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General June Weather

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I see M/S have issued a severe thunderstorm outlook on their website to fire of the start of winter.
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Also see they're forecasting a low of -7 down here in Invercargill Wed morning, too bad I'm sick and won't have to get up at 5am togo to work ;P
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mattyj46 wrote:Also see they're forecasting a low of -7 down here in Invercargill tomorrow morning, too bad I'm sick and won't have to get up at 5am togo to work ;P
Woow that's a good frost,thought there was going to be a heavy frost here today after having a nice fine afternoon,but as its now getting dark the sky is fulling in with cloud \:D/ \:D/ \:D/ \:D/ ewe beauty
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Quite windy here but probably seems that as we having easterlies rather than NE with willow and genko leaves.mild 14c.Look forward to more northerly component.
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A 20C temperature spread across NZ this morning for the first day of winter, 18C for Kaitaia with humid, wet conditions , sub zero for Southland with the clear skies/cooling.
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Another rumble... and the clouds are moving quickly... steady, heavy rain still falling.
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Skies are now clearing out west (DT switches off lamp) rain has eased to light drizzle and the wind has dropped off - heard a deep distant rumble (approx 1 min ago out to west).
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heavy rain here at times!
we are just catching it as it goes down the coast line

17mm in the last hour!
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some apparently deep convection in a couple of bands heading down northland currently. not suprised youre hearing thunder, DT.
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now 26mm since 9am (1 hour and 15 minutes), making it 50mm for this event so far or so
easing a bit here currently

auckland city area should get the next line which is being shunted more SE by what looks like a more NW wind change?
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yea there certainly looks to be a NW change comming down and some very heavy falls associated with it too judging by the radar. Is that the cold front?
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must be an occluded system
still relatively cold (12.5C here) eastery wind here trapped under the middle cloud layer that is coming down from the NNW here
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Winds dropped here now,hopefully the NW can kick in before dark to clear the mess from the easterly,currently dark with rain and calm,temp not moved infact probably gone down from the night.
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Warmer air arriving here now, 16C, dewpoint 16C
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Infact they gone SSW here now.
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Back end of the Front over us now, a lot of rain coming down.
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Auckland city looks to be getting some heavy rain right about now according to rickys station and the radar. moving this way. we have had steady moderate rain for a few hours now.
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Might need a new topic for this as the Coromandel area now is pretty well closed in.
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Wow!,
Davids station has over 50mm for this event! http://howick.localweatherview.com/
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An hr or two of very heavy rain for Auckland from late morning, dry now, 15C.

Looks like more rain for the North early next week with yet another Low.
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So much for the fresh NE down here. Been light S to Sw here all day and cloudy and just under 8C 0_o .

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Ended up with 63mm here from this event (50mm before 9am + 13mm after)

Castle Rock on the Coromandel currently showing 130.5mm
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22.2mm here from the event. 7mm of that will be classed as May rainfall.
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Whats that yellow thing in the sky :eek: havnt seen that for a week, skies have opened up very nicly here in the last half an hour blue sky for miles and 12C.
Looks like the rainband is just starting to settle in over Kaikoura so should be here after 6pm.
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80mm here in total since last night (50mm since 9am), we have a lake down in the valley!
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