General December Weather

[David]

Warm humid conditions here, current 24C, 20C dewpoint again.

Yes, dewpoint touching 21C at times here - very muggy

[Orion]

29.2 degrees here at the moment: it's only 22.6 indoors so I don't think I'll open any windows
Overcast and fresh to strong NW breeze.

[Dean.]

29.2 degrees here at the moment: it's only 22.6 indoors so I don't think I'll open any windows
Overcast and fresh to strong NW breeze.

7 degrees cooler in town

[Orion]

Southerly change, temp. down to 25.4 degrees now and falling.

Edit to add: light rain blowing against the window now. Temp. down to 24.6 from 4 minutes ago.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Yes, the SW is through here now. Nothing much really exciting happening. Some cloud "fill-ins"

[Storm Struck]

Must be just a quick SW flick as it looks like the bulk of the action is to the south over South Canterbury/North Otago with some heavy showers maybe hail there this will be the main southerly much stronger etc.
So there might be something later peak season now anything is possible

[Manukau heads obs]

high of 25.6C here today

[spwill]

So there might be something later peak season now anything is possible

I think the season was early this year, some years the spring pattern ( cold upper troughing) can run up to NewYear but we look to be very much in the Summer pattern now. Not to say there won't be some storm chances over Summer.
Can see some Cb /towering over west Waikato this evening.

[Storm Struck]

So there might be something later peak season now anything is possible

I think the season was early this year, some years the spring pattern ( cold upper troughing) can run up to NewYear but we look to be very much in the Summer pattern now. Not to say there won't be some storm chances over Summer.
Can see some Cb /towering over west Waikato this evening.

Generally speaking for Canterbury December/January is the best time for storms as we see alot more thunder days ocurring and the severity of the storms is certainly up there too.
Going back to the 1998-2004 period there was days around xmas- new year of thunderstorms sometimes 2-3 days in a row, now days its more scattered occasions.
We can only hope for some decent set ups in the coming months.

Its gone gusty S-SW here the last half an hour with some CU forms shifting across from the west, some precipitation evident also in the clouds.
Interesting how the shower activity is moving west to east on the radars.

[spwill]

Agree Jason, December is usually peak month for storms along the South Island east of the Alps but December has been dead this year, October/Nov were unusually active hence my thinking the season was early.

[David]

Supposed to get a SE breeze here on Sunday, wonder if it will be a nice hot foehn SE?

[ndoa]

I see metservice now predicting 32 degrees for Christchurch on Christmas Day, a figure varying widely over the last few days, and will no doudt do so again !!

[Richard]

26deg high here today which was lovely compared to yesterday,the SW wind change has just made it this far north with nothing in it but a cooler breeze,very poor forecasting from the MS today

A southerly change spreads north bringing rain, heavy at times and possibly thundery with hail inland. Rain easing tonight and southerlies dying out.

[NZstorm]

pm thunder possibilities for the central North Island today, looks largely south of Taupo.

Lifted index chart for 4pm. Note convergence of wind flows over the NI.

[melja]

Yep not a drop of rain here yesterday.

[Manukau heads obs]

just had a very heavy shower that developed right over the top of us
with a wind change to the south (ie sea breeze convergence)
Temperature had been up to nearly 26C
way warmer than normal for here at the moment

[spwill]

Greylynn got up to 26.4C/18C dewpoint, does feel warm today, plenty of cloud cover here now.

[Richard]

Managed to reach 22deg around 1.00 when the sun came out for a while then the cloud rolled back in for the afternoon

[Tornado Tim]

Looks like there is a low risk of storm for Waikato on Sunday and on Christmas Eve.

[melja]

Cool in inland south island this morning with some 5 and 6 deg at Pukaki and Queenstown .

[Richard]

Cool in inland south island this morning with some 5 and 6 deg at Pukaki and Queenstown .

Must be clear sky's there,cloudy in these parts though there are a few blue patches about,just hope it clears.

[jamie]

Supposed to get a SE breeze here on Sunday, wonder if it will be a nice hot foehn SE?

should be a warm one today.

[Dale]

The barber has made an appearance this morning here in the Grey.. what time of year is it again?

[Richard]

Wouldnt be a cold one though would it Dale??

Clouds cleared here now so a warm one coming up,can see me & kids jumping in the river later.

[Dale]

Cool enough that I had to put a jumper on to go grocery shopping lol.. the sun has ramped up now though, going to be a cracker of a day