General December Weather

[DT-NZ]

In case anyone is interested, Hawkes Bay today around 5:30 looking towards the ranges north of Napier

nice, thank's for posting what the skies looked like today in your part of the country - take care.

[NZstorm]

Thanks for the interesting photo Raikyn.

[Raikyn]

As a point of reference, on the left is bluff hill in Napier about 15km away. The foothills in sunshine on the coast are about 35km away. I'd estimate that this little system is close to 50 km from my vantage point.

[Achten]

Very short TS yesterday around 3:30ish, about 4 rolls of thunder that I heard but was not able to go outside and view.

[Weather Watcher]

That's a really nice photo Raikyn. Thanks for posting it.

[Michael]

It appears as if a V.strong NW flow to affect much of the south island is to move on the country over the next 24-36 hours,It could be worth watching.

[ricky]

Thanks Raikyn, Great to see pics from near my hometown Napier I remember seeing quite a few thunderstorms come in off the Ranges there and the water tower on the hill was hit many times!
Also driving home after a family xmas holiday on the Napier Taupo road and having lightning striking the hills all around us

[Razor]

Nudging 30 degrees here already...all on for a hot hot afternoon

Edit, make that 31, and its not even lunchtime!. Already blown the predicted high for the day out by 5 degrees, how high is it going? Thin high cloud about but not enough to stop the rise so far

[Dean.]

Will cool down this afternoon.28 at Ashburton at 10am this morning before the high cloud streamed in.Still a mild 23-24 here.

[Michael]

Where is the NWer?Its been lighter than it has been but no better than WSW,the BOM chart is way off for todays forecast(yesterday).typical.

[gllitz]

Pretty impressive SAT loop with the cloud extending all the way from NW Aussie right through to South of NZ! Neat!

[CbFan]

Where is the NWer?Its been lighter than it has been but no better than WSW,the BOM chart is way off for todays forecast(yesterday).typical.

NW sprang up in the BOI at about 1200 today, form light variables to steady 25 gusting 30kn over the water in about 30min. Enough for me to give up fishing and play in the whitecaps with the yak for a while before heading home.

[Manukau heads obs]

that must have been a local NWer? (sea breeze bent SWer?)
still WSW here this morning,typical for the NW change to arrive late up this way

[NZstorm]

For Canterbury folk there is still the chance of a thunderstorm Sunday afternoon. But it will come down to timing of southerly buster and amount of daytime heating ahead of it. If a storm does develop I'm thinking it will be more likely inland atm. The strong upper flow may support an isolated large hail risk.

Looks like a high settles across NZ next week. However low level convergence/moisture may lead to some afternoon showers in northern areas. The passage of an upper trough Wednesday may allow a few showers to turn thundery over the inland ranges.

[Michael]

I think theyre closer to the centre of the high so it was more northerly as it was just off northland yesterday.

that must have been a local NWer? (sea breeze bent SWer?)
still WSW here this morning,typical for the NW change to arrive late up this way

[DT-NZ]

Report from the inlands - Hukerenui currently 27 C out feel's like mid 30's... it's hot, dry... and awful!!!!! awful!!! horribly awful.

[Weetbicks]

Temps' just shot up 5 deg in the last 2 hrs, up to 24 degrees at 10:45pm, wind has gone NW

[Michael]

A bit of drizzle here today,that will probably be it for the next few days.16c.

[spwill]

low was 18C, some light rain around , muggy 18C dewpoint. December has been a quite good weather month for the City of Sails after an awful November

[Michael]

Looking pretty good after Monday,hopefully no more SW winds for a week!
Perhaps even convergence in the high pressure zone.

[Weetbicks]

Gorgeous morning here in the garden city. Was up @ the crack of dawn today and it was still and about 14 deg. Now it is up to 23 degrees with a light SW, some fair weather cumulus around but that's about all. Sposed to turn to crap later on, so make the most of it now.

[03Stormchaser]

Gorgeous morning here in the garden city. Was up @ the crack of dawn today and it was still and about 14 deg. Now it is up to 23 degrees with a light SW, some fair weather cumulus around but that's about all. Sposed to turn to crap later on, so make the most of it now.

Was a warm night out last night, nice evening sitting out on the strip drinking a couple <cough> quiets.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Sposed to turn to crap later on, so make the most of it now.

I am.
I eating gooseberries out in our garden, and other berries and stuff. I told them not to worry as we weren't going to get any hail today

JohnGaul
NZThS

[spwill]

Very nice here now, not expecting hail.

[Richard]

I eating gooseberries out in our garden, and other berries

JohnGaul
NZThS

How did you get Gooseberries so early John
1C here this morning,should get to mid to late 20's later