Large Tasman Low June 15 to 18th

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Re: Large Tasman Low June 15 to 18th

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Bradley wrote:I wish I had the metservice radar to take a look at!!
At least we can make do with our extensive network of observers :smile:
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Re: Large Tasman Low June 15 to 18th

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Full sunshine :D with a light WSW
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Re: Large Tasman Low June 15 to 18th

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Very mild here, 18C with a 16C dewpoint. Few spots of rain at times, sun trying to come out now.
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Re: Large Tasman Low June 15 to 18th

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Certainly feels warm for June, 18C, 17C dewpoint showing at Greylynn
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Re: Large Tasman Low June 15 to 18th

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96mm from this event, still raining. Weatherzone radar shows its almost over. May just fall short of 100mm but boy so much surface water around!
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Re: Polar outbreak June 19th to 21st

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Approaching 100mm here in Chch now and still quite steady. Some major problems around the place now

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Re: Large Tasman Low June 15 to 18th

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Quite alot of flooding onto the road between Halsell and Motukarara, and lesser flooding in afew places further along SH75. Went into Akaroa and there must've been even heavier rain there (as compared to the rest of the peninsula) as there's major flooding over the road and sports field near the northern entrance to the town.
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Re: Large Tasman Low June 15 to 18th

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Orion wrote:
Bradley wrote:I wish I had the metservice radar to take a look at!!
At least we can make do with our extensive network of observers :smile:
for those of you interested in seeing what's happening on radar and aren't on facebook, the met service posted this radar image there just before 2pm with the following blurb:
'Heavy persistent rain continues to spread in S. Cant. and Otago. Latest warning http://www2.metservice.com/warning.html Elsewhere scattered showers with some thunder (especially N. Taranaki) are spreading in across northwestern areas. See the latest national radar image.'
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Re: Large Tasman Low June 15 to 18th

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80mm so far at the Uni, 120mm at Pine Hill. Leith peaked around midnight at 53 cumecs, now at 30, Taieri River is at 1150 cumecs and so is currently higher than the Clutha which is on 1110.
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Re: Large Tasman Low June 15 to 18th

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98mm....nearly there! Still steady light rain.
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Re: Large Tasman Low June 15 to 18th

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Both the north and south branches of the little Hinds River at Mayfield are risen and filthy, and the river is even in full spate at the bridge on the Maronan Road - don't know when I last saw that!
Between Mayfield and Ashburton: surface flooding in paddocks, on roadsides, and across roads at times.
A further 16mm rain here today, making 95mm for the event.
So far.
Light rain continues; 8.3 degrees.
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Re: Large Tasman Low June 15 to 18th

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Still raining abit here but eased up a lot now which is good, a lot of flooding everywhere today as you will see on the news today.
The next high tide could be some problems, some usual spots and that silly rebuild of the Avon river at Fitzgerald there why they brought the road level down like that with the river is beyond me [-X .
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Re: Large Tasman Low June 15 to 18th

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Some beefy cells out in the tasman some with some lightning.

West coast of the north Island could be active this evening :)
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Re: Large Tasman Low

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wembley wrote:We could try getting planes up loaded with tonnes of soot to drop into the cloud tops in strategic areas of that low to just nudge it off course so it harmlessly tracks out into the ocean and misses us completely.

The soot, being black would absorb the sun's heat and warm up the cloud tops also possibly weakening the system.
Are you referring to "carbon black"?
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Re: Large Tasman Low June 15 to 18th

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Hi Talbot - 2 people from Waddington on one forum, what are the chances of that?!

So, we're not looking at a 2006-type event then..
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Re: Large Tasman Low June 15 to 18th

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Misty spray has now set in here. 99.2mm - 100mm still on maybe!
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Re: Large Tasman Low June 15 to 18th

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A further 25mm rain since yesterday morning, giving a total here of 104mm for the event.
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Re: Large Tasman Low June 15 to 18th

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My total for the event was 92.8mm and for the month so far 114.4mm.
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Re: Large Tasman Low June 15 to 18th

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Half that amount here with 54mm
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Re: Large Tasman Low June 15 to 18th

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99.2mm here for the event and 120mm for the month now. Paddocks down the road have water flown over the road and cars crawling through almost tyre height water. It wont recede much before the next lot of moisture.
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Re: Large Tasman Low June 15 to 18th

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112mm for the event here. Fine this morning with lots of ice around.
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Re: Large Tasman Low June 15 to 18th

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http://www.3news.co.nz/Chch-quake-victi ... fault.aspx

Good video of what eastern suburbs residents are dealing with from this event.
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Re: Large Tasman Low June 15 to 18th

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OMG, those poor people. It adds further irony to those who have been landed with "leaky homes"
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Re: Large Tasman Low June 15 to 18th

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101.3mm the total for this event here at West Melton. :eek:
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Re: Large Tasman Low June 15 to 18th

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93.5mm total here in Tai Tapu, 120.2 for June thus far, bringing YTD up to 434.8mm.
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