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Re: Cool end to October

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03Stormchaser wrote:Looking quickly at the models change should arrive late in the day, upper air gets very cold -32C!! early thursday morning. Southerly near gale force if not gale in exposed places. Snow to low levels looks very likely on wednesday/thursday, I see Bob picking 300m, wont be surprised if 200m or lower.
Blueskies on the other hand only picking 400m!
I did say sleet and hail to low levels though!
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Re: Cool end to October

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I'm ready to chase should something eventuate, bring it on!

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Re: Cool end to October

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Well a very blustery NE here this morning with daytime heating.Getting to 16 degrees despite such a fresh 30-40km/h NE. So conditions are good in that part for Thunderstorms. Cloud has increased with much high cloud now. I see MS saying light winds tending westerly. Well they certainly havent been light all morning! NE well and truly prevailing! Queenstown has "snow showers developing" forecast, interesting...
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Re: Cool end to October

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I have a very warm 21 degs here in Waddington with gusty, warm winds from what appears to be NWesterly direction. High cloud.
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Re: Cool end to October

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NW here from 4pm, so chances look dim now sadly :( , I hope I'm wrong.

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Re: Cool end to October

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I'm being told by friend in Springston that wind is changing to southerly? Still NW here... warm.. cloud increasing to south.
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Re: Cool end to October

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southerly hit here in dunedin around 3.30. went very dark and then very heavy rain and strong winds but no hail.
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Re: Cool end to October

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I Wouldnt write anything off yet the main front is still to the south by the looks.
There has been some strikes down near Dunedin somewhere in the last hour or so, certainly is a bugger about that NWer kicking in.
Remember we had lightning at 10pm the other week.
I shall keep my eyes peeled.
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Re: Cool end to October

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Sort of Sw here at the moment with cloud thickening away to the south,and around the back of BP, with some interesting forms. Not much action in TC though.

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Re: Cool end to October

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Looks like it's being blown out to sea.... >_<
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Re: Cool end to October

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First wave of the change just coming through sliding out over the peninsula with a few spits here in town. The real event will be later I suspect.
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Looks like a line has been set off from the SW wind change with Banks Peninnsula picking up some precip going by the 6pm radar.
It is very SW at the moment the shower activity i mean, but give it a few hours and it will be more S-SW.
Trackers have picked up a few more strikes not sure where but stevens one picks them up off BP.
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Re: Cool end to October

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Akaroa webcam appears to show rain, very overcast, grey....
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and here we go.
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Re: Cool end to October

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gopolks wrote:and here we go.
What you got and where?
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Well that was werid,??? got pitch black here in avondale all of a sudden and about five/ten seconds of thick droplets, now its all calm and dry.
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Re: Cool end to October

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Hmm, still definitely norwest here...
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Re: Cool end to October

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Hi all..My thoughts on tomorrow .. for what its worth...

to midnight Thursday ...
A cold trough should push northwards over the South Island thru the remainder of today, reaching Cook Strait overnight, then clearing the North Island in the morning. A squally southerly change is expected with the trough, with heavy showers and hail. Becoming colder, with snow reaching 300 metres in the far south, 500 metres about Wellington and 6-700 metres further north. Cold southerlies and showers should persist for much of the south and east tomorrow, although they should gradually ease later as weak ridging pushes over the South Island.
It should be a cold but fairly brief event.

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Re: Cool end to October

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just high cloud here but looking quite dark down south not cold though still 14 degrees
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Re: Cool end to October

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Aaron and 03 are in Rakaia and reporting a big gust front on its way...!
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Andrew Massie wrote:Aaron and 03 are in Rakaia and reporting a big gust front on its way...!
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borris89 wrote:southerly hit here in dunedin around 3.30. went very dark and then very heavy rain and strong winds but no hail.
Just got our first "short" hail storm. Looks like more to come...
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Re: Cool end to October

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The black cloud that has been on the horizon for last hour is almost upon us...
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2nd wave's here now... graupel at sea level! 16 degrees outside with a DP of 8 degrees! Wierd!
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Re: Cool end to October

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No precipitation here at all... wind has dropped.
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