Heavy Rain for SI East Coast 28-29th June

[Andy]

Steady Rain here, getting very windy now! 20mm at jeff weather station. More rain in other areas with the heathcote getting very close to the top!! 20 more mm and its burst i reckon!! Sleet at victoria park 15 mins ago went for a drive! 4 degrees

Yes quite wintery outside at the moment

[gopolks]

Typical winter's night here, driving rain about 7 degrees, Brrrrr.

[Lawrence]

Getting very windy here now 27.2kph last Gust from South 29.6 kph now still raining.Baro 992asl.997 sea level.

[mikestormchaser]

winds picked up here too, strong SW with heavy rain, looks as though a nice belt is settling in now going by rain radar.

[CHCH Weather Chaser]

Yes indeed. I thought they rain radar was getting less intense from 6 to 7pm but now the 8pm radar is more intense than its been all day! May the rain continue to fall! Gusting to 51km/h here in halswell 6.4 degrees

[Storm Struck]

The rain was always going to get heavier going by MSLP maps just look at the midnight run .
Wind sure is gusting strong now nearly on gale 50+kmh, reminds me of a simular event in the year 2000 but will we get up to 100kmh winds .
I watched one news weather tonight and Windy Wellington had gusts up to 140kmh for tomorrow morning phew probly more like a gale for wellingtion i guess.
Edit- Strong wind warning now out from MS for Banks Peninsula gusting up to 120kmh at times overnight.
Cheers
Jason.

[tich]

Heavy rain warning is for areas from Culverden northwards - certainly solid rain here, but probably not enough for a warning.

[CHCH Weather Chaser]

It is smashing down here in halswell now. we are up to 25mm for the day and its very windy up to 55km/h. Wind chill -10!!! Metservice is predicting from 8pm - 5pm sunday a further 80mm-100mm in areas!! Just as i am writing this it is pelting absolutely bucketing down!!! Keep coming rain!!

[Inny Binny]

It really is heavy out there, sometimes torrential enough for lots of white spray to be blown all over the road.

[CHCH Weather Chaser]

Yes it is indeed. in the last 10mins 1.6mm was recorded at jeffs weather station in hoonhay near me. This is an intensity of 9.6mm an hour!! And its going to be even more than 1.6mm in the next ten if this continues! still getting heavier. Southerlies gusting just under 60km/h!

[teanaumalone]

latest radar showing theres plenty of life in this yet. If anything the system seems to be building in stregnth. Looks like the heavy precip boundary is further south than what met service were thinking.

[CHCH Weather Chaser]

yes, i agree! 34.8mm now. Last hour hoonhay has seen just under 10mm! Plenty more to come

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Well folks, we've had an inch

JohnGaul
NZTS

[CHCH Weather Chaser]

Up to 38mm here now and still falling at a good rate! Off to sleep now. Hopefully this is still intense in 8 hours time!

[Ryan Thomas]

Firetruck went down barrington st as i was walking back from my mates, flood / wind related problem? Saw a street that was like a lake before... Been pretty windy outside.. Went home when it died down

[Smeagol]

We have had intense rain here all day pretty much. We can't walk out of our driveway because the water is up to our knees. Dam council said they were going to fix that and they put a sink hole in but it has done nothing...
The rain is so heavy I can hear it above my music, and my music is pretty loud. It's almost louder than hail.

[tich]

The Avon (near Antigua Boatsheds) tonight is the highest I've seen it for a few years, covering the rocky ledges recently installed.

[Inny Binny]

Look at that, Jeff recorded over 2 inches now.

Seems just as heavy here as it was a few hours ago.

[Manukau heads obs]

good stuff guys

[TonyT]

We finished up with 24mm here.

[Manukau heads obs]

FAB Nigel

[gllitz]

Mt Hutt are reporting 45cm of snow from yesterday's dumping and STILL snowing...they and other ski fields in the area must be over the moon

[Storm Struck]

Up to 23mm here since midday yesterday obviously not as much as other areas.
Still some heavy showers moving through with even sleet in them so the snow level must be down to about 200m this morning, if it is i dont think any would settle as the duration of the showers are very short lived.
Cheers
Jason.

[teanaumalone]

looks like it was more of a plains and foothills thing. Precip totals backed off quickly west of the foothills. Craigieburn only got 16cm. Not enough E in it to push inland maybe? radar still showing plenty of shower activity on the plains.

[Storm Struck]

Yes the heavier rain was more confined to the Canterbury region east of the Alps from about Rakia northwards, so wouldnt have reached into the Mc kensie basin where the rainfall totals are needed to fill the hydro lakes.
Looks like another possible but interesting event coming up for Friday, early days but once again we wait with baited breath .
Cheers
Jason.