General July Weather

[Andy]

Previous discussion on coldest temps
http://www.weatherforum.org.nz/phpBB3/v ... f=2&t=4478

[mattyj46]

Wakatipu and Central Otago plumbers were rushed off their feet yesterday tending to burst and frozen pipes as the big freeze clocked in close to record lows of more than minus 11 degrees Celsius in places.

Masses of large, "platter"-sized chunks of floating ice have kept Shotover and Skippers Jet off the water for three days.

Arrowtown took the prize, clocking in a big chill of minus 11.5C just before dawn, followed closely by Ranfurly on minus 11.3C.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/ ... takes-hold

[CHCH Weather Chaser]

17mm here now from drizzle, thick at times. Just had a very heavy shower come through outta no where, now back to drizzle.

[CHCH Weather Chaser]

Just 0.5mm here overnight. All the drizzle has been inland of the city overnight. 19mm from the event to date.

[Manukau heads obs]

this weather pattern of the NI, with the westerly wind running past a cold easterly and producing lots of rotating shower cells, reminds of that time when taranaki had an outbreak of tornadoes a few winters back....

[Richard]

Yes and that small low rotating just off East Cape ATM looks neat

[jamie]

that low does look neat on the rain radar!

[CHCH Weather Chaser]

Steadier drizzle returned here overnight with 8mm since midnight. 30mm now for this system.

[melja]

Been steady light to mod rain out here for the last 2 days now.

[David]

Looks pretty foggy outside this morning

[Richard]

Interesting weather yesterday,looked at the radar early morning there showed a band of rain from south of Waipara to just north of CHCH moving SW,three hours later at 11.00 i drove through that rain band to get to Ferrymead to where there was a bit of sunshine,then on the way home again went back through that same rain band again,mean while hardly any rain here.

[Razor]

Another damp day here. 11mm overnight and very thick drizzle/ rain still falling. Getting close to 50mm for the week here.

[CHCH Weather Chaser]

Seems like big local variance around city for rainfall amounts. According to radar all the drizzle moving west of CHCH again

[Razor]

Seems like big local variance around city for rainfall amounts. According to radar all the drizzle moving west of CHCH again

It was more than drizzle driving to work this morning. Quite heavy rain showers mixed with light drizzle in between actually right into Riccarton.

[jamie]

Damn fog has canceled my flight to chch! The fog is still thick as here

[spwill]

The fog had cleared here by 9.30am however some other parts of Auckland have remained foggy.

[jamie]

my new flight leaves hamilton at 4pm or there abouts. Hopefully the fog has lifted by then. Otherwise i might be heading to auckland to get to chch.

[Manukau heads obs]

still foggy here!

[Michael]

sure cold here still foggy too

[jamie]

Ha! i just read a news atricle and the MS spokemans was quoted as saying it would clear soon. Not here it isnt. Its thickened up in the past hour.

[Michael]

its cleared just now revealing blue skies with some high cloud.

[Tornado Tim]

Looks like this will be a day we will have the fog all day, havnt had one one of those in a while

Single digit temperatures so far today too, good ol Waikato

[snowstormwatcher]

Another cold day. Currently 4.9 degrees with drizzle.

[jamie]

no getting out of hamilton today and all of aucklands flights to chch are full up. trying for the early ones out of hamilton tomorrow but dont like my chances. probably still be foggy.

havent even been able to see the outline of the sun today.

[Manukau heads obs]

sun came out here just before 1pm
12C here now