General February Weather

[spwill]

We should see much more westerly in the pattern over coming weeks.

[Richard]

Thats good because i sick of this gloom weve been having down here,at least this gloom is producing drizzle this morning as its really starting to get dry around here.

[Richard]

Wow, there's clear sky here this morning so hoping for a warmer day for change

[Orion]

The overcast is a little higher here this morning, however mist seems to be encroaching again - visibility 500m.
11.3 degrees; 88% humidity.
(Expecting mushrooms etc. to pop up very soon at this rate.)

[Richard]

(Expecting mushrooms etc. to pop up very soon at this rate.)

oh yes thats one good thing about this weather lately at least.

Sky is still clear here and the sun's streaming in,its just a question of "will it stay like i"?

[snowstormwatcher]

(Expecting mushrooms etc. to pop up very soon at this rate.)

oh yes thats one good thing about this weather lately at least.

Already got mushrooms poping up here.
This has to be one of the greenest summers ive seen here, Havent had a huge amount of rain but the lack of NW conditons is keeping the moisture in the ground a lot longer.

Sadly another overcast morning here Hoping for some fine breaks this afternoon.

[Storm Struck]

How nice it was to feel the sunshine when i left for work this morning, feel like weve been in hibernation wrapped in a grey gloomy blanket for days on end.
Looking forward to some warmer temps these next few days and some quicker moving NW/SW systems.
Forgot to report 7mm of thick drizzle from last friday and 4mm of rain from Tuesdays scraps, very green snowstormwatcher here too the fruit industry is struggling a little bit out east but i would imagine places like central otago would benefit from such weather.

[CHCH Weather Chaser]

Yes nice to see the sun today, however still running way below normal for day time highs here for February. Just looking back so far for the month in this area (and most of CHCH no doubt) just one day over 21 degrees which was on the 1st February. The mean temperature is running at 2.7 degrees colder on comparison to last Feb. One of the cloudiest summers I can remember here in a long time and such a lack of NW its unbelievable. Yet to break the 30 mark which was surpassed many a time last season. Like snowstormwatcher said, the moisture has stayed in the ground due to the lack of warmer NW days and lack of sunshine, as opposed to rain as just 7mm recorded here for the month of February so far. Looks like a mixed bag over the next 7 or so days with N-NW winds possibly developing in a few days but also looks to be periods of drizzle/light rain on the cards as well in the next week.

[Richard]

Bit of a chilly start here this morning on 3deg under a clear sky,but warm day coming up

[Orion]

Very pleasant day, sunny and mild, warm in the sunshine.
23.8degrees now and I'm charging up all the solar lights!

[Richard]

First really warm day for a while here,a moderate NNW wind came through this morning,just 28deg atm

[03Stormchaser]

Not sure if this has been posted:

Marijke's fabulous photograph of a dust devil was taken at 11:00 on Sunday 12 February 2012 near Omakau, Central Otago.

http://www.metvuw.com/

[Richard]

what a beauty dust devil thanks to a freshly cultivated paddock.

Second day in a row with 28C here today,all set to change over night though,dam it all. was quite liking this warmer weather

[NZstorm]

Perfect looking morning in Auckland, another 25C day on the way with a light SW.

Tomorrow (Monday) the flow turns NE for Auckland so a convergence shower or two.

The passage of a shortwave Monday afternoon and surface convergence should lead to some afternoon showers for inland North Island. Maybe isolated thunderstorms too.

Amazing looking devil.

[Orion]

A great photo above!
This morning here: south to southeasterly slight breeze; drizzle and murk, 9.2 degrees, 88% humidity.

[spwill]

That is a good example of a dust devil, was probably a hot day, the dry sun baked ground tends to be an ingredient.

A beautiful morning here, currently, 21C, dp 18C.

[Manukau heads obs]

there must be still some instability around today
watched a funnel cloud out to sea from a relatively small CU earlier this morning

[David]

A max temp of 26.1 here today - warmest of the summer so far. A lovely day, some cloudy areas but mainly sunny much of the time.

[spwill]

The main afternoon convergence cloud was well east of the city thanks to the SW breeze. Beaches were packed today, I spent the afternoon at Piha, super nice weather over there, the sea was warm.

[spwill]

The SAM is now in a negative phase for the first time since November, means there should be more westerly in the general weather pattern.

[RWood]

The SAM is now in a negative phase for the first time since November, means there should be more westerly in the general weather pattern.

Probably the only path back to getting some more sun. Still a real chance of W'gton getting its cloudiest ever summer (105 years of city records). We need 149 hours in February to match 1952-53's tally of 537. Total to 18th Feb is 95 hours - yesterday was mainly overcast, same today so far. Some better hope of reasonable sun in the last 6 days of the month. If the end result is close, leap year adjustment may see the record broken anyway.

[Orion]

A very pleasant day here: sunshine again after dull and drizzly weekend, and currently 23.3 degrees, after 5.3 degrees at 7am (pretty brisk!).
Calm at times through the day, just now a gentle southeast breeze.
60% humidity.

[snowstormwatcher]

Some good cloud build ups around the ranges here this afternoon.

5 degrees this morning up to 22 this afternoon.

[spwill]

Mostly sunny 25C here today, some towering Cu over the hills.

[Storm Struck]

A return to sunshine again after a gloomy day yesterday and some nice CU inland along the foothills and slightly east of them, looking SW coming home i could see some nice turkey towers going up.
I am a little confused with MS though on the rural forecast it has canterbury,otago,southland for heavy showers and thunderstorms tomorrow yet when i look at the thunder outlook maps theres nothing over canterbury .
It does look like the lighter winds will be further south tomorrow with a more northerly flow from about mid canterbury northwards.
Some models plotting the low mid week to cross the south island and deepen to the east to around 995hpa, so come Friday mid afternoon might be a chance for something thundery although there will be cloud cover beforehand something to watch anyway.
And then again on Saturday afternoon a southerly chaser comes up the island.