General March Weather
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Re: General March Weather
I see the strong cold southerly has gone through Timaru. Should be here by 6pm. I don't think the current NE blowing here will put up much of a resisitence, sadly.
Noticed too some red dots on the radar but way out to sea.
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Noticed too some red dots on the radar but way out to sea.
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Re: General March Weather
A little bit of lightning showing on the tracker now, something to keep watch for i guess.
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Re: General March Weather
Does look like a few strikes inland tho, http://www.skywatcher.net.nz/NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote:I see the strong cold southerly has gone through Timaru. Should be here by 6pm. I don't think the current NE blowing here will put up much of a resisitence, sadly.
Noticed too some red dots on the radar but way out to sea.
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Re: General March Weather
A burst of very strong winds just roaring through here, trees tossing, chimney booming, roofing-iron creaking and squeaking; spots of rain also.
Temp. now 15.1 degrees & "storm-warning" flashing on Tesa.
Temp. now 15.1 degrees & "storm-warning" flashing on Tesa.
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Re: General March Weather
Southerly buster just powered through town with 85km gusts.
Bring in the umbrellas those further north!
Bring in the umbrellas those further north!
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Thanks Deano,still warm NW here but got a good load of fire wood ready this afternoon,...right then, better send the kids out and crab some.Deano wrote:Southerly buster just powered through town with 85km gusts.
Bring in the umbrellas those further north!
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Re: General March Weather
Raining hard now, 12.5 degrees; most unpleasant and rackety, haven't heard any thunder, don't know if I would unless it was nearby!
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Re: General March Weather
Winds turned strong SW here in westport just under an hour ago. Had a few showers, one heavy one. No Thunder, not much to write home about.
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Re: General March Weather
Pouring down here. Lost all the satellite based TV for the mo, and I have quite a big dish so it must really be hosing down over a large area.
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Re: General March Weather
Looks as though a 'Wall' is developing TC way as the southerly approaches.
Ne still hanging in here but considerably weak.
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Ne still hanging in here but considerably weak.
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Re: General March Weather
Southerly squall moving across now with very strong winds and heavy showers.
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Re: General March Weather
TV is back, not normal for me to loose the satellite signal. Drains coped, but only just.
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Re: General March Weather
Southerly change has just hit town, can't see much except very fast moving low cloud, starting to rain now.
Pretty sharp squall line there, that other patch of rain ahead of it was moving from the NW toward SE
Pretty sharp squall line there, that other patch of rain ahead of it was moving from the NW toward SE
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Re: General March Weather
A few thunderstorms nearer the foothills for Canterbury.
A line of showers formed over Auckland harbour late afternoon and drifted away toward Coromandel, some quite nice Cu build ups.
A line of showers formed over Auckland harbour late afternoon and drifted away toward Coromandel, some quite nice Cu build ups.
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Re: General March Weather
Not picking up much sfericals from herespwill wrote:A few thunderstorms nearer the foothills for Canterbury.
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Weetbicks wrote:Southerly change has just hit town, can't see much except very fast moving low cloud, starting to rain now.
Pretty sharp squall line there, that other patch of rain ahead of it was moving from the NW toward SE
MetServices's High Resolution RR shows a good example of the 'Wall' moving across
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The cloud base here is about 20m from our house and dropping. Dark clouds rolling in but no rain visible in the distance. Wind is also increasing slightly coming from the SSW
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Re: General March Weather
Just turned 'puter back on after much lightning activity audible on radio between 6 - 7pm.
Still raining, wind still gusty but not quite so ferocious; 9.0 degrees.
Still raining, wind still gusty but not quite so ferocious; 9.0 degrees.
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Re: General March Weather
Heavy rain and a southerly gale for a time out on BP this evening - still very wet and windy.
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Re: General March Weather
looks like an organised line of showers are moving in from the west for the upper NI.
been some good showers/storms around the NI this afternoon going by the radar.
been some good showers/storms around the NI this afternoon going by the radar.
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sounds like such exciting weather...the lightning...see any? the rest humbug,We should get it overnight unfortunately,theres been little ommp in the NE of late for la nina.Orion wrote:Just turned 'puter back on after much lightning activity audible on radio between 6 - 7pm.
Still raining, wind still gusty but not quite so ferocious; 9.0 degrees.
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Re: General March Weather
Very stormy here in ChCh. Spare a thought for those folk who lack a weatherproof dwelling, its going to be a very hard winter for many folk
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Re: General March Weather
Very stormy here, had almost forgotten what a southerly was like!!
Friends tree fell over and smashed there fence, more than likely the roots had been weakened due to the earthquake.
Friends tree fell over and smashed there fence, more than likely the roots had been weakened due to the earthquake.
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Re: General March Weather
Mild night tonight.
Looking forward, looks like a weak front coming through.
Looking forward, looks like a weak front coming through.
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Re: General March Weather
A windy night continues here in Westport. Metservice site for westport broke down on their readings after 1pm. I see back home 14mm in Christchurch in a couple of hours. The metservice rain radars are not updating quickly at all, also, the 2 hour resolution one has crapped out with 7:15pm the last reading
Some of the streets around the city must be struggling to cope, particuarly in eastern areas.
Some of the streets around the city must be struggling to cope, particuarly in eastern areas.
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