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Re: Deep low crossing North Island Saturday 3 March

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Interesting Orion how the radar is showing the rain mainly inland around the foothills where you are and from Waipara northwards,mind you the radar is not showing to true rate of rain fall here.
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Re: Deep low crossing North Island Saturday 3 March

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Nothing exceptional here yet with just 72km max gust.

Looking at the radar it looks like the low has become almost stationary for the last hour and a bit. Maybe even on a slight NE track. Anyone else notice this?
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Re: Deep low crossing North Island Saturday 3 March

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what 110kmh does to a wind turbine
snapped the steel guy wires
it landed on top of the compost bin, so I think its just the blades that are stuffed!
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Thats a real bugger Brian >_<

29mm now with some real heavy periods at time,clouds moving rapidly more from the south now ,an hour ago they were coming in from the SE
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jamie.haultain wrote:
Looking at the radar it looks like the low has become almost stationary for the last hour and a bit. Maybe even on a slight NE track. Anyone else notice this?
Yes you could right,but dont know about the NE track,certainly almost stationary though.
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The wind here hasnt been that bad here, baro has evened out around 992hpa.
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Tornado Tim wrote:The wind here hasnt been that bad here
Yes same here, just a standard windy day so far.
I thought the pressure drop on my station of 2.7 hPa in 1 hr (just before midnight) was impressive! :smile:
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At 7 am Whanganui pressure 972.5 hpa wind NNE 72 kph
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Raining steadily in Oamaru 11mm since 10pm last night , blowing southerly 20 knots
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Re: Deep low crossing North Island Saturday 3 March

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More the same old here too,guess it worsen with the SW as its westerly now.
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Tornado Tim wrote:The wind here hasnt been that bad here
Yes same here, just a standard windy day so far.
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Very nasty here in Wellington. Strong winds and torrential rain.
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I see reports of significant damage around Whanganui / Taranaki and snow around the hills of Nelson..
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Snow?!
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I tied down the Jacaranda tree because it looked vulnerable in a gale but not needed :smile:
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Re: Deep low crossing North Island Saturday 3 March

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check out
http://www.metservice.com/national/maps ... our-latest
very compact
no wonder south taranaki got hit so hard
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Blowing 77 kph gusting 117 kph pressure 979 hpa Taihape currently
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Re: Deep low crossing North Island Saturday 3 March

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The showery weather moving in from the SW will likely generate some windy weather here.
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Occasional passing shower here mixed with sunny spells. Wind nothing to write home about
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Re: Deep low crossing North Island Saturday 3 March

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The showery weather moving in from the SW will likely generate some windy weather here.
Yes, I agree
I think the wind field is exanding as the low struggles to cross the tararua ranges
as the barometer is steady here at the moment
you can see a big trough surge pushing up and around on its NW axis now
once it reforms on the wairapa side it will likely deepen again, increasing the SW flow over the upper NI
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Re: Deep low crossing North Island Saturday 3 March

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Just had a wild squal line coming through Titirangi about 7 minutes ago
Wild dumping of rain and very strong wind gusts.
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sounds like Patea, south Taranaki, was hit real bad
ohh, check this out
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/6516598 ... rth-Island
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Re: Deep low crossing North Island Saturday 3 March

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Looks like it is grinding to an end in Wellington..

Biggest gust I have heard of was 157kph at My Kaukau, which I can see out my lounge window..

How it looks on a fine day..
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We got our windiest weather this afternoon once the wind turned SW, max gust 62 km/h.
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Re: Deep low crossing North Island Saturday 3 March

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Someone left the fridge door open today brrr, 3 days into autumn before the equinox makes for a change from shorts to trousers.
Only 12mm here from this system, but the wind ramped up this afternoon gusting to gale force at times been awhile since weve had winds this stron, even strong enough to nearly miss a jolting wobble.
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Re: Deep low crossing North Island Saturday 3 March

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great M/S Blog of the low:
http://blog.metservice.com/

It mentions how the low did not cross the lower NI, and instead a replacement low formed on the other side
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