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Re: MetService Website (2013)

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When I email metservice regarding the 3 hour observations,its the same old answer each time...cached copies.no its not,yesterday over half were N/A at 3pm.
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have sent them an email,hopefully not the same old excuses.

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Ashburton

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Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
Humidity: 63%
Pressure: n/a

Auckland
(Airport)
at 3:00pm Tuesday 26 Feb 2013
Temperature: 25°C
Wind Speed: 13km/h
Wind Direction: SW
Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
Humidity: 41%
Pressure: 1026hPa

Awhitu

at 3:00pm Tuesday 26 Feb 2013
Temperature: 24°C
Wind Speed: 17km/h
Wind Direction: SW
Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
Humidity: 0%
Pressure: 1026hPa

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Humidity: 47%
Pressure: 1024hPa

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Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
Humidity: 80%
Pressure: 1026hPa

Campbell Island

at 3:00pm Tuesday 26 Feb 2013
Temperature: 14°C
Wind Speed: 30km/h
Wind Direction: W
Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
Humidity: 68%
Pressure: 1016hPa

Cape Campbell

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Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
Humidity: 80%
Pressure: 1025hPa

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Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
Humidity: 50%
Pressure: 1024hPa

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Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
Humidity: 62%
Pressure: 1027hPa

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Christchurch

at 3:00pm Tuesday 26 Feb 2013
Temperature: 22°C
Wind Speed: 19km/h
Wind Direction: E
Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
Humidity: 60%
Pressure: 1025hPa

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Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
Humidity: 54%
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Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
Humidity: 60%
Pressure: 1026hPa

Enderby Island

at 3:00pm Tuesday 26 Feb 2013
Temperature: 14°C
Wind Speed: 20km/h
Wind Direction: W
Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
Humidity: 85%
Pressure: 1018hPa

Farewell Spit

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Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
Humidity: 69%
Pressure: 1027hPa

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Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
Humidity: 64%
Pressure: 1028hPa

Gore

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Haast

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Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
Humidity: 74%
Pressure: 1028hPa

Hamilton

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Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
Humidity: 35%
Pressure: 1026hPa

Hawera

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Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
Humidity: 78%
Pressure: 1027hPa

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Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
Humidity: 65%
Pressure: 1027hPa

Hokitika

at 3:00pm Tuesday 26 Feb 2013
Temperature: 18°C
Wind Speed: 13km/h
Wind Direction: W
Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
Humidity: 83%
Pressure: 1028hPa

Invercargill

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Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
Humidity: 67%
Pressure: 1025hPa

Kaikohe

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Humidity: 65%
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Kaikoura

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Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
Humidity: 69%
Pressure: 1025hPa

Wellington
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Wind Speed: n/a
Wind Direction: n/a
Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
Humidity: 53%
Pressure: 1026hPa

Le Bons Bay

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Wind Direction: n/a
Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
Humidity: 73%
Pressure: 1026hPa

Levin

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Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
Humidity: 53%
Pressure: 1027hPa

Lower Hutt

at 3:00pm Tuesday 26 Feb 2013
Temperature: 26°C
Wind Speed: 7km/h
Wind Direction: N
Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
Humidity: 42%
Pressure: n/a

Lumsden

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Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
Humidity: 39%
Pressure: 1025hPa

Mahia Peninsula

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Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
Humidity: 62%
Pressure: 1029hPa

Manapouri

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Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
Humidity: 50%
Pressure: 1027hPa

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Milford Sound

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Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
Humidity: 67%
Pressure: 1029hPa

Mokohinau

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Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
Humidity: 65%
Pressure: 1026hPa

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Nelson

at 3:00pm Tuesday 26 Feb 2013
Temperature: 22°C
Wind Speed: 17km/h
Wind Direction: N
Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
Humidity: 70%
Pressure: 1026hPa

New Plymouth

at 3:00pm Tuesday 26 Feb 2013
Temperature: 21°C
Wind Speed: 17km/h
Wind Direction: NW
Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
Humidity: 55%
Pressure: 1027hPa

Ngawi

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Wind Direction: n/a
Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
Humidity: 39%
Pressure: 1025hPa

Nugget Point

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Wind Direction: n/a
Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
Humidity: 84%
Pressure: 1026hPa

Oamaru Airport

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Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
Humidity: 84%
Pressure: 1026hPa

Oamaru Town

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Wind Direction: n/a
Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
Humidity: 77%
Pressure: n/a

Paeroa

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Wind Direction: n/a
Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
Humidity: 41%
Pressure: 1026hPa

Palmerston North

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Wind Direction: n/a
Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
Humidity: 31%
Pressure: 1026hPa

Paraparaumu

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Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
Humidity: 59%
Pressure: 1027hPa

Port Taharoa

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Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
Humidity: 50%
Pressure: 1026hPa

Purerua

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Wind Direction: n/a
Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
Humidity: 53%
Pressure: 1026hPa

Puysegur Point

at 3:00pm Tuesday 26 Feb 2013
Temperature: 18°C
Wind Speed: 44km/h
Wind Direction: N
Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
Humidity: 65%
Pressure: 1026hPa

Queenstown

at 3:00pm Tuesday 26 Feb 2013
Temperature: 25°C
Wind Speed: 13km/h
Wind Direction: W
Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
Humidity: 25%
Pressure: 1025hPa

Raoul Island

at 3:00pm Tuesday 26 Feb 2013
Temperature: 24°C
Wind Speed: 28km/h
Wind Direction: E
Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
Humidity: 68%
Pressure: 1013hPa

Rotorua

at 3:00pm Tuesday 26 Feb 2013
Temperature: 23°C
Wind Speed: 9km/h
Wind Direction: W
Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
Humidity: 45%
Pressure: 1027hPa

Secretary Island

at 3:00pm Tuesday 26 Feb 2013
Temperature: 19°C
Wind Speed: 19km/h
Wind Direction: NE
Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
Humidity: 77%
Pressure: 1029hPa

Slipper Island

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Stewart Island
(South West Cape)
at 3:00pm Tuesday 26 Feb 2013
Temperature: 15°C
Wind Speed: 65km/h
Wind Direction: NW
Rainfall (last hr): 0.8mm
Humidity: 92%
Pressure: 1024hPa

Stephens Island

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Wind Direction: n/a
Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
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Tara Hills

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Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
Humidity: 12%
Pressure: n/a
Taupo

at 3:00pm Tuesday 26 Feb 2013
Temperature: 20°C
Wind Speed: 13km/h
Wind Direction: SW
Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
Humidity: 56%
Pressure: 1027hPa

Tauranga

at 3:00pm Tuesday 26 Feb 2013
Temperature: 23°C
Wind Speed: 15km/h
Wind Direction: NE
Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
Humidity: 47%
Pressure: 1027hPa

Timaru

at 3:00pm Tuesday 26 Feb 2013
Temperature: 22°C
Wind Speed: 7km/h
Wind Direction: SE
Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
Humidity: 71%
Pressure: 1025hPa

Hauraki Gulf
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Waiouru

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Wind Direction: n/a
Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
Humidity: 34%
Pressure: 1028hPa

Wanaka

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Wind Speed: n/a
Wind Direction: n/a
Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
Humidity: 14%
Pressure: 1025hPa

Wanganui

at 3:00pm Tuesday 26 Feb 2013
Temperature: 21°C
Wind Speed: 15km/h
Wind Direction: SW
Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
Humidity: 70%
Pressure: 1027hPa

Wellington
(Airport)
at 3:00pm Tuesday 26 Feb 2013
Temperature: 23°C
Wind Speed: 24km/h
Wind Direction: N
Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
Humidity: 52%
Pressure: 1026hPa

Westport

at 3:00pm Tuesday 26 Feb 2013
Temperature: 21°C
Wind Speed: 28km/h
Wind Direction: SW
Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
Humidity: 69%
Pressure: 1027hPa

Waitangi
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Whakatane

at 3:00pm Tuesday 26 Feb 2013
Temperature: 24°C
Wind Speed: 20km/h
Wind Direction: N
Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
Humidity: 41%
Pressure: 1026hPa

Auckland
(Whangaparoa)
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Wind Speed: n/a
Wind Direction: n/a
Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
Humidity: 58%
Pressure: 1027hPa

Whangarei

at 3:00pm Tuesday 26 Feb 2013
Temperature: 21°C
Wind Speed: 22km/h
Wind Direction: SE
Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
Humidity: 63%
Pressure: 1026hPa

Auckland
(Whenuapai)
at 3:00pm Tuesday 26 Feb 2013
Temperature: 24°C
Wind Speed: 13km/h
Wind Direction: NE
Rainfall (last hr): n/a
Humidity: 48%
Pressure: 1026hPa

White Island
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Humidity: 50%
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Pressure: 1027hPa

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Mana Island

at 3:00pm Tuesday 26 Feb 2013
Temperature: 18°C
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Wind Direction: n/a
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Humidity: n/a
Pressure: n/a

Masterton

at 3:00pm Tuesday 26 Feb 2013
Temperature: 28°C
Wind Speed: 17km/h
Wind Direction: NE
Rainfall (last hr): n/a
Humidity: n/a
Pressure: 1025hPa

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Takapau Plains

at 3:00pm Tuesday 26 Feb 2013
Temperature: 24°C
Wind Speed: n/a
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Rainfall (last hr): n/a
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Pressure: 1026hPa

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Re: MetService Website (2013)

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Metservice reporting Oamaru has hit 51.3 degrees. Wow. :-w
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It's 54.3 degrees now... :-w
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The computer generated 2 hourly thing suggests it will drop to 40 degrees by 2pm. Hopefully there are still a few left alive there- its 54.9 now. Crikey :-# .
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I dont know if i am just being picky :crazy: , but i find that the 10 day forecast for example Christchurch seems very lazy and well off.
When its going to be a NE day you will get a rediculous temperature of say 27C then the next day its NW winds and 20C, everyone knows a NWer is warmer than a NE generally speaking in a high situation for Canterbury.
Or the fact it says " some rain light winds", to me if your going to have a 10 day forecast you may as well do it properly and change it as the days wear on.
Not rocket science but it is weather i know that much huh :P :-w
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I agree with want you are saying Jason,this computer temp forecasting showed itself to be way off the mark this past summer and i'm mainly referring about the days with the Pegasus Bay sea breeze.
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Yes, I click to the 10 day forecasts, instead of the other one, as it has a better possible picture of what to expect for the next 10 days
I can't understand, also, why the daily or extended forecast is on the next page in, from their home page, on Towns and Cities? ...and also it's down at the bottom of that page? Strange place to put it. sometimes when I run the mouse down there, it disappears and have to click again. Why towns and cities, where the towns and cities are clickable on their front page?. Duplication there. The country's forecasts should be like what it was on their previous web-site, on their front page, mind you I'm a bit late for saying that as their new Website has been up for a few months now, mind you, not many people have complained?.
Surely people who want an instant forecast will click onto their homepage and the forecast is there, in their face instead of looking around the site for it., instead of all the junk they have on the front page.
Twiiterry crap, newsfromMetService, "people who wear underpants in the rain", weather blogs etc.
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I don't know why they bother with a '10 day' forecast. Most of the time, it's completely different to what actually happens in the end, ie, 'rain with light winds' actually ends up being 'fine with a strong northerly' as an example. Even the 'moderated' 6 days under regional is dodgy at times.
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They seem to have changed to a nine-day forecast. Personally, I think that anything over five days is a waste of time.
And I wish they would complete the future weather maps - surely it wouldn't be that difficult!
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I see for chch they say 0deg for the morning and yet there silly temp display in the chch chart says 7deg :?: I just don't get such poor data on our funded national forecast website, its like that site went back a decade.
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Rain forecast for tomorrow but no rain in the 2 hourly forecast tomorrow.
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Re: MetService Website (2013)

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Ashburtons predicted low for today is 9 degrees, currently sitting on 2. Not a great prediction.:(
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Re: MetService Website (2013)

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Gary McConnochie wrote:Ashburtons predicted low for today is 9 degrees, currently sitting on 2. Not a great prediction.:(
I think they mean 9C for overnight tonight.
Last night's overnight low for Ashburton was forecast to be 5C.
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Today the MS website has two different expected high temp for CHCH on Sunday,19 and 17 deg,even the 17 is too high and should be more like 15deg
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Richard wrote:Today the MS website has two different expected high temp for CHCH on Sunday,19 and 17 deg,even the 17 is too high and should be more like 15deg
Upper air temps look warm for Sunday,will hit 20 in Ashburton,just my opinion 8)
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Note that it states on their daily forecasts that temps for the first 4 (or 5) days are manually produced by meteorologists, so not really a website issue. The days after that however are automatically computer-generated.

I think that their 2-hourly forecasts, also computer-generated and unmoderated, are meant to show what temps might be at 2-hourly intervals, rather than the day's actual highs or lows.
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Re: MetService Website (2013)

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Why is there often so many "noon" recordings (3 hrly) at 5pm on the observations? probably 25% seems rather high.
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Re: MetService Website (2013)

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I appreciate the recent innovation of being able to click onto regional radar-maps directly from the All-NZ map, instead of mousing all around the page =D>
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Re: MetService Website (2013)

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Hmm… no real-time obs available atm except for Dunedin... :-k
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Re: MetService Website (2013)

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these are the replies always get from met service,they never own up.
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As all data is currently available, except those locations where we do not have actual data available
(no automatic weather station) we are not sure what you are referring to. If you are finding expected
Information to be missing, then deleting your temporary and history files will solve this
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Re: MetService Website (2013)

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heres a sample todays,no wind direction as a start.They just make up excuses like a school teacher did in the 1960s stop telling tales.
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at 3:00pm Thursday 30 May 2013
Temperature: 14°C
Wind Speed: 13km/h
Wind Direction: n/a
Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
Humidity: 52%
Pressure: n/a
Auckland
(Airport)
at 3:00pm Thursday 30 May 2013
Temperature: 14°C
Wind Speed: 9km/h
Wind Direction: n/a
Rainfall (last hr): 0.8mm
Humidity: 96%
Pressure: 1032hPa
Auckland
(Whangaparoa)

at 3:00pm Thursday 30 May 2013
Temperature: 13°C
Wind Speed: 6km/h
Wind Direction: n/a
Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
Humidity: 91%
Pressure: 1032hPa
Auckland
(Whenuapai)

at 3:00pm Thursday 30 May 2013
Temperature: 14°C
Wind Speed: 11km/h
Wind Direction: n/a
Rainfall (last hr): n/a
Humidity: 84%
Pressure: 1032hPa
Awhitu

at 3:00pm Thursday 30 May 2013
Temperature: 15°C
Wind Speed: 11km/h
Wind Direction: n/a
Rainfall (last hr): 0.1mm
Humidity: 0%
Pressure: 1031hPa
Blenheim

at 3:00pm Thursday 30 May 2013
Temperature: 14°C
Wind Speed: 7km/h
Wind Direction: n/a
Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
Humidity: 48%
Pressure: 1028hPa
Brothers Island

at 3:00pm Thursday 30 May 2013
Temperature: 13°C
Wind Speed: 26km/h
Wind Direction: n/a
Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
Humidity: 55%
Pressure: 1028hPa
Campbell Island

at 3:00pm Thursday 30 May 2013
Temperature: 9°C
Wind Speed: 37km/h
Wind Direction: n/a
Rainfall (last hr): 0.0mm
Humidity: 94%
Pressure: 1009hPa
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Re: MetService Website (2013)

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How Dis "Gust" ting :D
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