General April Weather

[Andy]

21 here with sunny skies

[Richard]

An absolutely beautiful day,not a puff of wind and 24C

[Andy]

An absolutely beautiful day,not a puff of wind and 24C

Yes Richard. A stunner here as well 25 with light winds and blue skies.

[melja]

I see metuv has a low passing over the south island on tuesday with good SE flow and rain behind it for the east of the island, hope it pulls off as this would be much needed rain.

[Captain Salty]

well apparently chch is in for at least 7 days of rain in a row, from saturday

[snowstormwatcher]

Another great day here blue skys and 20 degrees.

[CHCH Weather Chaser]

well apparently chch is in for at least 7 days of rain in a row, from saturday

Saturday should see a southerly change in the morning bringing a period of rain or showers but clearing later in the day but Sunday should be reasonably warm with possibility of NW reaching here and low to mid 20's possible. There is the chance of a few brief spots of rain spreading from the west but nothing to speak of really. Monday into Tuesday is looking like the 24 hours that could be possibly the wettest 24hours this year at this point but this system is changing all the time so thats not for sure either and then from Tuesday afternoon winds swinging back to NE. Although the Metservice does have 7 rain symbols the actual forecast is a lot better than saying 7 days of rain in a row are on the way because half of that will just be brief stuff from the west and only chance of showers. Anyhow, 19 degrees today with a fresh NE gusting near 50km.h this afternoon. Did well at this time of year to still get to 19 with those sort of winds.

[Storm Struck]

Yes the system starting at the weekend might just signal the boot to El Nino, with a NW/SW flow becoming established over the coming weeks.
This will mean our cold blasts will be in force and bringing snow to low levels which we havnt seen this year yet.
Surly it cant have been a 50kmh NE in CHCH today, where i was working in Clarkville it was only a moderate breeze not even 30kmh and thats right near the coast.
Our late summer has been great but some much needed rain will also be welcome

[Richard]

Southern CHCH along the port hills does get stronger sea breezes than where you were though Jase,even here where i was today was a probably about a 20 km NE,which is not a common wind.
21C at 2.00pm,nice temp for working outside in, after a 0 start this morning

[CHCH Weather Chaser]

Another absolutely stunning start to the day here with 20 degrees already and a max gust of 9km/h since midnight. Not a breath of wind out there.

Temperature 20.3 C
Dewpoint 7.7 C
Humidity 44 %

Wind Speed 4 km/h
Average Wind Speed 0 km/h
Wind Direction South West
Barometer 1012.7 hPa

Rainfall (Last 10 Mins) 0.0 mm

[Razor]

Don't know where people are getting the 50km NE from yesterday in ChCh, certainly was only a gentle breeze all afternoon in the central part of town

Jeffs had a max gust of 28km

[CHCH Weather Chaser]

I saw it at 43km/h on Metservice site yesterday in the current conditions. Anyhow up to 22 degrees now still no wind, gotta love it!!

[Lukemyster]

Makes up for the poor Jan temps and sunshine hours certainly eh..

Up to 25 degrees now!!!!!!! Whats this about the 6th time its been at or over 25C in "April"!!!!:0

[CHCH Weather Chaser]

Makes up for the poor Jan temps and sunshine hours certainly eh..

Up to 25 degrees now!!!!!!! Whats this about the 6th time its been at or over 25C in "April"!!!!:0

Yup 25 degrees and have the water on the lawns and garden all morning!

[Razor]

I actually sympathise with the poor metservice trying to predict Chch temps. One failed NE or an unexpected NW push into town and their forecast maximus are fried. It seems to happen regulalry. Today is case in point, 21 forecast this morning which seemed a long way off first thing this morning. But its just hit 26 on an absolute pearler of an afternoon- and seems to still be rising

[Lacertae]

26 ?!? I've got 19 here in Hoon Hay ...
Great day anyway.

[Razor]

Both ChCh airport and Jeffs have been up to 26 this afternoon between 2-3pm. 4pm 24.4 at jeffs- also in Hoon Hay. Given airport / metservice readings I think yours might be out Lacertae?

[Lacertae]

I've noticed that since I've moved to Hoon Hay, my outside temperature reading isn't accurate anymore. But of that much ...
I need to find a better spot in the garden for the sensor.

[snowstormwatcher]

Warm here as well high of 25.8 degrees dropped back to 14 now with a change to easterly/southeasterly.

[Storm Struck]

What an excellent day again today, you could tell it was light NW inland somewhere but light winds all day.
Did anyone notice the mid level cloud hanging around to the W-SW, thats actually high cloud but couldnt develope out because the winds were light at all levels.
26C out this way too, just seems to me the seasons are shifting forward now.

[Manukau heads obs]

just seems to me the seasons are shifting forward now

I dont think people in Invercargill will agree with that
while Canty and inland Otago has been getting warm NW winds, southland has been wet and cool (13C) with more westerlies instead

[Michael]

Its the fact of the westerlies,probably if N.Z straddled 44-56 S ie 10° poleward,january in chch probably been warmer due to westerlies which would have prevailed rather than the anticyclonic southerlies Vs subtropic lows to the east,of course by now it be wintery.

[mattyj46]

just seems to me the seasons are shifting forward now

I dont think people in Invercargill will agree with that
while Canty and inland Otago has been getting warm NW winds, southland has been wet and cool (13C) with more westerlies instead

Agreed, but I have to say for April we've only had one really wintery day, has not been cold that I can recall, then again it hasn't been warm. Seems like by now we should have had at least some snow on the Takitimu mountains, nothing on them.

[Michael]

Been no real wintery weather yet admittingly we had SW but again they havent been cold nor having much convection dragged over.

[Tornado Tim]

I love the way M/S have worded the Weather Outlook:

A disturbed northwest flow is forecast to cover the South Island during much of the period.

Fancy the North West wind to be "disturbed " LOL