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just returned from Arthur's Pass. heavy rain there which followed me back to Springfield then dryed out

Rain getting heavy here now and very black to the north.

jamie.h wrote:heck the old waikato river is on the rise. and its rising very quickly. past all the early flood warning heights. lots of flooding between auckland and hamilton.

Yup it has got really flooded, the bank underneath the Cobham Drive bridge is half the size it usually is with trees starting to go under.

Although its not as bad as the floods we had in late 90's, boy that was a shocker where entire streets started going under that resided by the river.

Will the north island get much snow or is it a south island event

Model output indicates there may be a snowfall over the Volcanic Plateau and lower North Island ranges Saturday. 6 days out though....

Rain settling in now from the north here, despite a light SW that has been blowing for much of the day.

JohnGaul
NZThS

Rain has arrived here now looking reasonably dark to the north currently 11 degrees high of 16.

NZstorm wrote:

Will the north island get much snow or is it a south island event

Model output indicates there may be a snowfall over the Volcanic Plateau and lower North Island ranges Saturday. 6 days out though....

yes its looking promising but i have seen it change so many times but this looks to be keeping its trend over the last couple of days i have seen that burst of cold air slowly coming towards us . Winter finally here maybe lol

Rain overnight here, fairly grey dull day though quite warm (20c this afternoon) apple blossom seems to be late coming compared to last year, not an awful lot on the trees yet.

Raining steady here for the last couple of hours.
I am off to hanmer for work related stuff tomorrow for the week so be interesting to see what happens when we get this cold air coming up on thurs up there. may see bit snow, who knows.

Well the crap weather continues here, almost half way through sept and only about 36H sun so still very cloudy and damp with 50mm of rain too.
When will it end

Fine morning in Auckland but haven't seen many of those of late.

The front due over the west of the North Island later tomorrow could have a bit of instability with it. Looks to be a thunder risk for Taranaki at this stage, but this could be extended north. See how the model runs shape up.

humm, different weather here on this side of the auckand area, LOL
drizzly rain showers and just about overcast, LOL
we might have had a weak front go through....

melja wrote:Well the crap weather continues here, almost half way through sept and only about 36H sun so still very cloudy and damp with 50mm of rain too.
When will it end

Being honest it probably end for you down there once the ridging kicks in and the SW
usually clears the non descript and sluggish systems quick also absorbs the waves.

This SW gale for Friday/saturday looks significant.....could bring severe SW gales....will bring in a massive SW swell too, up to 6m on the west coast...good thing just had some big tides this weekend...will be smaller tides next weekend...

Manukau heads obs wrote:This SW gale for Friday/saturday looks significant.....could bring severe SW gales....will bring in a massive SW swell too, up to 6m on the west coast...good thing just had some big tides this weekend...will be smaller tides next weekend...

To me it looks like it will be westerly, rather than SW....you will probably be getting gusts around 120km/h where you are

This will be SW for here its not too well drawn for the roses/our topography though it tends westerly at this stage after.

yeah, I guess more W than SW
if it does come in WSW then it gets funneled more west by the valley here
we could get stronger than 120kmh , possibly up to 130kmh!
could be a good day for a weather meet out this way ?

Manukau heads obs wrote: could be a good day for a weather meet out this way ?

owwwh I am sooo in if your going to set 1 up !

Wife just told me thunder here, South of Hastings. Not in the forcast yet. Had a look outside and it looks not far away from Hastings City.

Manukau heads obs wrote:yeah, I guess more W than SW
if it does come in WSW then it gets funneled more west by the valley here
we could get stronger than 120kmh , possibly up to 130kmh!

Looks like 'a humdinger' then, yes?

A lovely NW here this morning,hope it doesnt get to strong ,i'm going to working on a nearby farm at 300m around the tops of the hills.

Wind just turned southerly here, first spots of rain on window.

Mainly fine here with a northwest breeze currently 16 degrees. Northwesterly was reasonably strong this morning gusting to 60kmph around 11am.

Small hail shower in Oamaru at 1.30pm . Mod/ Heavy showers thereafter . Currently raining quite heavily wind has turned to the southwest

Even been a few strikes on the tracker before, so could be interesting as the southerly rolls through Christchurch.
It has been a warm day up to 21C with a strong gusty NWer, although currently rather settled with little wind.