Northwest gales and fronts; 2-7th September

[Weetbicks]

Yeh I've noticed quite a few flickers of the lights, so long as it holds out till the league finishes

[David]

Apparently it's currently 21C in Kaikoura, according to the Metservice site

[Lukemyster]

Not surprised. 18 here now. The wind is very severe at the moment. A friend said in Cashmere the wind is calm so must be localised around the city.

[Manukau heads obs]

NW wind building here now too
47 knot gusts so far, and building still

thats some big winds for Dunedin, good thing chch has missed that by the sounds of it....

[NZstorm]

The 46kt average at Dunedin airport would be a very rare occurrence there. Its not an area prone to gale force winds. Maybe a 1/20 year event.

[Weetbicks]

17.5 deg here in Christchurch, thankfully my office is in the cordoned off area, so a day off

[Manukau heads obs]

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/4098147 ... -Wairarapa

[David]

NW wind building here now too
47 knot gusts so far, and building still

thats some big winds for Dunedin, good thing chch has missed that by the sounds of it....

Wow, and all the way across the other side of Auckland....an average wind speed of 2 km/h this morning

[Simon Culling]

Steven W, where do you get the METARS for Dunedin? It is very difficult to get many current weather obs for New Zealand....even the SYNOPS are only every 3 hours, and I can only find Metars for Auckland , Wellington + Christchurch. A mean of 46kts is quite a strong wind....force 9 on the old beaufort.

May I extend my best wishes for a speedy recovery to all of you in the area affected by the earthquake. From the TV pictures we have seen in the UK, it is a miracle that no one was killed.

[Lukemyster]

21 degrees now. Looks to be a warm day!

[Lukemyster]

http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/93891.html

[Weetbicks]

21 deg mmmm yes, couldn't ask for a nicer day.

[03Stormchaser]

added bonus I get the day off!

[RWood]

The 46kt average at Dunedin airport would be a very rare occurrence there. Its not an area prone to gale force winds. Maybe a 1/20 year event.

I wouldn't push that one too hard. The average monthly maximum gusts are in the range 85-95kph, and every month has an instance of a gust of at least 111kph, with the highest value being 155kph on 13 September 1972. The summary for that month notes that gale force winds occurred there for almost the entire afternoon and evening on that day, with one 10-minute period with an average speed of 59 knots.

[Manukau heads obs]

gusts to 50 knots here now,,,and still building slowly

[Michael]

Hopefully here too it blows from the NW only moderate here,blow those annoying spring grublike pine pollen things off the roof instead of annoying small amounts where it just looks unsightly.

[CHCH Weather Chaser]

Feeling less nervous now! Finally! ANyways a strong NW really getting up now. 21 degrees currently.

[Manukau heads obs]

59 knot gusts here now (109 kmh) !

[David]

Interesting, it's nearly reached 18 here today even though it's overcast

[Michael]

We have had a couple of gusts but nothing extraordinary,infact its almost calm here at times,you must be exposed can remember it last year with the lighthouse.

[Weetbicks]

Wind change from NW to SW just hit a while ago, temp gone from 22 to 15 in about an hour, still very pleasant tho.

[CHCH Weather Chaser]

Yup the low cloud is rolling in quick. Quite a drop alright. although rain doesnt look to start here until tomorrow afternoon.

[snowstormwatcher]

Sure was warm this morning up to 22 degrees before the southerly hit around 11.30am. Currently 9 degrees with light drizzle.

[Tornado Tim]

Turangi is getting a dreching atm, Red and purple on the radar

Heck thats part of the front, imagine what will pop up on the mamaku radar when a decent thunderstorm rolls through!

[tgsnoopy]

Turangi is getting a dreching atm, Red and purple on the radar

Heck thats part of the front, imagine what will pop up on the mamaku radar when a decent thunderstorm rolls through!

That is from the Mamaku Radar, it's line of sight to Southern Lake Taupo, Turangi and the Volcanic Plateau