Low/NW flow ... 23th-25th Aug
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Re: Low/NW flow ... 23th-25th Aug
Found the cable. Of course the photos do not do justice
Oh well.
The cloud on the edge of the storm dropped nearly vertically downwards. Photos sort of shows it. That really low bit was not there before it came over but i watched it just drop once it had passed which made me think wall cloud. Was very neat to watch.
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The cloud on the edge of the storm dropped nearly vertically downwards. Photos sort of shows it. That really low bit was not there before it came over but i watched it just drop once it had passed which made me think wall cloud. Was very neat to watch.
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Re: Low/NW flow ... 23th-25th Aug
typicly I was not home...I was down the road...but the wife said the ligthning cut the phone off when she was talking to someone, was real close!
another dollop of heavy rain here
alot of flash flooding and slips around the district....its as if we had 2x as much as rain as we did (because it was so wet before hand)
another dollop of heavy rain here
alot of flash flooding and slips around the district....its as if we had 2x as much as rain as we did (because it was so wet before hand)
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Re: Low/NW flow ... 23th-25th Aug
I went over to the North Shore to check out the storm, there was a big downpour over there with a little bit of hail. With saturated ground there must be some flooding about. The motorway was crawling.
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Re: Low/NW flow ... 23th-25th Aug
The thunder has stopped, but the shower is taking a very long time to move over Still no rain yet, despite how dark the sky overhead is.
5.48pm edit: 5 minute deluge finally arrived with 1.9mm rain.
5.48pm edit: 5 minute deluge finally arrived with 1.9mm rain.
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Re: Low/NW flow ... 23th-25th Aug
picture of guy I go surfing with at times (we did not go into the sea as it was bit too rough), trying to surf a standing wave in the flooded creek. (Hamiltons Gap)...he did on a subsequent try, breifly!
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Re: Low/NW flow ... 23th-25th Aug
Steady light rain reaching moderate at times here in CHCH for most the day. So far collected 9.2mm and another 75-80mm forecast for CHCH city from this system from now till early wed according to GFS model at 5pm. NE has definately picked up a bit from earlier.
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Re: Low/NW flow ... 23th-25th Aug
Looked like a big funnel cloud sticking out of the CB just gone over, tried to photograph it but my camera doesn't let me take the picture on the focus setting I want (it does autofocus before it takes the photo, and so the pictures were all blurred)
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Re: Low/NW flow ... 23th-25th Aug
Are you sure it is NE. Been west to SW all day here?MarkThomas wrote: NE has definately picked up a bit from earlier.
Light SW here now.
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Re: Low/NW flow ... 23th-25th Aug
yes its NE here for sure. It turned brief Southerly around noon but its a 33km/h NE here now. check below site
http://weather.northcott.co.nz/
http://weather.northcott.co.nz/
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Re: Low/NW flow ... 23th-25th Aug
Yes. I checked Jeff's site.MarkThomas wrote:yes its NE here for sure. It turned brief Southerly around noon but its a 33km/h NE here now. check below site
http://weather.northcott.co.nz/
I'mmmmmmmmm interesting still SW to WSW out here.
What's it like in other parts of Canterbury??
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Re: Low/NW flow ... 23th-25th Aug
The airport shows a SW around noon and tending back to the NE this afternoon. Maybe its more SW inland a little more near you. Hows the rain out there? How much you had today? 10.4mm here so far. Not cold though, a very mild 10.2 degrees lol, compared to the 0 -2 degrees thats brought sleet and snow earlier this week.
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Re: Low/NW flow ... 23th-25th Aug
Wind now more SE to ESE... finally, so getting there.
Steady rain here all day with 7.5mm to 4:30pm.
Temperature hovering around the 7 to 8 degree all day, but now it has lept to 9.3ºC
Will check at 10pm and put rainfall tally on my weather blog.
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Steady rain here all day with 7.5mm to 4:30pm.
Temperature hovering around the 7 to 8 degree all day, but now it has lept to 9.3ºC
Will check at 10pm and put rainfall tally on my weather blog.
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Re: Low/NW flow ... 23th-25th Aug
Steady drizzle rain here all day, I guess it will be the same for the next two days.
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Re: Low/NW flow ... 23th-25th Aug
Where's here?gopolks wrote:Steady drizzle rain here all day, I guess it will be the same for the next two days.
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Re: Low/NW flow ... 23th-25th Aug
Yes, up to 12mm now but it wont be drizzly for the next 2 days, the rain is going to become heavy from overnight tonight and be persistent.NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote:gopolks wrote:Steady drizzle rain here all day, I guess it will be the same for the next two days.
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Re: Low/NW flow ... 23th-25th Aug
Oh, I thought we were going to miss the heavy stuff and just have drizzly light showers with the odd fine break, there is no flooding expected is there?
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Re: Low/NW flow ... 23th-25th Aug
We had lots at 5.30pm,It was dead still/black as the jack of clubs and heaved it down while in the car with gutters flooded etc etc.
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Re: Low/NW flow ... 23th-25th Aug
Certainly looks like a wet week coming up for north canterbury:
Latest metservice warning for christchurch/canterbury plains & high country:
"HEAVY RAIN WARNING
CANTERBURY NORTH OF BANKS PENINSULA, INCLUDING THE KAIKOURA COAST : In the 27 hours from 9pm Sunday to midnight Monday, 120 to 150mm is likely in some areas. Intensities could reach 10-15mm per hour at times. Further heavy falls are likely after midnight Monday with an additional 100 to 120mm possible in the 24 hours up to midnight Tuesday. "
Which is saying about 200mm over the next 2 days and tonight in some places ( unlikely for chch city im guessing)
So i'm guessing flooding is a possibility.
Latest metservice warning for christchurch/canterbury plains & high country:
"HEAVY RAIN WARNING
CANTERBURY NORTH OF BANKS PENINSULA, INCLUDING THE KAIKOURA COAST : In the 27 hours from 9pm Sunday to midnight Monday, 120 to 150mm is likely in some areas. Intensities could reach 10-15mm per hour at times. Further heavy falls are likely after midnight Monday with an additional 100 to 120mm possible in the 24 hours up to midnight Tuesday. "
Which is saying about 200mm over the next 2 days and tonight in some places ( unlikely for chch city im guessing)
So i'm guessing flooding is a possibility.
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Re: Low/NW flow ... 23th-25th Aug
yes, i just read that myself, could be very interesting!!!! 12.8mm so far. Im gonna stay awake tonight to monitor the situation throughout the night. This sort of weather prospect excites me! Very slow moving rain as well!
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Re: Low/NW flow ... 23th-25th Aug
So how much rain is expected for Christchurch during the next few days?
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Re: Low/NW flow ... 23th-25th Aug
well, GFS is saying around 80mm. However, it all depends on how slow the slow moving system is going to be. Rain will become heavier tonight and more persistent and depends how long it haults for. I reckon its possible we will get 100mm even 120mm over the next 2-3 days. Scary thing is metservice would suggest some areas as high as 220mm in some areas of Canterbury!
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Re: Low/NW flow ... 23th-25th Aug
lol, i dont think CHCH city would see anything like that
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Re: Low/NW flow ... 23th-25th Aug
North of Christchurch. I never know what to think of when they say that. Does Chch get the rain warning or not?
I think 270mm is probably exaggerating from M/S, but still...
I think 270mm is probably exaggerating from M/S, but still...