Rugby World Cup Weather

[CHCH Weather Chaser]

and pigs fly....

[NZstorm]

Saturday October 1 may not be so bad for Eden Park now with a ridge holding the Tasman Sea weather back. Looks like a mod to freash ENE with cloudy conditions. The ENE wind is usually not a bad wind direction south of the harbour bridge.

[spwill]

The England team have been inside for 3 weeks so will have forgotten how to play wet weather rugby.

[spwill]

Looks like cloudy dry weather for the semi-finals in Auckland this weekend, I will go with southwest flow around high pressure.

[Manukau heads obs]

I think you made the call , spwill, that a la nina spring will mean not bad weather for the RWC
good call that!

[spwill]

I think you made the call , spwill, that a la nina spring will mean not bad weather for the RWC
good call that!

I dont put a lot of faith in seasonal outlooks.

Some weak troughing for the weekend so there looks to be the chance of some showers

[NZstorm]

Excellent news from the gfs, looks like it should be dry Saturday and Sunday nights. We'll have a weak ridge over us with the risk of showers in the west but fine at Eden Park by the looks.

[Michael]

Labour weekend and the final looks the same too according to ecmwf....pretty much the same anticyclone ridge regrouping.

[bmo]

Looks like we will have nice weather to show of our new cup next week!

[spwill]

It can rain on Friday, play off for third/forth .

[Michael]

Given the type of weather late,seems to be sunny and calm on the all blacks games.

[spwill]

Both GFS and ECMWF suggest a good chance of dry weather for the Final and Bronze Final this weekend.

[NZstorm]

Looks like the summer ridge arrives this weekend! But given a moist onshore flow under the inversion, should see plenty of stratocumulus with just a slight chance of a drizzly shower in the west.

[spwill]

Looks like the summer ridge arrives this weekend! But given a moist onshore flow under the inversion, should see plenty of stratocumulus with just a slight chance of a drizzly shower in the west.

Nothing to ruin a Rugby game which is great news.
Yes, more ridging onto us from now with the summer Low forming over northern Australia. Auckland weather tends to be cloudier until December with the stable southwesterlies. La Nina may bring in the humid summer easterlies earlier this season as it did last year.

[Michael]

The All Blacks will win judging on the weather on the day of their games (sunny windless has on each at eden park) and the weather inbetween both the day prior and the day after been unsettled and sunday appears this way too.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

My pick is
Fine 23
Wet nil
JohnGaul
NZThS

[Willoughby]

EC pointing to some showers tomorrow afternoon...

All Blacks by 20

[NZstorm]

GFS however shows air too stable for showers, the inversion quite close to the surface. Looks like am low clouds burning away in the afternoon.

I agree 20pts to the ABs

[spwill]

6 months ago if you had to make a forecast for Auckland for today it would have been, southwest breeze , cloud, isolated light showers possible, afternoon sunny spells possible, min 13C ,max 18C.

Hopefully the AllBlacks have a win tonight and the game is a good game unlike the boring bronze final which I think did confirm the AllBlacks are the best team in this tournament.

[Manukau heads obs]

not as hazy here this morning, but just as cloudy, but also less windy

[bmo]

Might have been a bit humid for John Key!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwkiJ4G5 ... e=youtu.be

[NZstorm]

A golden sunrise this morning!

[Richard]

A golden sunrise this morning!

Dam too much fog here this morning to see it

[Michael]

France gave us a good run but it was the one point that made it.

[spwill]

it was the one point that made it.

Yes, the prize is the same whether you win by 1 or 100.