Not much Action Weather Here...

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Wed 05/05/2004 10:41

...just a little thunder and lightning, and moderate rainfall. Anybody elsewhere get anything exciting?

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Wed 05/05/2004 11:48

Yep its exciting here We have a wind from the west that appears to be going more NW and partly cloudy

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Wed 05/05/2004 13:28

In Auckland its cloudy, breezy and 20c.
I notice some heavy showers have got into Coastal Canterbury.

C-Nimbus · Unread post by **C-Nimbus** » Wed 05/05/2004 15:58

All I can say is.....

Show us ya pink bits!!

And you say there wasn't that much action down that way?

Is this true?

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Wed 05/05/2004 16:07

At least its down there for once.

Am sure when the SW comes back and its not far away we will have it all again

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Wed 05/05/2004 17:23

We copped a little bit of thunder and lightning overnight, but nothing too grand. Looking at that weather radar, most of it was just a toch north of us. Oh well. Maybe next time. At least we got some more snow, and there is more dark and ominous-looking cloud lurking off to the SW right now...

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Wed 05/05/2004 17:25

...just a little thunder and lightning, and moderate rainfall. Anybody elsewhere get anything exciting?

Pretty eventful day in Chch, though not quite as severe here as was predicted for Canterbury. It started fine, warm and calm, but the strong northwesterly then immediately sprung up. (I can't ever recall it going from calm to strong in literally a few seconds

) The cloud darkened from the south about 10AM, and then it rained - unusually solid rain for a norwester.

Imagine what it would've been like in the high country.

No thunder or hail here, but looking at that Noon radar, the area of North Canterbury in the purple could easily have got some. Then it gradually cleared up, but the airmass was obviously alot cooler, as it didn't feel like a norwester temperature wise. (fresh snow visible on the mountains)

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Wed 05/05/2004 21:50

The cloud darkened from the south about 10AM, and then it rained - unusually solid rain for a norwester

I must add that the temperature obs for Chch Airport at 10AM show only 7C!

A big drop from the 20 or 21C max earlier. I presume Chch's max was before the rain hit - couldn't have been more than the low teens afterwards.

At least we got some more snow, and there is more dark and ominous-looking cloud lurking off to the SW right now...

You should be getting snow tonight Gary (snowfall warning for Lindis Pass - predicted as low as 300 metres), if you're not already getting it.

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Wed 05/05/2004 22:04

tich wrote:
(I can't ever recall it going from calm to strong in literally a few seconds )

The South Westerly here rose on Monday night from no wind at all to a screaming gale in a short time

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Wed 05/05/2004 22:12

Michael wrote:
tich wrote: The South Westerly here rose on Monday night from no wind at all to a screaming gale in a short time

sorry,Michael, I don't believe you

We had something like that on monday night which was much more believable.

Thankyou

JohnGaul
NZTS

wxgirl · Unread post by **wxgirl** » Thu 06/05/2004 08:37

tich wrote:
I must add that the temperature obs for Chch Airport at 10AM show only 7C! A big drop from the 20 or 21C max earlier. I presume Chch's max was before the rain hit - couldn't have been more than the low teens afterwards.

The Chch Airport showed 19deg at 10am Wed according to the data from NOAA.
6 PM (22) MayÂ 04 66 (19) 42 (6) 29.38 (0995) NW 25 rain

It did cool down, although breeze was still from the NW, the temp was only about 14 for most of the afternoon.

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Thu 06/05/2004 22:08

The Chch Airport showed 19deg at 10am Wed according to the data from NOAA.
6 PM (22) May 04 66 (19) 42 (6) 29.38 (0995) NW 25 rain

It did cool down, although breeze was still from the NW, the temp was only about 14 for most of the afternoon.

I recall the change from fine and warm to rain and cool happened about 10AM or soon after in central Chch. Strange weather yesterday - normally you'd get a southerly change with that scenario.