Anticyclones Coming Up

Dean. · Unread post by **Dean.** » Fri 05/03/2004 18:31

Cracker day here still 24 degrees at 6.30pm.

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Sat 06/03/2004 08:55

The cold showery weather that plagued Chch on Tuesday and Wednesday seemed to be mainly coastal - I couldn't see any snow on the alps once it had cleared. (it was certainly cold enough)

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Sat 06/03/2004 10:33

Quite awful today

Could tell this last night the cloud was going to roll in as the stars were exceptionally clear last night

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Sat 06/03/2004 11:39

Michael wrote:Quite awful today Could tell this last night the cloud was going to roll in as the stars were exceptionally clear last night

Beautiful down here. A thin cloudlayer until the early hours, then it cleared and has stayed that way ever since. 30.4 in the shade yesterday, but there's a coolish NW breeze today which'll take the edge off.

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Sat 06/03/2004 11:50

If we were a little furthur north we would get either the high or the SE weather and we would have a wonderful climate away from these highs that move northwards

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Sat 06/03/2004 18:43

An interestingly boring day, if there's such a thing, in Christchurch today.
It was SW for much of the morning with lovely fine weather but from noon it has been more northerly here with with the wind between NE and NW.
To the south of the city and over the airport it has remained SW.
It is cloudy now with the sky at 8/8 which has taken much of the afternoon for it to do so.
Overall it has been a pleasant day temperature wise. I got up to 26C.

I don't know what the official was on the telly

JohnGaul
NZTS

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Sat 06/03/2004 19:16

NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote:I got up to 26C.
I don't know what the official was on the telly

JohnGaul
NZTS

We hit 29.5 in the shade today (and 30.4 yesterday) in Omarama, yet I half expect to hear the TV weather people tell us it snowed. I think they must draw their daily readings from a hat (or some other place...). Not even close.

And yes, our sensors are in Stevenson screens and carefully calibrated, but they might as well be encased in a block of cement for all anybody in Auckland or Wellington is concerned.

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Sat 06/03/2004 20:03

Our sensors are located in a wind tunnel orientated NE-SW

Openended at the top for the rain to gush in

And yes, our sensors are in Stevenson screens and carefully calibrated, but they might as well be encased in a block of cement for all anybody in Auckland or Wellington is concerned.[/quote]

Dean. · Unread post by **Dean.** » Sat 06/03/2004 20:08

We had a fine start to the day with warm temps,then clouded over from the south and temperature dropped to a very cool Oamaru like 16 degrees.
Cheers.

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Sun 07/03/2004 00:18

Foggy this morning

, then we got some of that low type of cloud all day. Really annoying.

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Sun 07/03/2004 00:32

Michael: Why do u always talk about this
gale-force SW, when it's only a breeze...?

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Sun 07/03/2004 12:47

At last No wind and no rain Nice blue sky

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Sun 07/03/2004 18:15

Michael wrote:At last No wind and no rain Nice blue sky

...and boy are you going to get lots of it

Coming Up
HEAPS of bloody boring fine days/annoying anticyclones with weak fronts inbeween

JohnGaul
NZTS

Dean. · Unread post by **Dean.** » Sun 07/03/2004 18:57

I spent a chilly day in ChCh today,how do you guys put up with that persistant northeaster,back now to the warmth of Ash.
Cheers.

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Sun 07/03/2004 19:20

Deano wrote:I spent a chilly day in ChCh today,how do you guys put up with that persistant northeaster,back now to the warmth of Ash.
Cheers.

Like we do with the SWer here but it didnt blow at all today

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Sun 07/03/2004 23:20

SouthWesterly brings good weather to Auckland this time of the year but Western parts of the City can stay a little cool while Eastern parts warm up as a SouthWesterly breeze keeps out the Easterly sea breeze.

Our horrid weather at this time of the year usually comes on a North easterly associated with a low coming down from the North.

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Tue 09/03/2004 21:49

Weak to moderate anticyclones coming up so anything could happen.
I say lots of fine weather without much anticyclonic gloom, here in Canterbury but with sea-breezes

JohnGaul
NZ Anticyclone Admirers Soc