General January Weather

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Sun 27/01/2013 21:50

Thats interesting melja ,i would have thought that lake Benmore would have been cold all the time

Tornado Tim · Unread post by **Tornado Tim** » Sun 27/01/2013 23:13

I see that several forecasting systems are toying with the possibility of a tropical low greeting northern NZ later on this week into February.
With the blocking high still in the picture, only moving east slowly of the country, a tight pressure gradient will be created if the forecasts are correct.

The North may well experience gusty easterlies later on, with a chance of heavy rain.

Will have to keep an eye out

btw if your missing the Metservice NWP version of GFS (which is now replaced by the UKMO on Metservices site), Chris Noble has got this data on his website here: http://weather.noble.gen.nz/nz_model_tiles.php

melja · Unread post by **melja** » Mon 28/01/2013 07:08

No Richard the water that makes up benmore comes a long way and from many places and has no direct river feeding it just lake tekapo,pukaki and ohau. Ohau is warm with large braded rivers feeding it and the canals feeding from pukaki are long and slow so warm up. Also very calm this time of year so little mixing of the surface water happens.

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Mon 28/01/2013 07:35

I was down in the central North Island at the weekend.

The steam venting off Mt Tongariro adds to the view down there.

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Mon 28/01/2013 08:11

Nice photo there NZstorm.

Humid conditions arrive in the north at the weekend, may get some patchy rain with it, it may stay dry.

We've had natures airconditioning system running here for the last few days with a cooling dry air northeaster.

Manukau heads obs · Mon 28/01/2013 08:28

we saw more gas than steam when we ame past (like you see to the far right in that photo)

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Mon 28/01/2013 08:31

Neat photo Steven

Fogy start to the day here this morning which kept it milder over night, low of 13deg,a stinker coming up today though.

Razor · Unread post by **Razor** » Mon 28/01/2013 11:09

Was in Arthurs Pass over the weekend, very hot pushed 30 degrees both days.

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Mon 28/01/2013 13:01

NZstorm wrote:I was down in the central North Island at the weekend.

The steam venting off Mt Tongariro adds to the view down there.

Yup can see that from here at Kuratau on lake taupo. Looks more like dust from here tho.

Have had stunning weather. Gutted to be heading home this evening.

CHCH Weather Chaser · Mon 28/01/2013 17:34

Metservice off the mark here today with a forecasted high of 27. Was nice day with light to moderate at most NE but not getting above 23 here. I see Metservice going for 29, 32 and 31 on Wed, Thurs, Fri. We shall see.

snowstormwatcher · Unread post by **snowstormwatcher** » Mon 28/01/2013 17:38

High of 25 here in Fairlie after a cool start on 5.6 degrees. Lovely day with a light SE wind.

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Mon 28/01/2013 18:06

CHCH Weather Chaser wrote: I see Metservice going for 29, 32 and 31 on Wed, Thurs, Fri. We shall see.

They should be reached as the anticyclone is weakoning and moving further out to the east allowing the warmer air to move over us, by it's back-ridging and the developing low pressure systems to the north of the country and the low pressure systen delivering the rains to Queensland and NSW over there in Ostrayliah

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Mon 28/01/2013 18:14

jamie wrote:
NZstorm wrote:I was down in the central North Island at the weekend.

The steam venting off Mt Tongariro adds to the view down there.
Yup can see that from here at Kuratau on lake taupo. Looks more like dust from here tho.

I think the down wind trail from it will be ash.

David · Unread post by **David** » Mon 28/01/2013 18:41

NZstorm wrote: I think the down wind trail from it will be ash.

Hey Steven, why do you think it would be ash? If so, it would technically be in eruption... which it isn't. Just curious. As far as I'm aware from what GNS has said, it's just steaming and degassing.

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Mon 28/01/2013 19:27

David wrote:
NZstorm wrote: I think the down wind trail from it will be ash.
Hey Steven, why do you think it would be ash? If so, it would technically be in eruption... which it isn't. Just curious. As far as I'm aware from what GNS has said, it's just steaming and degassing.

It will be gas. There is a persistent trail downwind from it that isn't water vapour, it must be gas.

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Mon 28/01/2013 21:03

Amazing moon rise right now

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Mon 28/01/2013 22:23

jamie wrote:Amazing moon rise right now

Yeah, the moon here at the moment looks like something out of a Vampire movie

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Tue 29/01/2013 05:46

No fog/low cloud about the place this morning so it may well get warmer today than yesterdays 32deg,overnight low of 9deg

Orion · Unread post by **Orion** » Tue 29/01/2013 09:03

Our turn for the fog/low cloud this morning;
it was 14.something degrees at 6.30am, up five on the temp.at the same time the last couple of days.
Still overcast, and murky within a km or so;
15.4 degrees and 81% humidity.

Manukau heads obs · Tue 29/01/2013 09:10

wow, the tropics just south of the equator is very active at the moment!

Razor · Unread post by **Razor** » Tue 29/01/2013 09:54

I see todays high for ChCh has been revised back to 22 after being 27 half an hour ago. The easterly clag is being quite stubborn today

EDIT: 24 degrees now (11.50am) with clearing cloud, although still only reporting 18 on metservice (presumably the airport)

Andy · Unread post by **Andy** » Tue 29/01/2013 11:33

Another hot 30+ day coming up here

Razor · Unread post by **Razor** » Tue 29/01/2013 11:52

Andy wrote:Another hot 30+ day coming up here

Yes it looks like that every day til the weekend for you guys

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Tue 29/01/2013 12:56

This thin high cloud will keep it from going over 30 deg here today i reckon,just over 25deg ATM

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Tue 29/01/2013 19:08

Yes, it looks as though it is not going to get that hot as what Jim Salinger told Morning Report on National radio, this morning.

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