General May Weather

[Tornado Tim]

The Fog is refusing to budge so far here.

Yea that front looks good but no storms on it so far, perhaps it might fire later on in the day.

[Manukau heads obs]

fog lifting to be more low cloud here now slowly

[spwill]

Mostly fine here since 10am, now18C, dp 14C.

[bmo]

http://image.weather.com/looper/archive ... 486/5L.jpg

Doesn't look to bad....

[jamie]

MS severe weather outlook map looks impressive. possibly needs a topic of its own. going to be some serious rain by the sounds of things.

[CHCH Weather Chaser]

Another very nice late Autumns day here today. Currently very mild and 15 degrees outside with hardly a breath of wind.

[jamie]

Talked to dad. He said the fog was thick as all day. Didn't lift at all. I thought that was the case when I looked at the days graph. DP and temp didn't pull apart at all. In Hamilton and close to Tims place it finally cleared at about 2. Getting foggy in Hamilton again now and still foggy in horsham downs

[CHCH Weather Chaser]

Appears that the Metservice site is not operating. Latest rain radar updates are all 7pm and the latest observations on the home page have been the same for last 2 hours also. 3 day charts are not showing either...

[David]

Noticeably warmer here tonight than the last few nights, currently 16C, it was 9.6 at this time last night.

[Captain Salty]

a rather warm 16c outside here too

[CHCH Weather Chaser]

Yes very mild overnight. Didnt drop below 15.

[NZstorm]

Tomorrows front could have a bit of a bite with it. While the prefrontal airmass doesn't look overly unstable there is good moisture and lift there and forecast sounding indicates embedded convection possible. Also looks to be a low tornado risk/severe squall for the Bay of Plenty. And dps's tomorrow will be around 18C over the North Island.

[Dale]

Absolutely thundering down rain here this morning, you would swear it is still 3am its so dark outside.
If this keep up, highly likely I will crack 1m for the month!

[jamie]

If this keep up, highly likely I will crack 1m for the month!

far out that would be insane. Has any populated place in NZ got 1m of rain in a month before?

[Dale]

No idea this end.. perhaps Nev or RWood could elaborate?
Note that I am about 8km north of Greymouth & somewhat sandwiched in between 2 ranges with the Spring Creek mine just up the street (for bearings sake) .. my gauge is reliable. I have been comparing readings with another mate in Grey himself & generally we are on par with each other.

[Razor]

If this keep up, highly likely I will crack 1m for the month!

far out that would be insane. Has any populated place in NZ got 1m of rain in a month before?

Its not uncommon for rain gauges in the hills from Greymouth and Hoki to have a metre in a week. Don't panic, its just autumn on the coast!

[Manukau heads obs]

wont be long before you are a hardended coaster Dale

[Manukau heads obs]

ECMWF long range looks like a fine queens birthday weekend coming up, for a change?
(its traditional a stormy weekend)

[spwill]

queens birthday weekend

Given the model variation for next week I would put very little trust in next weekends weather modeling

[snowstormwatcher]

Yes very mild overnight. Didnt drop below 15.

Yet a couple of hours down the road here it got down to 2.8 degrees overnight and its still only 5 degrees with thick high cloud cover. Should warm up though as there is plenty of blue sky out over the mountains.

[CHCH Weather Chaser]

Just had a look at the months total to date. Only 26mm to date. Having a look at 3 day model charts there is a chance of some brief heavy rain overnight and more areas of persistent lighter falls throughout tomorrow. I dont remember seeing the ground so hard around here at this time of year. Not that its hard but its certainly not soggy like it would normally be.

[Dale]

Haha Brian.. well yes I am used to it now and not panicking anymore lol.. but have now cracked 1000mm for May with some flash flooding here in Runanga, (poke metservice,) very similar to the other week & the photos I put up then. Not bad for 10am.

[Manukau heads obs]

1000mm is a year rain total for most places in the world, not a month total!
what is the record rain for 1 month for the greymouth area?
given the annual average is 2500mm or so, 1000mm in one month would be unusual I would say
must be some very boggy farmland around the area now

[CHCH Weather Chaser]

Few showers here in the last couple of hours. At the moment a sun shower falling, first time I have seen one of those in ages!!

[jamie]

Far out!! i had 100% humidity for around 40 hours straight yesterday and today. DP and temp never left eachother.