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Re: General August Weather

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24mm here :)
Low was 14° last night!! Haven't seen a single digit low since 9th August.
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Re: General August Weather

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Winter ain't over yet though - North Islanders may be in for cold shock later in the week. 8-o

Apparently most of the South Island has been about 2°C above normal so far this month.
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I had 15.8mm of rain from midnight last night, 9.6mm before that so in total around 25.4mm.
This may be warmer day than usual as the low was 14.1°C and already its 16.4°C @ 9.23 AM! :eek:
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Re: General August Weather

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Moderate Rain falling here just out of Westport for the past 6 or 7 Hours. Total up to 23mm so far. Nothing heavy yet by Westcoast Standards. Rain forecast all day and till tomorrow noon! Let you know of total update at noon or early afternoon if gets heavier. No wind to speak of
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Re: General August Weather

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August is usually a reliable month for snowfall over NZ but cold air from the south continues to be blocked. The Southerly over the NI later next week will have temps near the average.

I am heading up to the Tropics today, the warm sunshine will be nice.
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A nice and high DP here, just making it muggy.
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Bon voyage considering the Hideous weather Auckland will have this coming week.
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Quite an interesting Misty very light drizzly night last night, my deck is actually damp facing the NW.
Patchy rain started under an hour ago moving down from the North by the looks of the radar, off and on type stuff really.
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Rain let up around before noon here in Westport and since has been very muggy. No blue sky to be seen, one or two brief showers coming through and sitting on 16 degrees with no wind. Feels more like 20 though! According to the forecast there should be rain with heavy falls. Maybe a burst later on today. Only 2mm since early this morning.
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Mild and parly cloudy here in Upper Hutt ..just a mm or two early this morning ..max today so 20.4c (2nd day in a row)
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Re: General August Weather

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Was a gorgeous morning up here, got up to 20.8 degrees, the sun was out, the grass was growing.... it's taken a big turn for the bad now though, some very heavy looking clouds overhead.
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Lgt rain and drizzle set in after a misty morning at 3pm , only about 0.4mm so far but anything is welcome as we have had stuff all rain so far this month. Interested in Rawdon's comments , good to see some manual instruments still in existance
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that last wind shift from the NE to the NW CB line yesterday afternoon looked great out off the coast here...I had a great view of it from the surfboard....there was a beavers tail then a rain free wall cloud and all !
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Must admit that was indeed rather nice to watch from up top here, had a very troppo look to it but alas had to go out to a 'do' in Hunua where it persistently rained the whole time, yet on the travel home once through the gorge and into Papakura & south, not a drop fell.
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Unfortunately seems to be a worldwide pattern change with the seasons back to "normal weather" ie storm season started in northern hemisphere,fires in california,drought in Australia and Persistant SW winds seem to be digging in here.
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Well doing a weather report from Hukerenui today - its a blustery windy day out there @ the moment - overcast skies - currently 15.8 °C out.
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ust admit that was indeed rather nice to watch from up top here, had a very troppo look to it
yes, exactly what I thought, a very summery tropical look (with little glaciation...not much cold pool evident thats for sure)
I guess it was a low of sub tropical origin afterall, and the temp was 16 to 17C and dew point around 15C :)
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Chris ... Nice comments re manual obs ..I dont even have a cellphone despite there being 4 in the house!!! max today in Upper Hutt 13 and a wee bit!! Sunny now with a dying southerly ..narrow ridge overnight ..then more early spring westerlies instore... none of the models agreed today ..made for some interesting "nodding" chat at work ..!!
Late shift tomorrow for me...

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guess it was a low of sub tropical origin afterall, and the temp was 16 to 17C and dew point around 15C
Upper air was a little bit cold though with 500mb temp -20C, 850mb 6C. The cloud tops were 4500m, temp -15C.
We were lacking an upper short wave to take the cloud tops higher for thunder.
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Was in Christchurch on Saturday and most of Sunday for my nana's 80th, I have to say I was disappointed at the weather q-

Not cold but just a bit foggy and grey, a bit of rain. Ah well you can't pick the weather, had a good time and really liked Christchurch.
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crikey dicks!!! this front in the tasman is as active as hell. 20 strikes per min
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yup, I recorded lots of strikes from here (25 strikes per minute for a few hours)
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Yes, snapped this very early this morn, just ahead of the front ...
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Wow that front moving through South Canterbury has got some punch at the moment 8-o , dont think ive seen red on the radar in ages.
Maybe theres some sleet mixed in there, wouldnt rule it out as fronts can take us by surprise especailly during August.
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