A dusting on the Orongorongos, no evidence of any on the city hills. Sunny with a cold SSW wind. City forecast for tonight and tomorrow morning has no mention of southerly orientation, just NW.Avalanche wrote:It snowed to 300 metres in Kaitoke, Upper Hutt but didnt really settle was a mild dusting to be honest there is a significant amount of snow above the 400metres an above mark, Well the metservice got most of it right , but could have put out a warning on Rimutaka hill road alittle earlier than 4am this morning. I did think it was a little odd to say snow down to 400 metres an not have a road snowfall warning out for it. Looks like its clearing now, is there more snow coming for the Lower North Island tonight?
Big Antarctic Low 16-23rd September 2010
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A nice CB on the 10 PM sat pic
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Re: Big Antarctic Low 16-23rd September 2010
2nd hail blast of the morning.. man thats some cold air out there.. no wonder there was the white stuff on the Rimutakas..
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photo of storm conditions down at the coast!
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Been way windier than Friday night here, peak gust has been 78 km/h. Windchill under 5 degrees at times.
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Re: Big Antarctic Low 16-23rd September 2010
Sketchy reports of a 'possible tornado' just SW of New Plymouth early this morn ...
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LATEST: A tornado ripped through Oakura this morning bringing down power lines and tearing the roof off a garage. The Oakura fire brigade was called to a property on Surrey Hill Rd after the tornado touched down about 2am. The roof of a double garage was ripped off and flung into neighbouring paddocks, part of it landing 500m up the road. The twister also brought down power lines on State Highway 45 south of the town.
Meanwhile, on the other side of Mt Taranaki, snow began falling about 9.30am. ...
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Re: Big Antarctic Low 16-23rd September 2010
Nice pic there Brian.. did you throw your dirty washing in there?
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no went for a swim in there instead
Dale Small wrote:Nice pic there Brian.. did you throw your dirty washing in there?
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Another squally shower passed through, gusts to 83 km/h!! Weather station down the road from me has a slight wind tunnel effect (blowing along the street) and has recorded gusts to 89 km/h
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Re: Big Antarctic Low 16-23rd September 2010
I'd love to kite-surf there one day.. but with these conditions I really dont envy winding up somewhere near hawaii..
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Re: Big Antarctic Low 16-23rd September 2010
Apparently some of the big surf in Hawaii starts out from Lows south of NZ.
The north of the country catching the cold weather today, currently only 10C in Auckland , gusty showers with small hail.
The north of the country catching the cold weather today, currently only 10C in Auckland , gusty showers with small hail.
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Re: Big Antarctic Low 16-23rd September 2010
Amen.. all that cold air.
Was on 14ish around 0830 but plummeted since then with the hail squalls.. suns out now thank christ.. looking over towards Brian I cant see anymore evidence of nasty stuff so perhaps we can dry out a bit?
Was on 14ish around 0830 but plummeted since then with the hail squalls.. suns out now thank christ.. looking over towards Brian I cant see anymore evidence of nasty stuff so perhaps we can dry out a bit?
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Re: Big Antarctic Low 16-23rd September 2010
not suprised, very big Cb's overhead in auckland today, and the sun has just come out, so potential for daytime heating. could be interesting if it keeps up. my friend reported hail in northcote just 10 minutes ago.Philip Duncan wrote:Boom of thunder over my house
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Re: Big Antarctic Low 16-23rd September 2010
seems like auckland is getting the "best" of these showers compared to down here. im not really complaining though. shes darn cold in that wind.
awesome picture brian!!!!
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Re: Big Antarctic Low 16-23rd September 2010
Sunny day in Chch, but still a chilly breeze. I'm surprised the Desert Rd has stayed open this morning - good coating of snow on Ohakune webcam and reports of snow in Stratford, Taihape and Mt Bruce. Rotorua only 5.6C in recent obs on MetService site.
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Re: Big Antarctic Low 16-23rd September 2010
judging by the radar, it looks like that Cb you spotted, Tim, collapsed and sent out a shockwave of showers in all directions, just as it neared Auckland.
haha, or, we could just be in a low center
haha, or, we could just be in a low center
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Auckland Airport at 11am had 37kts gusting 51kts! Temp only 9C.
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Chilly breeze in exposed areas, but air clarity and views from higher spots fantastic. The harbour and surrounds are enchanting in such situations.
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Another great day yet again here in Christchurch. This weeks weather has been outstanding compared to the last 3 months. Despite the brief wintry flick that brought a dusting of snow to settle on the hills plenty of sunshine and milder weather has been present. At the moment hardly a cloud in the sky and a balmy 15.2 degrees.
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Its been great to see some sunshine today, even if it is brief because of the fast passing clouds - an average windspeed of 48km/hr at one stage, not the speeds you are seeing in parts of Akld but high for inland flat ground. Gust of 54km/hr at 10:25. At 10.6ºC it is just under the max... Overnight low was 4.2ºC.
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It has been great hasn't it, I'm loving it. The forecast for the rest of the week looks incredible, some more Nor Westers on their way which will drive up the temps.CHCH Weather Chaser wrote:Another great day yet again here in Christchurch. This weeks weather has been outstanding compared to the last 3 months. Despite the brief wintry flick that brought a dusting of snow to settle on the hills plenty of sunshine and milder weather has been present. At the moment hardly a cloud in the sky and a balmy 15.2 degrees.
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Re: Big Antarctic Low 16-23rd September 2010
The trough that crossed much of NZ overnight and this morning is just leaving here now, sun out now but temp still only 12C.
looks like weather gets back to normal from the weekend.
looks like weather gets back to normal from the weekend.
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Re: Big Antarctic Low 16-23rd September 2010
What I said earlier,the weather there would clearup (not us though its sunny only now because of the high windspeed moving the clouds) till the SW arrived and ridging
CHCH Weather Chaser wrote:Another great day yet again here in Christchurch. This weeks weather has been outstanding compared to the last 3 months. Despite the brief wintry flick that brought a dusting of snow to settle on the hills plenty of sunshine and milder weather has been present. At the moment hardly a cloud in the sky and a balmy 15.2 degrees.