General January Weather
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Re: General January Weather
Note: I've moved some posts relating to yesterday's North Island T-Storm's (including Photosearch's great 'Rangitoto T-Storm' pic), into a new 'More Convection, NI, 29th-31st January' thread.
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Re: General January Weather
Some good looking thunderstorms over the Pacific atm.
Look how dark the IR image is over the storms atm.
Look how dark the IR image is over the storms atm.
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Likewise here. Although now it says under CHCH rural fine and cloudy periods. Plenty of sunshine this morning with a southerly breeze.Richard wrote:I agree too,great pic photosearch.
Fine morning so far,so much for the low cloud and drizzle that's been forecasted for north of Banks Peninsula
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2014 Rainfall: Jan: 21mm Feb: 76mm March: 170mm April: 201mm YTD: 468mm
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2014 Rainfall: Jan: 21mm Feb: 76mm March: 170mm April: 201mm YTD: 468mm
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Re: General January Weather
DT grabs the binoculars... and, scans the Pacific horizon... yes I see cloud buildup E...Tornado Tim wrote:Some good looking thunderstorms over the Pacific atm.
Look how dark the IR image is over the storms atm.
C'mon Rain!!!!!! warming up outside... no wind... humid.
ps: great pic photosearch AWE some...
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Re: General January Weather
Sun gone now though LeightonLeighton Thomas wrote:Likewise here. Although now it says under CHCH rural fine and cloudy periods. Plenty of sunshine this morning with a southerly breeze.Richard wrote:I agree too,great pic photosearch.
Fine morning so far,so much for the low cloud and drizzle that's been forecasted for north of Banks Peninsula
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if that trough to our NE could swing down onto us...will be nice rain a coming
just had a drizzle line go through here...better rain slowly heading our way from the SE...hope it does not fizzle too much like yesterday....typical to get rain on the last day of the month...
just had a drizzle line go through here...better rain slowly heading our way from the SE...hope it does not fizzle too much like yesterday....typical to get rain on the last day of the month...
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That would be very nice, I am sick of watering bone-dry gardens, LOLManukau heads observer wrote:if that trough to our NE could swing down onto us...will be nice rain a coming
Humid here today, 23C with a 19C dewpoint (getting closer to 20C at times)
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Not here Sun beaming down but a freshening but not to fresh southerly breeze still around 15-20km.h. Around 19 degrees. Roles are reversed for onceRichard wrote:Sun gone now though Leighton
Anyways the reason I am making this post is to comment on that fact that the Metservice site is showing 35.2mm of rain in Tauranga in the hourly update at 12pm! Thats extreme!
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Re: General January Weather
There has been some convective enhancement of that rain area from eastern Bay of Plenty across Waikato. Some heavy stuff in there now. Te Aroha has had 50mm so far today.
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A further 15mm in Tauranga from 12pm-1pm so 50mm in 2 hours!
Update: Tauranga weather station at welcome bay has had 89mm today so far and the station is saying "heavy thunderstorm." I have been watching the station for 5 minutes and the daily rainfall has gone from 78.2mm to 88.5mm!
Update: Tauranga weather station at welcome bay has had 89mm today so far and the station is saying "heavy thunderstorm." I have been watching the station for 5 minutes and the daily rainfall has gone from 78.2mm to 88.5mm!
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2014 Rainfall: Jan: 21mm Feb: 76mm March: 170mm April: 201mm YTD: 468mm
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2014 Rainfall: Jan: 21mm Feb: 76mm March: 170mm April: 201mm YTD: 468mm
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Nooooo stay away!! Beautiful clear blue sky day here in Chch city, getting plenty of gardening done.Deano wrote:Heavily overcast an hour down the road ChCh folk
The overcast cloud that comes in from the sea seemingly all the time in Christchurch is really depressing, considering that it end just south of Chch. I went out for a cycle on Friday evening; overcast and cold and miserable in Chch, yet only 15km south in Lincoln it was clear blue sky and a great evening, warm too. How can it be so cruel?
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Check some of these rain stats out for Gisborne region http://www.gdc.govt.nz/sites-list/rainfall
Many of those sites have 100-200mm in last 24 hours.
Many of those sites have 100-200mm in last 24 hours.
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Yup we've had some heavy rain here today, also the dewpoint and outdoor temp. has been only 1.1 - 1.3 deg C difference most of the day....
I don't know how accurate my rain gage is but at a guess would say it could be slightly over reading
Am open to donations of more accurate weather station equip
I don't know how accurate my rain gage is but at a guess would say it could be slightly over reading
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Thunderstorm just south East of Cambridge atm
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Re: General January Weather
Good to see Jamie is getting some good rain now. He's had over 30mm since 9:00am today.
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Is that 7 thunder days in a row there now!?
Yes Jamie will be happier with that some good rain through most of the Northern Waikato by the look of it
Yes Jamie will be happier with that some good rain through most of the Northern Waikato by the look of it
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Sure is sticky here in Auckland, patchy showers, temp 23 and a DP of 21.3 degrees!
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Re: General January Weather
Gee incredible difference in climate up there in Auckland and the Far north this summer (or prob any summer)compared to the frigid climate down in these parts.
Cloud clearing from the east/northeast.Looks like a fine evening coming up.
Cloud clearing from the east/northeast.Looks like a fine evening coming up.
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Re: General January Weather
looks like the centre of the low is crossing Auckland/northern Coromandel at the mo... quite calm where I am in west Auckland... will be interesting to see what happens on the other side of this low...