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Worsening forecast for Auckland for Saturday - it had better not cause any airport problems in the evening!

Auckland airport is only very rarely affected by high winds
(would need to be 50 knots to stop domestic flights)
a S or SE wind though is a cross wind

Looking like the gfs and European can't agree on the evolution of the low pressure system over the north of the country Sunday/Monday. Looking like the subtropical jet will interact with the polar trough so some development definitely on the cards.

Manukau heads obs wrote:Auckland airport is only very rarely affected by high winds
(would need to be 50 knots to stop domestic flights)
a S or SE wind though is a cross wind

Thanks - arriving domestic about 6pm and leaving international about 7.30.

RWood wrote:Worsening forecast for Auckland for Saturday - it had better not cause any airport problems in the evening!

Worse in Wellington with a southerly 25 knots, Auckland southeast 15 knots.

Don't forget your passport RWood

No problem then. After a dull first few days this month has been quite sunny so far
NZ mtd temps well below average so far from today's NIWA charts. Going to San Francisco and central Arizona, SF temps prob. near normal after recent heatwave.

Sunny locally I meant.

finally a spring day here ..temperatures climbing above high of last few days already. now that its a more NW wind

Have moved the cold change stuff across to its own thread now, cheers

Razor wrote:Have moved the cold change stuff across to its own thread now, cheers

Good.
Are you a moderator now? I didn't know that, doesn't say that on your icon thing?

EC's morning run going for 150mm for inland mid-Canterbury from next Tuesday-Saturday

Yes, Tony is going for a wet week.

Lightning observed to my NW

NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote:

Razor wrote:Have moved the cold change stuff across to its own thread now, cheers

Good.
Are you a moderator now? I didn't know that, doesn't say that on your icon thing?

Indeed, they are really scraping the barrel now huh?

I don't know how to update the icon thing...

Stunning weather on the western side of the mountains. Hit 18.4°C so far with wall to wall sunshine. That southerly does have a bit of a chill to it, but it's doing nothing to spoil the great day.

Razor wrote: Good.
Are you a moderator now? I didn't know that, doesn't say that on your icon thing?

Indeed, they are really scraping the barrel now huh?

I don't know how to update the icon thing...[/quote]

Congratulations
I once was a moderator (or "Charcoal-erater", thanks to Willoughby), but I was glad I gave that up.
Anyway, back on topic, looks like a wet week coming up for Canterbury and some other eastern places, especially from Kaikoura northwards. Richard may get the occasional spit or two

OK, so Weatherwatch says the equinox is tomorrow, 23 Sep. But the days starting becoming longer than the nights on 20 Sep?

Edit: ah, this makes sense http://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/eq ... equal.html

Hope Richard is getting some rain. It looks increasingly unlikely we'll get anything at all substantial here in town

Its starting to rain a bit

Yep water flowing down the gutter's in culverden, sky bright to the north tho.

melja wrote:Yep water flowing down the gutter's in culverden, sky bright to the north tho.

But there's only been 1mm over the last three hours, really?

Was steady rain in Culverden township at 12.30 pm, went to a farm just up the road to Rotherham and there yard was ankle deep in mud.
Not to bad in Rangiora now I'm home, patches of blue and 13C now.

Looks like this system will just deliver drizzly rain from the East or NE, with a light southerly blowing here.
Not really El Niño weather if these type of systems continue?

The next 10 or so days don't look El nino either with no real Westerly systems, actually not very spring like either.

Maybe we are going to get a "late" start to spring?