Hey spring where the bloody hell are ya?

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because it originates as a warm NW wind
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tgsnoopy wrote:Hmm, well as you know I have a friend who already got laid off from there...

Beaut night here last night. Still cool enough to sleep easily. Down to approx 8°C overnight and warmed up to 12.3°C already. Bliss now the noisy neighbours are gone and I can sleep with the window open again.
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Lovely sunny spring day here. Very warm, 19.0oC after 4.6oC overnight. :D

Hey Brian, looks like there's a moth on your window!! :lol:
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springs here gopolks lol was beautiful today, i cant remember when we have had a couple of nice days with sunny blue dome skies :) really warmed up today, maybe warmer tomorrow?
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What were the official high temps for yesterday in the south island? I just had a look at weatherwatch.co.nz and it said unoficially 27 and officially 25 in christchurch......is that a joke or did it actually happen? i would have thought if those temps did happpen you southern people would have been excited and posting your highs on the forum.
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Was a glorious 25 degrees here yesterday, yes I can confirm that for you. And its highly likely it was warmer inland in places like Rangiora.

Just marvellous.

Its not that uncommon in September to be that warm down here, hence the lack of posts I suspect
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Was a glorious 25 degrees here yesterday, yes I can confirm that for you. And its highly likely it was warmer inland in places like Rangiora.

Just marvellous.

Its not that uncommon in September to be that warm down here, hence the lack of posts I suspect
It can't be that common as the average September max for Chch Gardens is 14.9C, min being 5.2C ,perhaps RWood might have some stats.
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All you need is the first spring Norwester. Most years would see at least one decent warm spell in Sept.

Of course the Cold spells often follow...and the onset of "storm season" is not usually far behind
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Although September temps in the low 20's at Chch Aero aren't that uncommon, I think you'd have go back to Sep 30, 2001 to find comparable temps to yesterday's.
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spwill wrote:It can't be that common as the average September max for Chch Gardens is 14.9C, min being 5.2C ,perhaps RWood might have some stats.
Those averages dont give you much of an idea about the extremes. I mean you could have a 25 degree day and then the next day could only get to 10 or 11 with a cold southerly. I remember having days like this in september. Its another beautiful day today with a northely breeze and already sitting on 19.5 degrees. If the southerly doesnt come through till tonight then i reckon 25 is on the cards again today!
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Things are heating up today. Very nice. Symonds st clock is showing its 20... although i dont have much trust in it it is usually within 1degree.
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Those averages dont give you much of an idea about the extremes.
Enough to suggest 25C is not a common Sep temp when the average max is 14.9C. I do realise that temps change alot down there according to flow direction.
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21 and rising.... _b
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The last two days have been lovely!!!
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j--me--h wrote:What were the official high temps for yesterday in the south island? I just had a look at weatherwatch.co.nz and it said unoficially 27 and officially 25 in christchurch...
Actually, yesterday's official T-max (taken at Chch Aero) was only 23.9°C, so not sure where the 25°C came from. Still the highest since 2001's 25.2°C though and we're only halfway through the month.
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Was 27.5 in rangiora on tuesday, recorded at rangiora airport and my station.
24 today.
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Yes much more spring like temperatures in the last 3 days with 18C on Monday, 25C yesterday and 22C today.
These temperatures will boost grass growth and new season tree growth decidous and native, especially after having so many overcast days around late August to early September.
I think you will find because the NW flow is ridged by a high ie above 1000hpa it is generally dragging in warmer air therefore boosting the temperatures up in the east.
Normally a typical NW flow in early September would be below 1000hpa and could well be a stronger flow dragging some cooler air off the snow laden Southern Alps bringing the temperature to around the late teens to very early 20's.
Obviously this changes by the time we reach late September to early October when temperatures are of more occurance in the mid 20's then.
There is another simular pattern by the weekend which may well see temperatures again into the mid 20's, this is then followed by a stronger flow on Tuesday possibly.
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Spring's taking a break today in Chch - about 12C colder than yesterday. By contrast, Milford Sound and Haast got to 17C today in the sunshine.
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Janos wrote:
tgsnoopy wrote:Hmm, well as you know I have a friend who already got laid off from there...

Beaut night here last night. Still cool enough to sleep easily. Down to approx 8°C overnight and warmed up to 12.3°C already. Bliss now the noisy neighbours are gone and I can sleep with the window open again.
Our mutual friend started his new postion today....in what i believe to be a complex with no windows to view the changing weather.
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So how soon will you have a weather station online at work so you (we) can keep track of the weather outside?

I think it's the least your employer can do in light of the fact their's no windows :)
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Another lovely day in chch as always, hope the weather is wet and cold in auckland so the roosters will freeze their butts off.
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hope the weather is wet and cold in auckland so the roosters will freeze their butts off.
Never cold up here in the sub tropics :D . There are a few small shower clouds around but it's mostly dry and sunny. 17C.
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Average T-max in Sydney this month has been around 20°C, ranging from about 14°C to 32°C.
Averaging 8 hours of sunshine per day (half of those around 10-11 hrs). And few rain days apart from an 80 odd mm dump a couple of weekends ago. 8)
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beautiful dome sky over us this wonderful friday evening! :) what a day to cap off the working week.
I alomst feel like a nice bbq and sum friends round if i could! great way to start the weekend!! :D
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