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Awesome sun dog Tim _b great pics :D
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Vertigo wrote:some (awful) pics that i took this morning.. very dense fog all over auckland. my phone camera couldnt cope with the low light levels at 6am.

heres a panorama from one tree hill a little later on. ill link this one because its huge.
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Not bad fog pics really :D liking the pano _b
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Another dull day in Chch (payback for the sunny, warm weather before the dull spell set in), but dry as well.
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Got some good CB action S of Chch right now...
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Andrew Massie wrote:Got some good CU action S of Chch right now...
Yeah we do, wouldnt have thought that
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CHCH Weather Chaser wrote:
Andrew Massie wrote:Got some good CU action S of Chch right now...
Yeah we do, wouldnt have thought that
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Just noticed those beafy CB clouds to the south not bad :D , CU congestus developing above here and to the NW too atm.
Maybe some heavy showers later on, i thought there was a thunderstorm looking at that CB to the south.
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Jasestorm wrote:Just noticed those beafy CB clouds to the south not bad :D , CU congestus developing above here and to the NW too atm.
Maybe some heavy showers later on, i thought there was a thunderstorm looking at that CB to the south.
Me too! Was looking quite ominous for a while..!
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Dark grey black looking line of cloud running from SE to SW at the moment, mixed with CU congestus looking like it wants to open up and pour down.
Took this photo half an hour ago of some stronger CU to the north from here.
Edit: An hour later that converged line came through with some light spotty rain and a southerly breeze, lots of Mamatus about too now.
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Clouds were looking quite threatening, now getting quite a heavy shower :)
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Had some breif showers come through here a couple of hours ago clearing up now cool as well currently 7.7 degrees.
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Yes those clouds did look thundery today, that CB jase did look good for a stage, infact the whole of the south looked very unstable at lunch!
Driving home at about 3 30, got a nice heavy shower under what must of been a convergance line.. witch also looked thundery from a distance driving into it. hmm interesting wee afternoon really! :-k
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Morning,

Beautiful looking day out with blues skies, sunshine and whispy cirrus out over on the horizon looking west overnight min 10.4 currently 14.1 C out.
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Jase -

Where is the link to the Canterbury Weather website you are working on... I've been trying to find he topic and thread for it... will go and have another look.
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I see Auckland is forecast for a low of 3 tonight, yet Hamilton's forecast low is 4? :-k
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I see Auckland is forecast for a low of 3 tonight, yet Hamilton's forecast low is 4
I have heard that forecast low of 3C on the radio and my immediate thoughts were a misprint.
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there will be a dying southerly and clear skies...but yes you would expect Hamilton to be the lower one!
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Fine today fresh snow down to 1400/1500m on the ranges overnight high of 10 degrees possbily a light frost tonight before the cloud thickens up tomorrow.
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At this stage cold air from the south is prevented by anticyclones far to the south but advective snow would still be possible in easterly flows.
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fog developing here in the valley
temperature at 9C here at the top of the hill still
wind will be up from the NE by morning I suspect
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thick fog here too. even in the centre of town fog is think. doesnt thin at all between here and town.
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David wrote:I see Auckland is forecast for a low of 3 tonight, yet Hamilton's forecast low is 4? :-k
I see Whenuapai Aero was on about 5C at 6am.

Only got down to 7.8C here at 1:50am before temps started to rise again - currently 9.6C.
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gotta love hill hugging fog like this :)
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Manukau heads observer wrote:gotta love hill hugging fog like this :)
Wow nice views this morning :smile: similiar looking grey skies here though with no fog layer - currently 9 C out - no wind. Snapped this pic last evening of skies looking west.
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Looks like the Met Service prediction of 3C for Auckland didn't materialise, not that we thought it would. Grey Lynn min was 7.2C. A sloppy bit of forecasting by Met Service considering we are having a warm season.
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