General May Weather

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Sat 25/05/2013 20:36

15mm already with lots more to come tonight.

David · Unread post by **David** » Sat 25/05/2013 22:32

seems GFS may have overestimated the rainfall here... can't really see another 25mm coming tonight looking at the radar

Tornado Tim · Unread post by **Tornado Tim** » Sat 25/05/2013 23:14

The warm front is definitely doing it's thing, 14.2°C now, todays max temp.

Currently raining moderately 15.4mm so far today.

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Sun 26/05/2013 01:22

Just got woken by what I gather is the cold front. Heavy rain and strong wind.

Had 36mm so far. All the rest will come from showers but could end up close to 50mm from event easily.

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Sun 26/05/2013 08:54

500mb chart for midnight Monday. Looks like a decent thunder risk late Monday but more particularly early Tuesday over the west of the North Island. Could be a fair bit of lightning initially before the drier air arrives and we end up with just weaker squally hail showers for the rest of Tuesday. A nice winter event.

Nev · Unread post by **Nev** » Sun 26/05/2013 08:56

17C here just after midnight - about 1C warmer than yesterday's day-temp.

Only managed a total of only 8.5mm here. Windy though. I'd say Whangaparaoa's N'ly gusts to 78 km/h yesterday evening were probably akin to what it was here - quite pleasant now though.

Orion · Unread post by **Orion** » Sun 26/05/2013 09:51

Nor'wester has risen to a noisy Gale here just now.
Sunny, 13 degrees.

CHCH Weather Chaser · Sun 26/05/2013 12:27

Just got back from Hanmer where a fresh NW was with us most of the time with gale force gusts at times. The drive home wasn't the smoothest with the wind. Got back to CHCH about 30mins ago and it was dead still but the NW has come up just recently here now too. Currently a very mild 19 degrees.

trickytiger · Unread post by **trickytiger** » Sun 26/05/2013 12:36

Hanmer is quite often windier than here with these winds. Highest average wind speed here was 49km/h and our highest gust was 69.9km/h so still a bit to claim gale force here. currently sitting on 15.8 degrees

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Sun 26/05/2013 12:40

Mild here, partly cloudy ,18C with a dewpoint of 15C.

The cold air is starting to show up in the south, Invercargill currently on 5C. The incoming snow is perfect timing for the skii fields.

Tuesday looks like a day for hail here, expect most showers will have hail. Possible thunder more likely in the morning hours.

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Sun 26/05/2013 12:55

Yes that wind up this way Leighton has been coming and going since yesterday,calm ATM with a spits of rain.

CHCH Weather Chaser · Sun 26/05/2013 14:43

trickytiger wrote:Hanmer is quite often windier than here with these winds. Highest average wind speed here was 49km/h and our highest gust was 69.9km/h so still a bit to claim gale force here. currently sitting on 15.8 degrees

Yeah last night for a period of time it was over a sustained period.

Richard wrote:Yes that wind up this way Leighton has been coming and going since yesterday,calm ATM with a spits of rain.

Yes, its funny, a lot of the time you could hear the huge roars from the gusts and then you look out the window and the trees are dead still. It just comes in short sharp waves a lot of the time.

Manukau heads obs · Sun 26/05/2013 15:32

240mm for may so far...
will be one of the wettest mays on record for the auckland area

Skywatcher · Unread post by **Skywatcher** » Sun 26/05/2013 15:49

Wind has turned gusty westerly here, 18C and the dewpoint has dropped below 0C.

David · Unread post by **David** » Sun 26/05/2013 16:21

Manukau heads obs wrote:240mm for may so far...
will be one of the wettest mays on record for the auckland area

Wow - is that your record wettest month? I'm only on 188mm here, which isn't that amazing. Might just make it to 200 by month's end.

Nev · Unread post by **Nev** » Sun 26/05/2013 17:34

NIWA's Akld, Mangere site, with 239.2mm so far this month, has already easily beaten its previous May record of 197.5mm in 1962.

I think Akld Aero still needs about 5.5mm to beat its 2004 record of 216.8mm though.

melja · Unread post by **melja** » Sun 26/05/2013 17:35

Yes very dry and windy in Rangiora today with a high of 21C , 16C, very wind and only 26% humidity at 530pm its so fantastic for this time of year- im loving it $\:D/$ .

snowstormwatcher · Unread post by **snowstormwatcher** » Sun 26/05/2013 17:49

Yeah very mild for this time of year, Got to 19 degrees here with a strong gusty NW. Cooled down to 9c now with a change to a cooler westerly.

Razor · Unread post by **Razor** » Sun 26/05/2013 18:09

Very strong NW and spillover showers walkign out from Woolshed Creek Hut this morning. The hut lost the vent off the roof this morning in the wind

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Sun 26/05/2013 18:47

WOW! Just went outside and saw the moon. Just about fell over. Golden full moon on the horizon just above a tree and glowing with the cool damp air. Absolutely stunning!

Orion · Unread post by **Orion** » Sun 26/05/2013 20:02

Razor wrote:Very strong NW and spillover showers walkign out from Woolshed Creek Hut this morning. The hut lost the vent off the roof this morning in the wind

I'm not surprised at that!
'twas very strong at times.

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Sun 26/05/2013 20:45

Yes its been very strong wind here too.

The moon looked amazing yesterday as well Jamie

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Sun 26/05/2013 21:35

Lovely moons alright.

Was in Avondale last night and saw the moon rise up over the sea at New Brighton and then this morning saw it slowly sinking in the west over the Alps, and this evening a nice rise, viewed from hair in West Melton

A sight to be "Over the Moon With". ...

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Sun 26/05/2013 22:20

I see the Southern Annular Mode has trended into a more negative phase which suggests a more active westerly type pattern in the short term.

melja · Unread post by **melja** » Sun 26/05/2013 23:27

Cool more warm weather for Canterbury then

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