Ex-TC's affecting NZ - Jan 17-19

[Orion]

Steady, soaking rain in Ashburton for several hours.

[bmo]

They are evacuating people on the west coast because the river is bursting it's banks

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Quite wet here this afternoon. The cat just come in looking like a 'Drowned Rat' !
Best NE rain here for ages

JohnGaul
NZThS

[Orion]

Which river, cowkop?

[bmo]

Which river, cowkop?

The fox river between Greymouth and Westport

[bmo]

Oh Onenews intro was funny today saying that the worst is still to come kind of way

[bmo]

we've had a total of 10mm in kaukapakapa now

[Storm Struck]

The warm front was evident overnight with some spots of rain on the deck when i got up, rain started around half past 10 and started off steady.
Steady to heavy falls from afternoon, but staying mild on 18C and still is too.
Rain back to moderate falls at the moment, checked the rain gauge up to 26mm so far and there could be some even bigger falls coming overnight.
I reackon it will be interesting to see what happens when the low wraps off the east coast of the South Island and the strong to gale southerly comes in.
Could well be some good heavy falls as the cooler air rushes into the moist tropical air.

[CHCH Weather Chaser]

Gfs and the radar shows this clearing the area in the next two hours.

[bmo]

Can't wait till the next TC Hopefully it will be more eventful then these ones that we have had even hoping for a direct hit me! But plz no damage!

[Orion]

Hope you have the rain you need, cowkop. Presently light rain again here after it had stopped for half an hour or so. 18.6 degrees, 85% humidity! light air; pressure has fallen 11hpa since 10.30am and is still falling...

[bmo]

Hope you have the rain you need, cowkop. Presently light rain again here after it had stopped for half an hour or so. 18.6 degrees, 85% humidity! light air; pressure has fallen 11hpa since 10.30am and is still falling...

Only got 10mm

[David]

Hope you have the rain you need, cowkop. Presently light rain again here after it had stopped for half an hour or so. 18.6 degrees, 85% humidity! light air; pressure has fallen 11hpa since 10.30am and is still falling...

Only got 10mm

Better than the 3mm further south of you! (here) Hopefully some proper rain tonight?

[Shepherds Valley WX]

better than 0.0mm here in Carterton... and a mere 16mm for 2011. Soil moisture deficit is massive down here. I see the Rural Fire Risk has been increased today to extreme.

[bmo]

well fingers crossed

[Vertigo]

very rough at takapuna beach today, all the windsurfers are taking their fill!

i see vania has indeed swung around N of zelia, and is now on its way to crossing northland this evening - no wonder its picked up in storminess, with zelia helping vania drag all this northerly air down across us.

[kiwisk8er]

We've only had one teeny tiny rain shower that lasted for 30 seconds. Hopefully more is to come.

[bmo]

very rough at takapuna beach today, all the windsurfers are taking their fill!

i see vania has indeed swung around N of zelia, and is now on its way to crossing northland this evening - no wonder its picked up in storminess, with zelia helping vania drag all this northerly air down across us.

Must say that in West Rodney it is very calm

[Avalanche]

Shepherds Valley, looking at sate images you should get some rain there this evening or in the early hours of tomorrow morning, Upper Hutt is experiencing some heavy down pours at present. Since about 3pm this afternoon we now have @ 7.56pm 20mm of rain so far.

[Vertigo]

very rough at takapuna beach today, all the windsurfers are taking their fill!

i see vania has indeed swung around N of zelia, and is now on its way to crossing northland this evening - no wonder its picked up in storminess, with zelia helping vania drag all this northerly air down across us.

Must say that in West Rodney it is very calm

yes, it is calm even 200m inland on the shore, so likely for you too, depending on geography.
have you been out to the coast?

[Skywatcher]

The rain has stopped and the driveway is already starting to dry out - 27mm to 8pm, currently 17.7°C and 100% humidity.

[Orion]

18.9 deg. here, 86% humidity, storm-warning flashing as pressure drops further, now 12.5hpa lower than at 10.30am today. Overcast up top but no longer raining, sunshine in fact. No wind on ground but cloud moving slowly across from NW.

[bmo]

Haven't been to the coast yet but the winds are back here said it too early i think

[Chris Raine]

1 mm of rain in Oamaru since lunchtime . Currently overcast, misty 99% humidity and 17 degrees

[Michael]

Still from the NNW here,and humid,little rain last 3 hours here,be nice if it dived due south so we get westerly winds rather than SW...