General December Weather

Storm Struck · Unread post by **Storm Struck** » Wed 26/12/2012 10:46

Me Aaron and Mike did a quick chase last night up to Waikari but by that stage the cells had pushed east out into the bay, and a drier NW wind had kicked up.
It was very fast development yesterday on the radars those cells really push up fast, im wondering if its something to do with the valleys through there with those converging winds.

Looks to be a chance for slow moving thunderstorms on Sunday south of Christchurch and possibly another shot on Tuesday new years day too

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Its going to be very windy and wet for new years eve, warm though with it being NW.

Storm Struck · Unread post by **Storm Struck** » Wed 26/12/2012 14:41

Good steady/heavy rain over the past 40 minutes or so, up to 5mm so far and it seems its from the city northwards somewhat stalled over us.
I would say the glen will be cancelled tonight, people south and inland from Christchurch will be thinking what rain?

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CHCH Weather Chaser · Wed 26/12/2012 14:42

Had a decent shower past through here about an hour ago, poured for a bit. However, have turned the irrigation on now to water the gardens and grass under overcast skies. The grass around the area is fairly brown. Looks like part of North Canterbury just north of the city really are getting some much needed rain. 1.5mm locally

CHCH Weather Chaser · Wed 26/12/2012 14:47

Oh and also it looks like a westerly flow is going to dominate from later this week which will potentially bring some quite warm temperatures to eastern areas again. The question will be how much cloud cover we get and whether the flow is more of a fresher westerly or more of a NW.

Storm Struck · Unread post by **Storm Struck** » Wed 26/12/2012 15:11

CHCH Weather Chaser wrote:Oh and also it looks like a westerly flow is going to dominate from later this week which will potentially bring some quite warm temperatures to eastern areas again. The question will be how much cloud cover we get and whether the flow is more of a fresher westerly or more of a NW.

Sunday will be hot im picking theres a brief front that comes up the island shouldnt be too much high cloud, new years eve will probly see more thicker high cloud with some evening brief rain from the west and gale NW winds quite a stormy way to start new year

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Orion · Unread post by **Orion** » Wed 26/12/2012 17:12

Drizzling and 14.1 degrees.
Idle to observe it's a contrast to yesterday!

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Wed 26/12/2012 17:42

Muggy and damp today, light winds.
Auckland dewpoint temperature stuck on 20C yet again today.

GreggWard · Unread post by **GreggWard** » Wed 26/12/2012 18:08

Photos of some thunderstorms that formed early this afternoon, in the N/NW part of Manawatu. These storms seemed to be moving in a S/SE direction, produced very heavy rain and a lot of inter-cloud lightning:

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Wed 26/12/2012 18:12

Good weather here today.

Glad it stayed cloudy after the rain had finished as not to dry out the ground moisture.
Drizzly, but not not violent

at the moment and it's only 14C

tgsnoopy · Unread post by **tgsnoopy** » Wed 26/12/2012 18:32

Kind of over the humidity, 23.6° and 83% today.

Looking forward to the cooler drier air arriving again.

Tornado Tim · Unread post by **Tornado Tim** » Wed 26/12/2012 19:43

Very nice shots Greg, some nice inflow tails and bases

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Wed 26/12/2012 21:54

yes ,neat photos Greg

12mm of rain here today,much needed.

David · Unread post by **David** » Thu 27/12/2012 13:15

Another cloudy humid day with drizzle at times, 22C. Bring back the sunshine!!!

Razor · Unread post by **Razor** » Thu 27/12/2012 13:31

Net shots Gregg. We'll be away tramping up the north side of Mt Aspiring for the next week. Looks like we'll be using our raincoats quite a bit from the weekend onwards- but also some storm prospects for the area....looking forward to it, especially when sitting in the huts

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Thu 27/12/2012 14:36

Mostly dry this side of town David, very humid, dewpoint above 20C, currently 23C, cloudy to Overcaste, some sunny weather would be quite good now.

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Thu 27/12/2012 17:37

A generally cloudy day here with the odd drizzle patches this morning.
Not overly warm but comfortable with a return to north-easterlies.
by the way, nice photos above from Greg

Tornado Tim · Unread post by **Tornado Tim** » Thu 27/12/2012 17:43

Another warm and humid day today with mostly cloud conditions, showers developing to the SE moving NW.
Max DP today was 23.6°C!

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Thu 27/12/2012 17:43

It looks like things are finally beginning to organize around here with a more defined line of showers developing along the west cost rather than the scattered light showers we have had all day. It's feeling very sticky right now.

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Thu 27/12/2012 23:33

5th night in a row with a low temp hovering around 20 And it's well beyond a week since the low was below 15.

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Fri 28/12/2012 10:05

More cloudy murk today thanks to Cyclone Evan with all the moist air it brought down, the Auckland dewpoint on 20C again, a lot of this moisture should get pushed out early Monday 31st.

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Sat 29/12/2012 07:48

Looking good for thunderstorms/hail in east Otago tomorrow (Sunday). Quite a cold intense upper level system crossing the South Island and at this stage looks like the onshore flow for convergence/thunder will be south of Oamaru. Dunedin looks to be a good spot.

Elsewhere over the country tomorrow, a front with humid air will be crossing the North Island but I think those upper level temperatures are still too warm tomorrow for much of a thunder risk.

CHCH Weather Chaser · Sat 29/12/2012 08:13

Back to summer here. 20 degrees at 8am and heading towards 30 if high cloud doesnt thicken.

David · Unread post by **David** » Sat 29/12/2012 10:12

Looking like a great summers day here, partly cloudy, already 23°C.

CHCH Weather Chaser · Sat 29/12/2012 12:19

Hit 29.5 here earlier, back to 28 now with overcast skies. Would be around 32 if the sun was out and it cleared up!

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Sat 29/12/2012 12:41

Great to see the sun out after several cloudy days in Auckland. Currently 26C in Grey Lynn.

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