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General January Weather

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Happy New Year from a breezy, overcast Waiheke Island... :smile:
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Happy year to you too Nev and everyone else.

Fine with light winds here this morning, big question will be will we get at least some rain with that system coming down from up north
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A happy New Year to all.

Sunny here this morning with a bit of low cloud coming through from the NNW.
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Happy New year to all. Another brilliant day in prospect here. The sunny run in the latter part of December boosted our annual tally to its highest value since 2008 (helped by the fact that 2009 was a little below the 30-year average and 2010-2012 well below). Watering newish plants continues to be a priority.
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Happy New Year to all.
I'm in Queenstown for New Year
,fine conditions here, well sheltered here from the northern low.

Hopefully a good soaking for Auckland today, very much need the rain there.
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Richard wrote:Happy year to you too Nev and everyone else.

Fine with light winds here this morning, big question will be will we get at least some rain with that system coming down from up north
Still looking good for 15-25mm for your area Richard, let's hope the downgrade 24 hours out that became so common in 2015 isn't as big a feature in 2016!!
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Bradley wrote:
Still looking good for 15-25mm for your area Richard, let's hope the downgrade 24 hours out that became so common in 2015 isn't as big a feature in 2016!!
Tony is forecasting about that much but the MS at lot less, i hope Tony is right.
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It's looking very La Nina-ish at the moment with Ula up there and easterly rain coming into Northland and Auck
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Rain starting to become a bit heavier now, 'send her down hughie' \:D/ \:D/
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I'm in Pelorus Sound at present. The golden weather has finally broken, a very wet day ahead. There certainly won't be any cricket in Nelson today
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Warm and overcast here in the Mackenzie, not sure much will make it this far south.
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Fantastic steady rain falling, 8mm so far,
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A wee bit of light rain around noon but at least the sun is not beaming down, drying it all out.
Quite mild with hardly any wind. 0.7mm so far, the heaviest fall we have had so far this year :rolleyes:
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Thunder/lightning here near whakamaru.
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It will be a steamy day in the north tomorrow, temps in the late 20s in places with a dewpoint in the low 20s.
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shovelopikis wrote:Thunder/lightning here near whakamaru.
Sadly, the front is coning through early morning, so no lightning and thunder here but hopefully a good dollop of rain.
Isn't it funny when people say thunder and lightning when it should be other way round, just like at the cricket when a batsman is out because he has been caught and bowled! :eek:
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Now up to 25mm, if we can get over 30 that will be very useful
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Not a drop yet in this part of the Mackenzie. Warm and calm but a little cloudier.
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Getting close to 20mm here now.
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nothing here, good to see rain further north. Very dry here now.
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Richard wrote:Now up to 25mm, if we can get over 30 that will be very useful
Great to hear. It looks like your getting a really good drop now. Haven't seen so much rain on the radar in your area in a long time. Slow moving too!
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Yep, a steady and at times heavy rain, up to 33mm now, be some very happy cockies around here today
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Now over the 40mm mark, can it make 50 ?? \:D/
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Bit of light rain lake benmore to wet the dust.
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Good wet day here with 25mm to 6:30pm.
No doubt the wettest day of the year so far :eek: :rolleyes:
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