZ.