140 kph gusts in eastern Otago

[sw_windbow]

Some house-tremblers are already bowling through. This will strip the yellowing leaves off the deciduouses.

The squally southwest flow over the South Island is expected to strengthen this
afternoon. MetService expects the winds to rise to gale gusts 110 km/h in much
of Southland and eastern Otago this afternoon.

Forecasters warn that there could be gusts around 140 km/h in exposed places
coastal areas from about Nugget Point to Moeraki including higher parts of the
Otago Peninsula from late this afternoon to early Wednesday morning.

[Manukau heads obs]

surprisingly we have got to 6mm of rain here in total today from beefy (at times) showers (and 30 knot winds)...lots of low level moisture....
but the showers have weakened alot as they moved further inland and further north....

[Ryan Thomas]

Christchurch going to be the coldest tonight? According to Metservice its 7 degrees... 7.8 at Jeffs..

Also anything end up happening in Eastern Otago?

[Manukau heads obs]

http://www.portotago.co.nz/12/3.html

[tich]

Christchurch going to be the coldest tonight? According to Metservice its 7 degrees... 7.8 at Jeffs..

Got down to 1C overnight at Hillmorton.
No gales on Banks Peninsula yesterday - wind was light in the morning and only freshened somewhat in the afternoon. (once the light showers had cleared)

[Manukau heads obs]

good range of stations links here for Dunedin:
http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/tmcgav ... ather.html

good to see that the stroppy kitten station recorded windspeed that were within range of other stations

[sw_windbow]

Its been gusty all night, with a steady strong breeze between gusts. Not sure how its blowing out on the peninsular, or on the hilltops, but there's been nothing roof-lifting in North Dunedin.

[RWood]

Glorious SW/WSW here today, cloudless, feels warmer than the predicted 17C.

[Michael]

Not glorious sw Bring back the "real" NWer The one where the stationary front lies over the top of the SI and a stationary high wont budge to the east of the NI.

[RWood]

Not 4 months - 5 months as far as I'm concerned. November was dry, settled and sunny overall, very much better than the typical November.

[Michael]

November was NE mostly but wasnt that dry here, north of the Bombays.

[Janos]

My new anenometre hasn't seized and still spinning furiously.....but no real spectular gusts.