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Re: General May Weather

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Richard wrote:
snowstormwatcher wrote:Heavy rain and strong NW Gusts here now.
Does a NW not die out when it rains like it does here.

Its pouring down ATM and like always,its gone calm.
Yes it does but it has to be raining for awhile before it calms down.

Still raining heavily and the wind has eased off.
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Richard wrote:
snowstormwatcher wrote:Heavy rain and strong NW Gusts here now.
Does a NW not die out when it rains like it does here.

Its pouring down ATM and like always,its gone calm.
My experience has been of trees blowing over when the leaves get wet, tree gets top-heavy & over it goes in the gale.
And the nearly-horizontal rain is very memorable. 8-o
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Re: General May Weather

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Looks like a thunder/hail risk around the mid to north Canterbury coast later tomorrow. 18Z gfs is certainly showing it. While there is no CAPE the upper air is extremely cold and the airmass will be strongly forced. Just need a little bit of moisture, so very coastal to offshore.
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Re: General May Weather

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2mm from brief steady rain here this morning. What an afternoon though, Northerly with us and 22 degrees at the airport!
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NZstorm wrote:Looks like a thunder/hail risk around the mid to north Canterbury coast later tomorrow. 18Z gfs is certainly showing it. While there is no CAPE the upper air is extremely cold and the airmass will be strongly forced. Just need a little bit of moisture, so very coastal to offshore.
Hmm will keep an eye for this, I'm not 100% sold on it tho. I think it will be a very coastal event should we see sparks.
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Man we are getting some wind this afternoon here,wouldnt have got to the 120km as forcasted but would have to be at least 100 at times.
5mm from this mornings shower
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This wind has got really bad now :eek: its only coming through in gusts but some of them would have to be over 130kmp at least
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yes really strong wind gusts here in Culverden too, glad it didn't come during work today. Lights have been flickering lots
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Wind was vicious here around 4pm, seemed to have gone more nor-west or westerly; died down a bit after an hour or so; sounds like it's gathering steam again now...
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Just heard a tree come down :eek:
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Richard wrote:Just heard a tree come down :eek:
Oh no...dead calm here and 11 degrees.
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NWer has been strong here for the last hour or so gusting to 60km/h (measured at 5m agl) while the airport is reporting light winds.

Seem to be easing a bit now.
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Ive heard through Facebook that there's lots of trees down over roads about our district,there will be a few kids not getting to school tomorrow,ive lost the tops out of two Macrocarpa trees,so that was one nasty wind
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Sounds like a rough day inland, will be keenly awaiting the late afternoon southwesterly NZstorm. Hopefully we see something! :)

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nice relatively warm rain here overnight :)
trying to clear, wind has gone SW
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Thunder wrote:Sounds like a rough day inland, will be keenly awaiting the late afternoon southwesterly NZstorm. Hopefully we see something! :)

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Very turbulent-looking skies, both towards the coast from Ashburton when I was there 4pm-ish, and to the south and sthwest as I drove home. Lightning-static frequent on radio at present, thunder just 10 or 15 seconds later. Raining, and fine hail briefly. 7.7deg.
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Thunder,lightning and hail just passing through town now,fine to the south.
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looking interesting at present with a very cold looking SW aloft, there isnt alot of wind to speak of down below and with an ' already S/SW flow it can be a good sign.. we shall see as the air keep moving in
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Looked very stormy in Lincoln an hour ago
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What a neat photo _b

Still a strong wind here from the west and boy its got cold in the last hour.
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seems developing showers just south of christchurch now.
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Very heavy rain here and hail now
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Lincolnian wrote:Very heavy rain here and hail now
im surprised there isnt any thunder yet.. hopefully soon. i was on my roof at home waiting for action with my cam corder, but it started to hail briefly and thought hmm maybe this isnt a greati dea with the metal ladder out aswel lol
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raining hard now in my area and hail.
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