General April Weather

[Michael]

Is that the local "oscillation" thats nothing to do with el nino/la nina etc,Heard of the atlantic oscillation affrects the northern hemphisphere too.Good to see that wind abate now.

[Dean.]

Geylynn..??? Is that where the hero parade goes?

Chch would be too cold for such a parade, requires a warm evening long gone that parade.

Yawn...yes we do realise there is a warmer climate up north....dewpoints higher...yes...winterless north...yes..its colder down south

[Michael]

Sometimes its more winterlike in the north like tis year,of course not snowy or frosty but netherless wintery wet and windy.

[spwill]

Chch would be too cold for such a parade, requires a warm evening long gone that parade.

Yawn...yes we do realise there is a warmer climate up north....dewpoints higher...yes...winterless north...yes..its colder down south

Yes , but the comment was meant to be more about that parade,the nudity at night . I was being a little tounge in cheek there .

Cloudy moring here ,17C,light NE breeze .

[Manukau heads obs]

I don't think you want to be tongue in cheek at a hero parade

[Dean.]

Yes hence the crazy eyes

Great start to the day here after yesterdays winter like day.

[Richard]

An absolutely lovely warm day with not a breath wind till about 4.00 when a light southerly came up,high of 24.5

[Michael]

Overcast here but no wind.Sun shone for a time around 3.30pm.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

An absolutely lovely warm day with not a breath wind till about 4.00 when a light southerly came up,high of 24.5

I see, (sorry wrong topic here that Culverden and Molesworth had today's maximum so you would of had a warm day as well. It was cool in Lyttelton, where I was today, where despite the sunshine and the fact that it looses it's sunshine because of the hills, it was cool there with wispy NE cloud draping the forbidden high areas of the hills. Noticed some fault lines and areas that where the rocks had fallen. No wonder it is an off-zone.
Anyway, I don't like the Phil Duncan's site of Daily Highs. The minimums are incorrectly stated when it says the for the eg. Mt. Lyford was only 16C but then when you check the list it says that Mt. Lyford was 9C.

[Dale]

Hokitika weather here today.. cloudy & drizzly. Got a couple of fine breaks later in the day but otherwise, gunk.

[jamie]

We have raining fog here in hamilton. quite a strange look. It has a real snowy look to it with the cloud on the ground with rain falling.

[Manukau heads obs]

a very light westerly here now...and the clouds are moving in from the SW...and can see CU clouds around now that the fog has lifted...

[Manukau heads obs]

rain radar does show a narrow line of rain moving up through the waikato
sat image shows it as a broader cloud sheet

[David]

Reasonably nice day here, partly cloudy. Min 11C, now up to 19, should reach 21 this afternoon
Yet to see any 'cold' nights here.

[Richard]

Another absolutely lovely day again but unlike yesterday there a faint breeze from the north today,just on 21deg at present

[Richard]

I see the metservice have a bob each way again with tomorrows forecast,for the Canterbury plains they have 'Rain developing from late morning with a southerly change, strong about the coast at first. Rain clearing in the evening and winds dying out inland' but only saying 0.1mm of rain am and 0.5mm pm,

[Thunder]

Might be a thunderstorm risk tomorrow in Canterbury midday or early afternoon? Dewpoints should be ok, might be some high cloud though and wonder if surface temp can get up enough relative to the cold upper air that will come through. Something to watch, wouldn't count on it but who knows......

[Richard]

Hope ya right Aaron

Ended up with a high of 23deg,lovely day.

[Dale]

Bit ordinary this morning but it turned out to be a nice day.. 15ºc currently & dropping quick.. fire is keeping the place cosy

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Might be a thunderstorm risk tomorrow in Canterbury midday or early afternoon? Dewpoints should be ok, might be some high cloud though and wonder if surface temp can get up enough relative to the cold upper air that will come through. Something to watch, wouldn't count on it but who knows......

If so, it will be interesting as the surface barometer presure is too high.
Should be some puffy Cu around depending on the coldness of the upper atmos.

[littleheaven]

Another Kelvin Helmholtz in Auckland today - this one shot by my sister. I'm a bit jealous, it's nicer than my one!

[Orion]

A stiffish-sounding southerly 'wuthering' in the chimney at present;
12.1 degrees, which is higher than I thought it might have been for the time of day and the conditions;
looks quite dark to the south.

[Manukau heads obs]

nice photo that , I like it

[snowstormwatcher]

Was heavy drizzle and a cool southerly where I was in the hill country inland from here. Felt around 8-9 degrees most of the day.

High of 10 degrees here.

[Thunder]

If so, it will be interesting as the surface barometer presure is too high.
Should be some puffy Cu around depending on the coldness of the upper atmos.

Indeed nothing happened, only ever considered it a small risk myself hence "don't count on it". I could see an upper level cold trough moving over. We are heading into winter though and the change was too early, no heating and overcast before the change (from what I'm told, I was asleep at the time! lol). Still a few nice heavy showers did move through as I got woken up by them.

Cheers
Aaron