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Think they judged the NE and cloud wouldnt move in as quick as it has.
NZstorm wrote: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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NZstorm wrote: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.
It was down to 7C here by midnight, if the sky stayed clear all night 3 or 4 could have been a possibility, maybe they didn't expect the cloud to come in this early. Overcast this morning.
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neighbours smokey fire hitting an inversion layer....me bored waiting for the new weather system, LOL
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Slight frost here this morning thick high cloud here at the moment currently 3 degrees.
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Manukau heads observer wrote:neighbours smokey fire hitting an inversion layer....me bored waiting for the new weather system, LOL
I wonder how windy it will get at yours Brian?
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depends on how tight centered the low will end up over the taranaki area ...and how much a secondary low that will form near east cape will steal the show...

I would say we will get gusts to 100kmh easy enough in the NW and westerly flow :)
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Manukau heads observer wrote:neighbours smokey fire hitting an inversion layer....me bored waiting for the new weather system, LOL
KNOW THE FEELING..... :-w
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It was down to 7C here by midnight, if the sky stayed clear all night 3 or 4 could have been a possibility, maybe they didn't expect the cloud to come in this early. Overcast this morning.
There needs to be a polar airmass in place to get 3C in Auckland in May.
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Dull crap day here 9.9C with fog. Probably will not see the sun today sadly. Yesterday was a magnificent day.
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Sun peeked out for a few sec's then disappeared behind the clouds - still a grey cast day out there - slight wind - feels warmish, though I put it down to the low cloud keeping the warmth from the ground from rising - currently 18 C out .
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ECMWF brings in yet another wet system from the NorthTasman for early June, GFS is now in agreement but it is still a long way out. We seem to be having a good run of these Central/North Tasman Lows.
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Latest run of the gfs suggests snow possibilties over the country later in the week, the Volcanic Plateau included. Not sure we should look at the details too closely yet though as there will be a lot of variability in the modeling over the next few days given complex set up.
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Gee looking good for Thursday/Friday
Thicknesses down to 528 over Canterbury and plenty of moisture
If it comes off of course
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Morning, currently 12 C out - the air's abit nippy out today - quite a contrast from yesterday - have had a few brief squally showers move through here - pity, there may possibly be no lightning or thunder up here, still - Taranaki and Raglan northwards are looking good later for activity.

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Issued at: 9:02am Tuesday 25 May 2010


Showers are expected to continue in western areas of the North Island from Taranaki northwards. A small but fairly deep low in the eastern Tasman Sea is forecast to pass near New Plymouth in the early evening and lie over the central North Island at midnight. A trough on its northern side will probably trigger a few thunderstorms from Taranaki northwards in the late afternoon and cross the Bay of Plenty in the evening. Expect brief heavy rain and small hail with any thunderstorms. From about Raglan northwards there is also the likelihood of gusts to about 110 km/h and possibly one or two small tornadoes.

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Had a brief squall move through from the W here at 15:00hrs it quite took me by surprise - it sure had some very strong winds as crossed and moved over me SE.
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Looks like a bit of a squall line out to the west of Auckland/Waikato on radar, fast approaching. I can imagine there being some decent gusts with this. No lightning though. The upper air hasn't been quite cold enough to get the instability really going.
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Coldest day here so far this winter, max temp of 3.6 degrees. Overcast skies with patches of drizzel, cold and damp all day. Snow to around 500m
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Have been down in the SouthIsland for the last few days , stayed at Hamner last night and drove over the Lewis Pass to the West Coast this afternoon, my first visit to this part of NZ, nice.
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Certainly not looking forward to this event,Planes sounding like sirens which means the big blows not far away,though we were rather fortunate it didnt arrive as predicted today.
NZstorm wrote:Looks like a bit of a squall line out to the west of Auckland/Waikato on radar, fast approaching. I can imagine there being some decent gusts with this. No lightning though. The upper air hasn't been quite cold enough to get the instability really going.
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NZstorm wrote:Looks like a bit of a squall line out to the west of Auckland/Waikato on radar, fast approaching. I can imagine there being some decent gusts with this. No lightning though. The upper air hasn't been quite cold enough to get the instability really going.
Hmm, will be interesting to see what eventuates.

I noticed when I got home this evening that everything was wet, whereas it had been dry in the city. Weather station showed a brief downpour reaching a peak instantaneous rate of 73mm/hr around 5pm :smile:
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It was dry here today though there were some spits with a light WNW breeze,it was quite mild too.Looks as if another tasman type low next week too with similar properties.
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David wrote:I noticed when I got home this evening that everything was wet, whereas it had been dry in the city. Weather station showed a brief downpour reaching a peak instantaneous rate of 73mm/hr around 5pm :smile:
Been fairly dry here all day also, but had a brief little downpour at about 5:45pm that only lasted a few minutes. Rogue cell shows up quite clearly on the 6pm radar (which obviously isn't quite 6pm)...
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Flooding in Christchurch. Water flooding in to our house on the Heathcote River. Road almost gone and about 2 inches of river under our house and in our garage. Not surprisingly extra traffic up and down the street having a look!
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Another very cloudy month by the looks of it here in north canterbury with only 8 sun in the last 12days and total so far of 88h so far :eek:
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Great pictures there spwill.
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