Subtropical Low - Dec 29 2011 - Jan 1 2012

Manukau heads obs · Fri 30/12/2011 20:32

Ricky got some real heavy rain around 12:30!
http://www.portunus.net.nz/weather/

David · Unread post by **David** » Fri 30/12/2011 20:35

Light to moderate rain here this evening, storm total so far is 30mm. Bring on some heavy falls/thunder!

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Fri 30/12/2011 20:41

spwill wrote:Lightning showing up around the top of Northland currently

yea i see that.

would that indicate it is all building. ie the heavy rain is just forming and yet to really see it on the sat images and rain radar?

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Fri 30/12/2011 20:53

Shows some thunderstorm activity around the top of Northland currently.

CbFan · Unread post by **CbFan** » Fri 30/12/2011 21:09

Some good special effects passing Kerikeri now. Estimate 2-3 flashes/min. Nice low freq thunder.

Tornado Tim · Unread post by **Tornado Tim** » Fri 30/12/2011 21:12

Here is the latest Radar/WWLN:

iomkiwi · Unread post by **iomkiwi** » Fri 30/12/2011 21:54

I have strikes to my nnw and ssw at present. and another to the south

Pretty much ties in with the rain radar

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Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Fri 30/12/2011 22:17

1989 was a wet holiday period too,i am in wanganui today,rained the entire trip quite unusal though has stopped tonight.

spwill wrote:Waiheke Island is very popular this time of year Nev,the holiday makers won't be enjoying this weather. I think we have to go back to summer of Cyclone Fergus in 1996 for such a poor run of holiday weather for the Auckland region.

Warm and damp this morning , dewpoint of 19C. Any brightning of our weather today would quickly lift the temperature.

bmo · Unread post by **bmo** » Fri 30/12/2011 22:56

We're heaving very heavy rain and thunder+lightning

Right niw the lightning looks like fireworks just constant lightning plus rumbling in the distance

CHCH Weather Chaser · Fri 30/12/2011 22:57

200mm at office at 10pm in kaiteriteri from this event. Currently daring conditions but heavy rain showers moving through!

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Fri 30/12/2011 23:48

A lot of thunderstorm activity north of Auckland this evening.

bmo · Unread post by **bmo** » Sat 31/12/2011 03:25

Severe Thunderstorm Warning in force http://www.metservice.com/national/warn ... m-warnings

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Sat 31/12/2011 06:09

More elevated thunderstorms this morning for the north.

Looks like there has been quite a bit of lightning over Northland overnight.

Manukau heads obs · Sat 31/12/2011 06:42

approaching 80mm total fast here at the moment!

Tornado Tim · Unread post by **Tornado Tim** » Sat 31/12/2011 07:27

Yes Northland as been getting a bit of lightning, here is the 5.00 AM sat Image with Lightning Overlay.

Courtesy of Weatherzone AU

Manukau heads obs · Sat 31/12/2011 07:30

the lightning activity seems to have died off for now
227mm for december here,,,....I think that is a record total

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Sat 31/12/2011 07:30

I like the way the weatherzone picks up NZ lightning now. I'm sure it never used to.

GFS hasn't changed at all regarding convective chances today. Instability chart for 4pm this afternoon, we just need some sunshine LOL.

Not a nice morning in Auckland with rain/temp 20C.

David · Unread post by **David** » Sat 31/12/2011 08:25

I notice, looking at the radar, that the rain bands have been weakening fast as they move down over Auckland. Just light to moderate showers here since midnight.

Manukau heads obs · Sat 31/12/2011 08:32

maybe on your side of the isthmus

CHCH Weather Chaser · Sat 31/12/2011 08:35

More steady rain has moved back in this morning in kaiteriteri. Over this rain! Move north already!

David · Unread post by **David** » Sat 31/12/2011 08:40

Manukau heads obs wrote:maybe on your side of the isthmus

6am and 8am radar images, showing the rapid weakening:

6am

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8am

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spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Sat 31/12/2011 08:52

Hopefully some drier brighter weather this afternoon, already warm on 19C with a dewpoint of 19C .

The lightning show was last night over Northland, hard to see much firing up inland today with the cloud cover down there unless some clearing can happen

Nev · Unread post by **Nev** » Sat 31/12/2011 09:01

Just 16mm here since 9am yesterday, although 13mm of that was from about 5pm. Total of 30mm since Thursday evening. Rainbands almost appear to be splitting over the Gulf. I see the Coromandel's Pinnacles has received nearly 200mm from this event so far.

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Sat 31/12/2011 09:04

yea we are getting didly squat here. it is all weakening quickly as it moves over auckland and south.

my uncle out raglan ways (on the other side of the hills to here) has head heaps of rain. much the same as brian is getting by the sounds. Just need to be near the west coast

does anyone know where the severe thunderstorm warning was for during the night that cowkop put a link up for? just curious that is all.

David · Unread post by **David** » Sat 31/12/2011 09:08

jamie.haultain wrote: does anyone know where the severe thunderstorm warning was for during the night that cowkop put a link up for? just curious that is all.

I think it was a little bit north of Whangerei.

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