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Moist NW flow and severe weather, Upper NI, 5 Dec -

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lots of high cloud up this way
we had fog as well..shows there is lots of moisture about!

looking like scatered rain tomorrow....
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We get our first taste of Summer like humidity here tomorrow with 18C dewpoints but it wll be under cloudy skies.

GFS not looking as cold in the upper levels as few days ago, downgrade thunder chances with this system, some cold upper air tracks across NZ Friday but surface conditions may spoil
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Hmm still no rain here. Warm overnight with 17C and 97% humidity
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Metservice has a moderate thunder risk here for this afternoon/evening. A very overcast day; not sure if we will get near the forecast high of 23
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NW change here now
20c, dp not much less
if it brightens up a bit will get to nearly 23
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Waikato has a dew point of 20*C at the moment. A rather muggy/tropical/wet day today.
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Manukau heads obs wrote:if it brightens up a bit will get to nearly 23
It did brighten up for a time, here it was 22C with a 20C dewpoint this afternoon . Only 0.8mm of rain here so far today, hopefully a watering for the gardens tonight
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that was a warm night....18C....
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Manukau heads obs wrote:that was a warm night....18C....
Same here.... That's the second night in a row with near 100% humidity and temps above 15*C
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jamie wrote:
Manukau heads obs wrote:that was a warm night....18C....
Same here.... That's the second night in a row with near 100% humidity and temps above 15*C
It's making sleeping difficult for me. Heaven knows how I'd manage any sleep in somewhere like Darwin without Air Conditioning.

Lots of people here are pleased to see a little rain, it's been very dry with little rain in November.
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looks like a nice active CB line will move onto the upper NI late morning...?
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Manukau heads obs wrote:looks like a nice active CB line will move onto the upper NI late morning...?
Yes, some thunderstorm activity there currently, our dewpoint temperature 18C.
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the CB to the NW is looking good at the moment!
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Just had an odd occurance in Takapuna.. its been mostly cloudy with not much to speak about, good visibility generally, the odd spotty light rain.. then suddenly while I was working just now, a fog bank rolled in from the sea, accompanied by strong winds and higher air temperature. Have a video uploading, you can see the fog blowing past buildings.
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Vertigo wrote:Just had an odd occurance in Takapuna.. its been mostly cloudy with not much to speak about, good visibility generally, the odd spotty light rain.. then suddenly while I was working just now, a fog bank rolled in from the sea, accompanied by strong winds and higher air temperature. Have a video uploading, you can see the fog blowing past buildings.

I have seen the sea fogs roll in on the North Shore in the past, they can look impressive. Its an unsual case of warm advective fog.
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Thunderstorm approaching the Kaipara area. currently 22C, dewpoint 20C, sun trying to come out now.
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video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6NjardVho8
its a bit hard to capture it, it was more dense than it looks
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can hear thunder
heading straight for me :)
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Looking from Auckland airport westward - talk about BLACK!!! Radar showing some good activity. Inbound flights off the Tasman taking some detouring around the cells.
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lots of mama cloud here :)
update: lightning observed to my NW. My boltec picking up around 10 strikes a minute :)
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Cg lightning observed in the west, thunder heard
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NZstorm wrote:I have seen the sea fogs roll in on the North Shore in the past, they can look impressive. Its an unsual case of warm advective fog.
Back in the late 80's when I was working in Takapuna, we had one that lasted until about 3pm. You could see it drifting up and down the street like smoke. Every time it looked like clearing, a new lot would roll in. It was about 23 degrees at the time and the whole place smelled like seaweed.

Edited to add: Just heard a long rumble of thunder here in Glenfield.
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amazing thunderstorm here
3 to 4 seconds from big bright blue flashes to bang/boom thunder!

very little wind here, in fact its gone SE even..
heavy bursts of rain too :)
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Been hearing plenty of thunder here in Grey Lynn but its all distant west.
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Someone on Newstalk ZB at the moment saying a tornado just went through Hobsonville Point. Big light tower taken down. Not sure if it was actually straight line winds, but damage certainly done.
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