Ex-TC Lusi affecting NZ - Mar 14-17

CWUweather · Unread post by **CWUweather** » Sun 16/03/2014 08:03

Richard wrote:
CWUweather wrote:Chucking it down here currently, more on the way too, definitely looking at 50-60mm now!
Well i really hope so,not raining ATM but maybe more at sometime later,i dont really want to turn on the irrigation back on after this

It hooks in from the north for you guys up there later on this morning into this afternoon.

igaquo1 · Unread post by **igaquo1** » Sun 16/03/2014 08:18

NZstorm wrote:Te Aroha had 120mm is 12hours today!
Paeroa 125mm.

Pinnacles on 180mm!

Its orographically tiggered convection across the Coromandel/Kaimais with cb tops to 6km.

How did west of the ranges get so much rain with a north-easterly?

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Sun 16/03/2014 08:25

igaquo1 wrote:
NZstorm wrote:Te Aroha had 120mm is 12hours today!
Paeroa 125mm.

Pinnacles on 180mm!

Its orographically tiggered convection across the Coromandel/Kaimais with cb tops to 6km.
How did west of the ranges get so much rain with a north-easterly?

Very strong wind flow (50-60knots aloft) pushed the precip across. The heavy precip didn't extend far beyond the ranges.

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Sun 16/03/2014 08:33

NZstorm wrote:
Very strong wind flow (50-60knots aloft) pushed the precip across. The heavy precip didn't extend far beyond the ranges.

Yea not far at all. Considering as the crow flys we are only like 40km away from te aroha and we got 11mm. Not sure what morrinsville got. Will find out tomorrow at work tho.

David · Unread post by **David** » Sun 16/03/2014 08:44

I actually did get one new record yesterday... highest wind run of 476.5 km.

CHCH Weather Chaser · Sun 16/03/2014 08:58

Good steady rain over the past couple of hours. 13mm so far. Nothing overly impressive about the band coming in, perhaps 20-25mm for the event (which models have been showing for a number of runs now) Christchurch should be pretty certain of escaping further flooding (although cant be 100% sure on that of course) Very tropical feel out there this morning as you'd expect. 150mm for rain to the YTD than this stage last year!

One thing to note though is that the rain is falling more heavily than the radar suggests and that of-course will be down to the tropical air and a bit of instability as NZ Storm pointed out!

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Sun 16/03/2014 09:01

Starting to get the sun shining through a few gaps in the clouds now.

Razor · Unread post by **Razor** » Sun 16/03/2014 09:39

Nothing dramatic here, your average southerly front provides more punch than what we have seen here so far

Manukau heads obs · Sun 16/03/2014 10:05

In WD, record wind run:
view, all time records, then click on show record wind run in the menu along the top
mine is 1309km in October last year

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Sun 16/03/2014 10:17

Yea sorry I deleted my question as I found it shortly after posting. Mine yesterday was 850km but my record is 1200km

LittleTreeHouse · Unread post by **LittleTreeHouse** » Sun 16/03/2014 10:33

we've got a steady soaking rain here, been going a while now.... the garden will be extremely happy

einzack · Unread post by **einzack** » Sun 16/03/2014 10:49

we've had 1mm of rain here so far...and that was yesterday.
we're going to get more with the front coming tomorrow.
thought we might end up with a bit more than that.

but i see Kaikoura has had 81mm so far today
that's pretty decent.

Tornado Tim · Unread post by **Tornado Tim** » Sun 16/03/2014 11:02

Looks like a strong cold front is heading westwards and will merge with Ex-TC Lusi, will be interesting when that happens

Gusting up to 45KM/hr here atm with a temp of 22 and DP of 19. Only 0.2mm of rain so far today.

Certainly hasnt been a rain maker here.

Manukau heads obs · Sun 16/03/2014 11:47

the top of the SI has been getting lots of rain this morning

Chris Raine · Unread post by **Chris Raine** » Sun 16/03/2014 12:01

Raining at 10.8mm an hour in Oamaru now. We have had 20.7mm of rain since 0430 hours . Gutters are full

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Sun 16/03/2014 12:09

Chris Raine wrote:Raining at 10.8mm an hour in Oamaru now. We have had 20.7mm of rain since 0430 hours . Gutters are full

Lucky bugger,no rain here today other than the 5mm shower over night

Skywatcher · Unread post by **Skywatcher** » Sun 16/03/2014 12:47

29.4mm here for the event so far. The rain has eased in the last half hour - currently a heavy drizzle.

Visible MTSAT image from 11:32.

CWUweather · Unread post by **CWUweather** » Sun 16/03/2014 12:54

Nice heavy band about to move down over Kaikoura... and down the coast towards Christchurch.

Manukau heads obs · Sun 16/03/2014 13:16

Welly I think its about to get slammed by the NWer

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Sun 16/03/2014 13:19

CWUweather wrote:Nice heavy band about to move down over Kaikoura... and down the coast towards Christchurch.

Yep,just started to rain here now

David · Unread post by **David** » Sun 16/03/2014 13:21

Got a dewpoint of 21 here at the moment. Nice to have lighter breezes after yesterday's wind!

CWUweather · Unread post by **CWUweather** » Sun 16/03/2014 13:22

Richard wrote:
CWUweather wrote:Nice heavy band about to move down over Kaikoura... and down the coast towards Christchurch.
Yep,just started to rain here now

Haha, I said this morning "later this morning into this afternoon" Could last for a while now too!

RWood · Unread post by **RWood** » Sun 16/03/2014 14:09

Manukau heads obs wrote:Welly I think its about to get slammed by the NWer

So 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.

Bradley · Unread post by **Bradley** » Sun 16/03/2014 14:14

CWUweather wrote:Nice heavy band about to move down over Kaikoura... and down the

Haha, I said this morning "later this morning into this afternoon" Could last for a while now too!

You may well end up dead right with your 40-50mm prediction for Christchurch, who would have thought a young fella would show up the other so called experts if we do end up receiving that much!! Up to 35mm for the event here in West Melton...

CWUweather · Unread post by **CWUweather** » Sun 16/03/2014 14:25

Bradley wrote:
CWUweather wrote:Nice heavy band about to move down over Kaikoura... and down the

Haha, I said this morning "later this morning into this afternoon" Could last for a while now too!
You may well end up dead right with your 40-50mm prediction for Christchurch, who would have thought a young fella would show up the other so called experts if we do end up receiving that much!! Up to 35mm for the event here in West Melton...

Cheers mate! More to come too. Check out the radars!

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