General October Weather

tgsnoopy · Unread post by **tgsnoopy** » Sat 04/10/2014 13:21

Hail here in Tauranga at the moment. Only little stuff (smaller than pea sized).

Tornado Tim · Unread post by **Tornado Tim** » Sat 04/10/2014 13:22

Getting gale gusts here and in Horsham it looks like going by Jamies station.
74km/hr in Horsham, 67.8 KM/hr in Matangi.

Manukau heads obs · Sat 04/10/2014 13:25

I might have a reed switch problem developing
Getting high spike wind readings ( shows on console)

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Sat 04/10/2014 15:04

Manukau heads obs wrote:Reports of snow settled hills around Taupo overnight.gone now though

Midday temps are unusually low for October today, eg 0C in Waiouru and 5C in Rotorua. Snow probably falling lower than forecast.

Manukau heads obs · Sat 04/10/2014 15:08

only 10.5C here at 3pm (recent shower). Cold for October alright

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Sat 04/10/2014 18:07

I think today was possibly the most unpleasant weather day of 2014! Strong cold wind and squally showers. Max 13C.

Manukau heads obs · Sat 04/10/2014 18:22

report from a friend up the sky tower of possible brief snow going past in the showers this afternoon?
Waiuku's fireworks evening postponed until tomorrow night (my suggestion for a couple of days now

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NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Sat 04/10/2014 19:08

NZstorm wrote:I think today was possibly the most unpleasant weather day of 2014! Strong cold wind and squally showers. Max 13C.

This looks like a Michael type of posting?

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Sat 04/10/2014 19:13

NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote:
This looks like a Michael type of posting?

I didn't mention southwesterlies!

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Sat 04/10/2014 20:24

Nearly every shower that has come through since yesterday has had some hail. Some showers have had heaps of hail others just laced with it. One shower had flat squishy hail that splattered on the window rather than little balls of ice. Is that grauple?

Dale · Unread post by **Dale** » Sat 04/10/2014 22:29

That it would be!

Been much the same in Greymouth all day today, every shower being dumped with hail, mostly around pea sized but one particular shower dropped hail that was pushing into the 2cm range! Cold enough at one point I thought it was near going to snow down at sea level here.. there is plenty of it up on Mt. Davy & the Paparoa Range, usually get a blast like this towards the start of whitebait season, not right toward the end... I see we have another rain warning out for here, suits me ok to stay indoors for a couple of days, you can only do so much with a broken leg lol.

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Sun 05/10/2014 08:14

The big wind flows over the Southern Alps later today should produce some lightning. Maybe a strike or two further east given strength of Jet stream at 700mb.

shovelopikis · Unread post by **shovelopikis** » Sun 05/10/2014 18:48

snowfall yesterday -blizzard like conditions

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Mon 06/10/2014 12:36

shovelopikis wrote:snowfall yesterday -blizzard like conditions

West of Lake Taupo?

shovelopikis · Unread post by **shovelopikis** » Mon 06/10/2014 19:12

tich wrote:
shovelopikis wrote:snowfall yesterday -blizzard like conditions
West of Lake Taupo?

yeap, on and off during the morning, none settled, 4 total snowfalls this winter season

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Mon 06/10/2014 19:24

I heard there was a bit of snow settled on the western hills towards taumaranui, from some farmers in the area.

shovelopikis · Unread post by **shovelopikis** » Tue 07/10/2014 17:46

jamie wrote:I heard there was a bit of snow settled on the western hills towards taumaranui, from some farmers in the area.

that'd be right...snowline was at 650m from the hills down our end,we are at 500m

David · Unread post by **David** » Wed 08/10/2014 15:52

Nice mild 19C here, sun is out now after substantial cloud cover earlier. Nice to have light winds again too...

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Wed 08/10/2014 15:53

Hopefully see the lunar eclipse.

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Wed 08/10/2014 16:47

With an overnight dewpoint of 13-14C skies will probably cloud up quickly, lots of moisture for cloud.

Bradley · Unread post by **Bradley** » Wed 08/10/2014 16:48

I cannot remember in recent times a more stable 7 day forecast coming up for Canterbury, nothing too windy/cold/warm/showery in the outlook at all!

Manukau heads obs · Wed 08/10/2014 19:20

not light winds here, been blowing a gale all day
(is a pressure wind here on the west coast)

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Wed 08/10/2014 19:52

Long range the overall pattern is changing and becoming less zonal in the models. I hope that trend continues as it will mean better weather for Auckland.

Orion · Unread post by **Orion** » Wed 08/10/2014 20:15

Michael wrote:Hopefully see the lunar eclipse.

Looks like a clear sky for it here.

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Wed 08/10/2014 22:05

Nice clear night for the eclipsing tonight

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