Ex-TC Lusi affecting NZ - Mar 14-17
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Re: Ex-TC Lusi affecting NZ - Mar 14-17
Yep holding it's shape well up north and even some heavy stuff forming up towards culverden! Just checked and now up to 40mm fallen since last night...
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Re: Ex-TC Lusi affecting NZ - Mar 14-17
Its been gusting to 50kts in the notherly at Hawera, so that shows there is a very strong gradient wind heading towards wellingtonSo far, boring and harmless here - windless y'day as expected, a few light showers so far today. NW would have to be very strong to impress locals
Gusting to 40 knots here earlier
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Re: Ex-TC Lusi affecting NZ - Mar 14-17
No its not heavy here really,just nice and steadyBradley wrote:Yep holding it's shape well up north and even some heavy stuff forming up towards culverden! Just checked and now up to 40mm fallen since last night...
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Re: Ex-TC Lusi affecting NZ - Mar 14-17
Yeah it has now formed further west of Culverden, very heavy here at present at 20mm an hour rain rate...
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Rain eased back to 5mm an hour. 47.4 mm for the event so far
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Re: Ex-TC Lusi affecting NZ - Mar 14-17
Fair chucking it down now steady/heavy falls and a driving fresh NE wind, 17C so not too bad out there.
Should be an interesting 7-8 hours ahead.
Should be an interesting 7-8 hours ahead.
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Re: Ex-TC Lusi affecting NZ - Mar 14-17
51.3mm in the gauge at 4pm.Bradley wrote:Yeah it has now formed further west of Culverden, very heavy here at present at 20mm an hour rain rate...
Wind here dosen't seem to as breezy at what it was at work in Halswell, this morning.
22mm there up to 1:30pm today.
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Re: Ex-TC Lusi affecting NZ - Mar 14-17
Not much behind this on the radar Jason.... But I see up near Nelson there is another heavy band moving down... will be interesting to watch its pathStorm Struck wrote:Fair chucking it down now steady/heavy falls and a driving fresh NE wind, 17C so not too bad out there.
Should be an interesting 7-8 hours ahead.
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Re: Ex-TC Lusi affecting NZ - Mar 14-17
For the Waikato up to Franklin area, it has officially been downgraded from Cyclone Lusi to Cyclone Pusi
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Ex-TC Lusi affecting NZ - Mar 14-17
Ha! Yea the farmers will be gutted. We missed out yet again. Seems we will be the driest place I the country after this!
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Re: Ex-TC Lusi affecting NZ - Mar 14-17
There's a 1hPa routine hand drawn analysis that you can find here (valid midday): https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... =1&theater
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Re: Ex-TC Lusi affecting NZ - Mar 14-17
periods of rain all day in lincoln.. on and off, touch and go about tonight of how much will fall but id say another band before it starts to really ease..
Clearing tomorrow and back to lighter N-NW winds.. boring week ahead weather wise
Clearing tomorrow and back to lighter N-NW winds.. boring week ahead weather wise
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Re: Ex-TC Lusi affecting NZ - Mar 14-17
Manukau heads obs wrote:For the Waikato up to Franklin area, it has officially been downgraded from Cyclone Lusi to Cyclone Pusi
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Ironic that the region worst affected was the region that missed it!
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Re: Ex-TC Lusi affecting NZ - Mar 14-17
32mm for the event. All but over now it would seem. I would be very surprised if the band further north comes down this way, it is falling apart now and should head out to the east. Over 250mm for the year to date already!
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Re: Ex-TC Lusi affecting NZ - Mar 14-17
I dunno about falling apart
that area usually has alot of radar blocking ranges,and yet its looking like very solid rain still
as the wind changes from NE to NW, then there will be alot more rain shadow from the ranges...that will explain the rain disappearing from around Blenheim to a degree but also the rain has arrived in Wellington and so will be blocking the beam more
that area usually has alot of radar blocking ranges,and yet its looking like very solid rain still
as the wind changes from NE to NW, then there will be alot more rain shadow from the ranges...that will explain the rain disappearing from around Blenheim to a degree but also the rain has arrived in Wellington and so will be blocking the beam more
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Re: Ex-TC Lusi affecting NZ - Mar 14-17
Back from the west coast, bugger all there with 8mm up to 3pm no wind and warm with 20C over night and 22C today.
Mostly dry though the alps on the way home and only 28mm recorded here in Rangiora and currently dry with no wind, even a bog standard southerly front could have done better than this so a bit of a fizzer really and much like the worst snow storm in 20 years we didn't have last winter with all the over hyped coverage around it( god help us this winter).
Mostly dry though the alps on the way home and only 28mm recorded here in Rangiora and currently dry with no wind, even a bog standard southerly front could have done better than this so a bit of a fizzer really and much like the worst snow storm in 20 years we didn't have last winter with all the over hyped coverage around it( god help us this winter).
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Re: Ex-TC Lusi affecting NZ - Mar 14-17
its not a fizzer for the top of the south island (Nelson and Golden bay)
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When people report on here there generally referring to there location, as I was.
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Re: Ex-TC Lusi affecting NZ - Mar 14-17
Yes that unfortunate event and lead up to it still sits fresh in my mind melja, I wonder when some of those private forecasters will keep quiet 4-5 days out from a potential major event when The Press calls up to get a quote and some weight to the sensational headline...perhaps waiting until 1-2 days out would be a better idea!melja wrote:Back from the west coast, bugger all there with 8mm up to 3pm no wind and warm with 20C over night and 22C today.
Mostly dry though the alps on the way home and only 28mm recorded here in Rangiora and currently dry with no wind, even a bog standard southerly front could have done better than this so a bit of a fizzer really and much like the worst snow storm in 20 years we didn't have last winter with all the over hyped coverage around it( god help us this winter).
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Re: Ex-TC Lusi affecting NZ - Mar 14-17
I see Westport had a high of 27C crazy stuff there, reverse NWer going on there I would think as we had that happening today at Kumara junction with a light SE.
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Re: Ex-TC Lusi affecting NZ - Mar 14-17
gusting to over 60 kts now at Brothers and Stevens Islands in Cook straight
so wellington will finally get to feel the effects of ex lusi in the next hour or so
so wellington will finally get to feel the effects of ex lusi in the next hour or so
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Re: Ex-TC Lusi affecting NZ - Mar 14-17
Is there really any need to banter on about the " ohh so much for the big cyclone " , this has been a very widespread system that has affected the country in pockets.
I would rather a system be forewarned so people can prepare rather than get caught out especially in this region where mother nature seems to be rather attracted to at the moment, we sure have seen it all.
Some people say to overdo it is to scaremonger, but if its there to save your lives and property by being over prepared then where is the harm .
Anyway that burst of rain earlier didn't last too long, but the outer band slowly shifting south from Kaikoura might affect mid Canterbury overnight.
I thought I would post and save this radar image, looks like the low position is crossing the upper south island just wonderful to look at
I would rather a system be forewarned so people can prepare rather than get caught out especially in this region where mother nature seems to be rather attracted to at the moment, we sure have seen it all.
Some people say to overdo it is to scaremonger, but if its there to save your lives and property by being over prepared then where is the harm .
Anyway that burst of rain earlier didn't last too long, but the outer band slowly shifting south from Kaikoura might affect mid Canterbury overnight.
I thought I would post and save this radar image, looks like the low position is crossing the upper south island just wonderful to look at
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