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91.2 mm here MTD.
Take out approx 2mm worth of dew fall from that, LOL :lol:
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Just to add about previous comments Auckland probably wasnt so wet because the 1st 1/2 of the month was quite dry still,if the whole mnth was like from the 15th it would have been rather wet.Today sunshine to round the month off...
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Re: General May Weather

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David wrote:
spwill wrote:Some rainfall numbers for May from the Herald
Whangarei 200.2mm, Tauranga239.8, Whakatane 297.4, Rotorua 282.8, Newplymouth 216.2, Napier 204, Wellington 208.4, Dunedin 231.6mm.
Wow, looks like Auckland wasn't really that wet afterall :rolleyes:
It would appear that N'ern parts of the Akld region generally received way more than S'ern parts.
Here's a few May rainfall figure's (mm) c/o NIWA...

253.6 - Warkworth
204 6 - Whangaparaoa
210.0 - Kumeu
169.8 - Khyber Pass
149.6 - Mangere
154.2 - Auckland Aero
118.8 - Pukekohe
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Thanks for posting those figures Nev :smile: My total is at the lower end of those values, 134.8mm here.
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Nev wrote:[quote="David] Some rainfall numbers for May from the Herald
Whangarei 200.2mm, Tauranga239.8, Whakatane 297.4, Rotorua 282.8, Newplymouth 216.2, Napier 204, Wellington 208.4, Dunedin 231.6mm.

Wow, looks like Auckland wasn't really that wet afterall :rolleyes:
It would appear that N'ern parts of the Akld region generally received way more than S'ern parts.
Here's a few May rainfall figure's (mm) c/o NIWA...

253.6 - Warkworth
204 6 - Whangaparaoa
210.0 - Kumeu
169.8 - Khyber Pass
149.6 - Mangere
154.2 - Auckland Aero
118.8 - Pukekohe[/quote][/quote][/quote]

Dompost has Kelburn MTD rainfall to 9am Sunday as 184.4mm. Not worth checking reliable sources until the month is over.
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As @ the time of this post - Alan's station is tracking one storm cell 1143km W over the tasman :mrgreen: - though, albeit weak in intensity at the moment the radar shows the trend is steady - Yes !!!! :D
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I thought I heard a rumble of in the distance, though, it could have been the sound of a wave pounding on the beach - still (Hi Alan :wave:) I'm over at your station @ mo and presently your lightnning radar is tracking 2 storm cells out west - one of those cells is strong - though it flutuates between steady to moderate intensity - sadly the other cell appears to be weakening.

Anyway, a huge thank you Alan for all the work you do in and behind the scenes with the Kerikeri weather, greatly appreciated _b.
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good dollop of rain here at the moment and at around midnight
still counting into may officialy, now another 17mm to bring total for me for may to 200mm !
first time in years a monthly total of 200 or more for here (not unusual in winter months in years gone by though)
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a good bit windy too.
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Most of this will record as May if the 9 oclock system is used.
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Just hit 30mm here over the last 12 hours or so and still falling moderate to heavy.

Castle Rock on the Coromandel currently at 45.5mm.
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And it looks like a very heavy shower line about to hit Waiheke now..
Rapid development of heavier showers now with a bit of thunder west of Northland.. Upper trough must be moving in very quickly as the midnight Sounding looked relatively quite Warm above!
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ricky wrote:And it looks like a very heavy shower line about to hit Waiheke now..
Yep, hit just after I posted the above - man that's heavy! :D

Edit: Make that 46.5mm here...
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looks like there are a few squall lines out there. the one Nev got, one up around the Whangarei area and one out of the Kaipara Harbour coast.
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Michael wrote:Most of this will record as May if the 9 oclock system is used.
Yes, that's the WMO standard. Rainfall figures are then readjusted to the previous day, as are T-maxs. However T-mins remain on the day that they were reported for the 24hrs to 9am.

So I've moved spwill's comments re this morns temps and 'the first day of winter' to the June thread.
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19mm here overnight :smile: YTD total just cracked the 300mm mark
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Much of the heavy rain/ thunder activity has been over water, some big Cbs have formed over Northland.
I see Whangarei has had 22.8mm last hr.
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Michael wrote:Most of this will record as May if the 9 oclock system is used.
Morning, ok... 36mm since from 6pm (last evening) to 9am (this morning) rainfall total for May from here 150mm.
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ricky wrote:Rapid development of heavier showers now with a bit of thunder west of Northland.. Upper trough must be moving in very quickly as the midnight Sounding looked relatively quite Warm above!
Morning ricky,

Yea!!! wind picked up.. looked out ther wind and watched the front of that rain band move through here from the NW head E. But, unfortunately I think I may have jinxed the thunder for here lol because I did'nt see or hear anything that remotely signalled convection.
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A couple of snaps taken at exactly 08.00hrs this morning.
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8-o
Ok - update the skies NW have quickly changed now looking ominously black and threatening (to me that is) - seriously.
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rumble....
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long deep rumble.... another one.... YEA!!!!
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skies are ominously black.... 2 rumbles so far - must be close - however, no lightning yet
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