NZ Weather Forum

Manukau heads obs wrote:ohhhhh....

wind is slowly easing here...still SW to WSW
temperature dropped alot....under 10C...coldest night for a while for here

Thoughts are with you in this harsh time

More heavy rain for the South Island West Coast Friday/Saturday.

GFS looks thundery for the upper North Island Sunday pm but 4 days out.

rainfall for Friday/Saturday.

The easterlies make a return next week if the ECMWF model is correct.

Is that for all the country spwill?

Richard wrote:Is that for all the country spwill?

Yes, more for the North Island but it is a week out, only something to watch at this stage.

Yes, it does look like it as an anticyclone stalls and intensifies to the east of the country next week.

Thick fog here this morning but already starting to burn off.

Thin fog here,so thats enabled a light frost to form.

Temp just dipped below 0 it will be a long night for fruit growers.

Looks like the incoming High mid week will deliver some cold air to the country. There are signs a sub tropical airmass/ heavy rain may reach northern NZ mid next week, something to watch.

Sounds like a southerly change has arrived - wind booming in the chimney as it does from that direction.
Temp. 7 degrees - seems to have gone up a tad in the last half-hour

3 degrees Currently here with rain and some sleet.

That's a bit mean for you, snowstormwatcher!
4.2 degrees here and steady light rain has eased just at the minute to drizzle.

Morning all, Still got some anti-cyclonic gloom, Yuck....

Got to a chilly 4°C despite the overcast conditions....

Interesting to compare Australia with NZ this time of year, much better Spring climate over there. Perhaps the Summers are better here, comfortable Summer weather here.

Yes i think you are right,Australian summers are not as nice,Tasmania would be better than anywhere on the mainland.
Ive got a brother in Brisbane and he hates the summers there.

Raining here this morning but not as cold as i thought it was going to be on 7deg

Richard wrote:Yes i think you are right,Australian summers are not as nice,Tasmania would be better than anywhere on the mainland.
Ive got a brother in Brisbane and he hates the summers there.

Raining here this morning but not as cold as i thought it was going to be on 7deg

Yes Metservice forecasted snow to 500metres but the models showed the very cold air slipping east of the country?

spwill wrote:Interesting to compare Australia with NZ this time of year, much better Spring climate over there. .

I see Auckland is warmer in September than Melbourne, Melbourne warmer by November( averages)

Deano wrote: but the models showed the very cold air slipping east of the country?

Good, it can bugger off

I think anticyclonic gloom is my least favourite weather. I'd rather it rained. I'm having post-traumatic flashbacks to last (sunless) summer today!

I think I may have tempted fate by installing solar downlights on my new deck. You have to leave them off until they've had a solid 8 hours of uninterrupted sun to fully charge the batteries. At this rate I'll be able to turn them on some time after Christmas.

Cloud cover came in mid afternoon, reached 17.7C at Greylynn

Raining in Chch this evening, bit of a surprise as I thought it would be clearing.

i almost called metservice today. There has been a strange weather phenomenom today here. There has been this warm yellow ball in the sky . But then i suddenly remember what it was

Great to have our sunshine back.

alot of haziness to the sky today....

Flew into ChCh today after spending almost 4 months in Europe so im back free to chase as Im not in any rush to find work on the decent witnessed my first 'Glory' (http://www.weatherquesting.com/glory.htm)

Took a short 1min video on my phone: