General January Weather

[Richard]

7C here at 6.00 am,the NW has just got here

[NZstorm]

16C and solid overcast here in Auckland. The stratocumulus will burn back later this morning.
I think anywhere away from western coasts will get a hot day today.

[Michael]

Sounds typical there,here p.c suns shining mostly,still a westerly movement Hopefully a change to more interesting patterns soon.Havent had a low to the north for a while.

16C and solid overcast here in Auckland. The stratocumulus will burn back later this morning.
I think anywhere away from western coasts will get a hot day today.

[snowstormwatcher]

Nice day here to start the new year fine and warm light northerly wind overnight low of 5 degrees.

[FIREFROG]

Tis a nice morning here too overnight low was 5 degrees and currently no wind and 21 degrees. Eagerly awaiting 28 degrees and 130+ NW winds - Have a good 2010

[Chris Raine]

Nice morning at Thornbury Southland , temp 18 degrees , NW has kicked in currently 20 knots

[Andy]

27 degrees already in Alexandra, sunny NW winds. Happy New Year!

[snowstormwatcher]

Moderate northwesterly here now already 28 degrees.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Well the NW have arrived and so have the increase in temperatures, up to 31.8C now.
However, wont get any warmer as the high cloud is moving in.

JohnGaul
NZThS

[NZstorm]

Todays Auckland sounding shows the cooling effects of the SW flow quite dramatically. The sounding forecast temperature is actually 29C but the low level onshore maritime layer prevents surface heating. Max temp at Auckland airport was 21C today.

[Nev]

Virtually blue-dome skies all day here - max-temp 22.6C at 3:30pm with DP's up to 14C.

[Captain Salty]

metservice reporting only 11% humidity in chch right now

[Richard]

metservice reporting only 11% humidity in chch right now

gees thats low

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Since the cloud cover moved over, the temperature dropped away considerably from 32C at 4:30pm to 25C now, a drop of 7C in 2 hours.

JohnGaul
NZThS

[Michael]

Blue dome All day with sun the entire day in Wanganui but the westerly got going for a time in the afternoon but died out now

[snowstormwatcher]

Warm here 25 degrees at 7am. Southerly change cant be far away according to metservice timaru is on 16 degrees with a southeast wind. we still have a northwesterly and 28 degrees here.

[Chris Raine]

Bleak day in Southland, 37 kph westerly with light showers and 12 degrees

[FIREFROG]

Very warm here at the moment - sitting on 29.2C and the overnight temp only went to 17.4C. Currently have a 15kph NW blowing with 983.3hPa. Is the weather going to change or do I open the little fridge and have a few

[Nev]

Stumbled across this this morn - sounds interesting? ...

Gisborne first place in world to greet New Year - ONE News
7:58PM Friday January 01, 2010

Gisborne was the first place in the world to herald in the New Year, with camping grounds full and thousands attending the Rhythm and Vines music festival...

Campers also had a surprise start to the New Year, a small tornado ripping through the grounds. Eyewitnesses say the tornado picked up the covers of people's tents and collected airbeds.

Don't think there was much in the way of rain there yesterday, with a cool start and light to moderate NW'ers in the morn.

[CHCH Weather Chaser]

I see 33 degrees in CHCH atm according to MS. 23 here with sun showers atm in Kaiteriteri. Expecting some unsettled weather here later today and then again tomorrow night. Will update when I can! Yesterday was fine with a sea breeze that turned NW later at night and 28 degrees.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

The strong SW wind change came through here at 1110hrs and dropped the temperature from 31.4C to 22.2C in 40 minutes in sunny conditions without any cloud cover except for small scrap cloud.
The NW blew up again here overnight with the power going off, possibly from some trees over the lines, judging by the way it flickered just before going off.
Also lightning was spotted "way in the distance over and back of TC" when I got up for a Johnny Riddle around 4:30am

JohnGaul
NZThS

[jrj]

Jimmy, not Johnny

[Michael]

Quite a warm day in Whanganui today,high cloud only.saw a lenticcular cloud over the high counrty today warm about 23c with a fresh NW.

[Captain Salty]

Stumbled across this this morn - sounds interesting? ...

Gisborne first place in world to greet New Year - ONE News
7:58PM Friday January 01, 2010

Gisborne was the first place in the world to herald in the New Year, with camping grounds full and thousands attending the Rhythm and Vines music festival...

Campers also had a surprise start to the New Year, a small tornado ripping through the grounds. Eyewitnesses say the tornado picked up the covers of people's tents and collected airbeds.

Don't think there was much in the way of rain there yesterday, with a cool start and light to moderate NW'ers in the morn.

from the pictures on the news ,it was just an invisible dust devil. it was under a blue sky

[Michael]

yes saw it on tellie debri against a blue sky last night.it was called a small tornado but probably a devil in the heat.