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Razor wrote:Been out running very serious problems in lower cashmere and beckenham loop. Quite breathtaking how fast the heathcote is still rising so bloody fast
Yeah quite amazing stuff really. Looks like this rain is going to ease very soon and just as well.
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What is a slight worry is the amount of snow on top of port hills yet to enter the catchment hopefully we get a good freeze to slow that down up there
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Well the rain has finally stopped, that's 234mm in 1 week. The water table is about 1 foot below the surface of the ground, above ground in places no doubt. I have a feeling this h2o is gonna hang around for quite some time to come
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Potentially Tai Tapu township could be evacuated due rising waters threatening Bridge. civil defence monitoring - Police are shifting resources out there
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Couple Photos of the Heathcote River, Waimea Tce.
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My total for the event is 78.8mm making 193.2mm for the month so far.
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73mm here for that event,pleased its gone :D
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looks to be a hail shower just off the coast here...its all white, lit up by the sun, the precipitation falling from it
its heading towards the waitakere ranges...heads up...

lots of chain type shower lines to move onto northland...looks to be a wind convergence line
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Upper trough moving toward Northland/Auckland this morning, moving away in the afternoon. Hopefully not too many showers over Auckland as I am liking the drier weather now!
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yes, same..wanting to get the lawns mown for starters
I am thinking most of the showers are going to go to the north of us here
will be catching one soon though
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Well the sun is out but the damage has been done. Incredible how much water is out there. Paddocks with acres and acres of flood waters and not a blade of grass. They are completely submerged. It will take weeks of sunshine to sort it out and then more. Driving down the road today and Hoon Hay is in bad shape. Sparks road down by the paddocks near Henderson Road has flood waters across the road, up peoples drives and into their backyards. Waves are creating all sorts of trouble. I went down there last night just before the rain eased but this morning its 10x worse there. The sewers must have failed cause there was bubbling out of drains last night. It stinks around the place and many side streets are knee deep in water. Its the worst I have ever seen in terms of flooding around here.
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Here's a view of the Sparks Rd/Hendersons Rd area from the SHF webcam (http://www.shf.co.nz).

Interesting comparison between 2013 and previous years on the Mt Hutt snow graph !

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A further 13mm rain in the gauge this morning making 72mm for the event.
[on top of the 104mm with the earlier effort 8-o ]
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Yeah Crazy stuff. 99mm from first event and this one delivered a further 110mm.
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Mt Hutt calling it the biggest dump in 20years, 2.8m fell!
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When you look at this graph and see where they are up to compared to other years, its only June 8-o,what could they end up with if we get a couple more weather system even half as nasty as what weve just had.

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Well this storm wasn't overhyped in the main I reckon. Snow didnt hit Chch hard but apart from that it was worth all the warnings-well done to Tony T, WW, Richard G (who I hear has split from WW), MetService and Civil Defence-bloody good work! So easy for people to knock them and although it wasn't 100% accurate it was pretty close.You all deserve a payrise!!
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cantygal wrote:Well this storm wasn't overhyped in the main I reckon. Snow didnt hit Chch hard but apart from that it was worth all the warnings-well done to Tony T, WW, Richard G (who I hear has split from WW), MetService and Civil Defence-bloody good work! So easy for people to knock them and although it wasn't 100% accurate it was pretty close.You all deserve a payrise!!
Yes too right =D> just because some areas didn't get what was predicted doesn't mean they all did a bad job in warning what may happen.
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exactly and I agree
e.g chest deep snow in the Tekapo/burks pass area, amazing to see the pictures on the news from that area !
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The models did a good job with this set up, particularly inside 72hrs. The rain situation for Canterbury, heavy inland snow, storm force winds about central NZ, electrical storms/hail for the north....all well indicated days in advance.
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2.6C here in Waddington, with a NW blowing however we won't reach the -3C forecast, the airport however will get a cracker of a frost! Will be dangerous on the roads tomorrow morning...
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Did a drive today from Mosgiel to Naseby , thick snow cover most of the way. Locals in Naseby reckon it is the heaviest fall of snow in that town since 1936.
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A few photos from the Strath Taieri area near Clarks Junction.
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Those photos show just what a dump of snow it was! Im going up to Arthurs tomorrow so hopefully I can get a few snaps.
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