General February Weather

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Thu 26/02/2015 17:57

Reached 27C at Greylynn, isolated afternoon showers stayed clear of this area.

treetop · Unread post by **treetop** » Thu 26/02/2015 19:12

Where are all these storms their forecasting ????? Still waiting . Plenty of convection but all capped over 5k. High pressure inversion has been over the north for 6 weeks now ,will see a change back to strong cooler w/sw later next week. Well its been a good summer for beach goers anyway.Chance of a storm this summer in Tauranga zero now.

tgsnoopy · Unread post by **tgsnoopy** » Thu 26/02/2015 20:21

Hmm, am hearing occasional thunder at the mo. No rain yet. Might have just jinxed it by putting camera batteries on charge.

tgsnoopy · Unread post by **tgsnoopy** » Thu 26/02/2015 21:04

Not much more thunder heard. But a local, with good views elevation near here said there was quite a good storm in progress. Right now there must be a heavy shower as I've lost my satellite based TV signal (and I'm not using your typical small dish).

tgsnoopy · Unread post by **tgsnoopy** » Thu 26/02/2015 21:07

No sooner did I finish that, than a heavy fall started, I'd put it in the 20-30mm/hr rate presently. Good rumble of thunder just heard too.

treetop · Unread post by **treetop** » Thu 26/02/2015 21:33

Spoke to soon.The cap has broken !!!!!!! Went for a walk after seeing a small funnel at 7ish over Omokoroa ,after that a doz or so weak IC flashes and an hour of moderate/heavy rain.[Tauranga not the thunder less capital afterall]May be more tonight offshore as the land breeze meets the NE. Hopeful for tomorrow if the sea breeze doesnt get over the Kaimais. What are your thoughts tgsnoopy ?

David · Unread post by **David** » Thu 26/02/2015 22:05

Certainly some heavy falls around Tauranga area tonight. Image from Metservice "your weather"

Tornado Tim · Unread post by **Tornado Tim** » Thu 26/02/2015 23:13

Might be worthwhile to drive to Rotorua tomorrow, Some quite unstable conditions out there tomorrow.
The residual moisture of that front will help stuff kick off , just hopefully any residual cloud cover clears in time for prime DTSH and possible Sea Breeze interaction.
Lapse rates looking good, mainly due to a nice amount of moisture in upper levels, making more latent heat.
Trop at 9.5 KM tomorrow so convection could get quite tall.

Just hopefully the BOP wont get too much cloud, but with the sounding I saw, it looks 50/50.

Will have to check tomorrow morning.

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Fri 27/02/2015 07:02

That convergence late yesterday in the Bay of Plenty lacked cold upper air.
We get the cold upper air coming across the North Island today so any convergence in the BOP or over the inland ranges will produce thunder/small hail.

I notice some shower activity over Waikato coast this morn to. Can see it from here.

500mb chart for mid today

tgsnoopy · Unread post by **tgsnoopy** » Fri 27/02/2015 07:03

treetop wrote: What are your thoughts tgsnoopy ?

Sorry, I'm no forecaster. But, I'm not expecting much, and I wasn't last night either.

tgsnoopy · Unread post by **tgsnoopy** » Fri 27/02/2015 07:04

Tornado Tim wrote:Might be worthwhile to drive to Rotorua tomorrow, Some quite unstable conditions out there tomorrow.

That'd be right. Matt is going over to work in Rotorua today and I'm staying here in Tauranga.

Manukau heads obs · Fri 27/02/2015 07:43

yes, was some nice looking convection off the coast here this morning
so unstable today ...
a fair bit of high cloud around at the moment...will slow down the heating..which might work in favour of delaying sea breeze for us here...hummm

shovelopikis · Unread post by **shovelopikis** » Fri 27/02/2015 10:39

massive thunderstorm and rain yesterday evening around 6:30-8pm at western bays $\:D/$

Bradley · Unread post by **Bradley** » Fri 27/02/2015 11:22

Looks like Christchurch will record it's equal second coldest February average minimum since records began at the airport back in 1954 - no wonder the last few weeks have felt cold in the mornings!

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Fri 27/02/2015 12:04

Feb has been cooler than average around NZ

Towering Cu in our skies again today, a better chance for afternoon showers today than yesterday

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Fri 27/02/2015 12:10

It wouldn't surprise me if there was a thunderstorm over east Auckland this afternoon. Temp on 25C in Grey Lynn.

Vertigo · Unread post by **Vertigo** » Fri 27/02/2015 12:24

Torrential rain and thunder reported in Te Kauwhata just now.

Tornado Tim · Unread post by **Tornado Tim** » Fri 27/02/2015 12:29

Vertigo wrote:Torrential rain and thunder reported in Te Kauwhata just now.

Yea, it looks the atmosphere is more unstable over other regions than the models have indicated....
I would expect a revision to the T-storm outlook soon.

Vertigo · Unread post by **Vertigo** » Fri 27/02/2015 12:44

Pic of the storm receeding from TK. Not especially great pic, sorry, taken by mum

And a tower going up over the Hauraki Gulf right now. Producing what looks like noctilucent cloud above it.

Tornado Tim · Unread post by **Tornado Tim** » Fri 27/02/2015 12:45

Stuff Developing to my west and north west, Anvils are quite dark (Grey), must be to do with the moisture at upper levels.

David · Unread post by **David** » Fri 27/02/2015 12:52

Big shower going up now out west... looks quite grey from here. Can't get a good photo of it though...

Tornado Tim · Unread post by **Tornado Tim** » Fri 27/02/2015 12:59

Here is a storm developing up north
Thunder now just heard....

cbm · Unread post by **cbm** » Fri 27/02/2015 13:06

Same storm, I think, about 20 minutes ago.

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David · Unread post by **David** » Fri 27/02/2015 13:13

Thunder to the west of here

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Fri 27/02/2015 13:15

Thunder lightning over Auckland, just to the east.

Had a cloud burst here at Greenlane.

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