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Seems the chain showers have now moved back inland of the city again.

Chilly but lovely sunny weather today, currently 7C for Howick after a min of 3.3C. Only going for a max of 10!

Sun is out here also, coming and going though but dry. Mt Hutt will be getting more snow again with the chain showers pushing right inland again. Would be surprised if they end up opening (currently on hold).

Looks like a blob zeroing in on Pirongia now. That's some moisture that's snuck through Cook Straight isn't it.

Look at bizarre river of rain flowing to the west of the city. Thats an interesting thing to see. Lets watch to see where it wanders next, my clothes need drying.

dogmelon wrote:Look at bizarre river of rain flowing to the west of the city. Thats an interesting thing to see. Lets watch to see where it wanders next, my clothes need drying.

It is interesting alright,its flowing northward to here where its been raining now for a few hours,haven't seen any sun today.

A little warmer than expected today, 11-12C across the Auckland area

Anyway else see the main story in today's NZ Herald (paper copy) saying Auckland was only supposed to reach 6°C today? Bad reporting!

Chain showers becoming more coastal now and moving back into the city after a mainly dry day to date.

cbm wrote:Looks like a blob zeroing in on Pirongia now. That's some moisture that's snuck through Cook Straight isn't it.

yea as it passed over it did look like a snow shower on it. Not enough to make visible settled snow though. That windchill is nasty.

its about 12/13 here though really nasty beebop conditions this afternoon.morn was better though.

David wrote:Anyway else see the main story in today's NZ Herald (paper copy) saying Auckland was only supposed to reach 6°C today? Bad reporting!

That was a great blast of Hail and wind came through Grey Lynn with that Cb at 3:45pm.. Temp dropped from 11.5° to 6.7° and had wind gusts up to 72 km/h..

Another chain shower just before sunset produced one of the strongest rainbows I've seen...

Neat rainbow,see you had some blue sky today,we didn't here ,rained most of the day even though it was mainly light it did get heavier a few times.

Skywatcher wrote:Another chain shower just before sunset produced one of the strongest rainbows I've seen...

Yes saw that rainbow here also, although looks like you got a much better view of it! On and off showers over the last 3-4 hours. Another one coming through now with blue sky in between them. Looks like they are coming to an end soon. Around 25mm for the system. 46mm now for the month.

Possible snow clouds approaching Hamilton City about 12:30pm. Caught the last remnants of this arriving when stepped onto street briefly just before 1pm, a squall of wind and some odd big raindrops that splattered on the pavement then quickly evaporated.

Great pictures!
Good ol' winter weather!

Going to be colder than the -1 predicted I would think. Down to 3 already.

jamie wrote:Going to be colder than the -1 predicted I would think. Down to 3 already.

Their forecast lows seem too high, e.g. Taupo forecast low -1? It's already -0.7 there.
They've got 5 for Auckland, but I'm expecting a light frost here in the morning.

Yea problem is the wind. The wind picked up before and we shot back up over 5. If the wind stays away we will drop below -1 i think but it needs to stay calm all night for that to happen.

Light snow falls on the Volcanic Plateau last two days from occasional snow flurries, strong winds yesterday afternoon /evening blowing snow horizontal, blizzard like conditions.

David wrote:

jamie wrote:Going to be colder than the -1 predicted I would think. Down to 3 already.

Their forecast lows seem too high, e.g. Taupo forecast low -1? It's already -0.7 there.
They've got 5 for Auckland, but I'm expecting a light frost here in the morning.

The breeze will keep Auckland frost free overnight.

Skywatcher wrote:Another chain shower just before sunset produced one of the strongest rainbows I've seen...

Stunning picture Steven!!

NZstorm wrote: The breeze will keep Auckland frost free overnight.

It's bound to die out eventually... it has certainly eased back here in the last hour

I am also tending to think that it will dip below -1 here as well, just as long as the wind goes away.
1.8°C and 88% Hum, means that it will have to drop a bit more before it reaches saturation point.