Tropical rainfalls for the North - Feb 27 - Mar 2

[NZstorm]

Fine morning in Auckland but the warm front is the Tasman has strengthened overnight.
Elevated frontal convection for the west and upper North Island later today into tomorrow with pockets of very heavy rain and possible thunder.

[David]

Dewpoint currently 22C in Howick, a sultry day out there.

[Manukau heads obs]

moderate rain started here

[NZstorm]

moderate rain started here

12mm here in the last hr.

[Manukau heads obs]

that's alot of heavier than we have had it...for a change

[David]

19mm here in the last 2 hours. A soaking tropical rain

[jamie]

Cloud base is quite low at Waiheke and tropical type rain.

[Manukau heads obs]

we have low cloud here now and the rain is real thick...white out like...
the DP has been slowing rising too here ..nearly calm here...just a light northerly

[Manukau heads obs]

wind gone light southerly here now...which will be that frontal line that you could see moving north all day on the rain radar...under the upper level rain
make that a SE wind change here now and rise in the baro

[treetop]

The frontal area may move south again, could hang around for a couple of days yet. Some variation between models. High pressure areas to remain largely stationary .[elnino sw gales just a distant memory now]

[Nev]

29.5mm here, nearly all of which fell in the 4 hrs from about 5:30pm.
MTD currently 173mm, and another wet 2 days to finnish by the looks…

[Manukau heads obs]

well, that must have been a small wave depression..as the wind went from easterly to westerly here as it passed over..and it took alot of the rain cloud with it...but it looks like more cloud to build south again

[jamie]

29.5mm here, nearly all of which fell in the 4 hrs from about 5:30pm.
MTD currently 173mm, and another wet 2 days to finnish by the looks…

30mm sounds about right.

Where on the island are you Nev? I'm staying at enclosure bay

[Nev]

Hey Jamie, I usually spend the warmer half of the year half-way between Palm Beach and Ostend, and the other half overlooking Oneroa…

Did you manage to get to the (very weather-dependent) Saturday morning Ostend market?

[spwill]

It has been a good Summer for rain, fairly regular short heavy bursts through Summer here.

On Waiheke Island I recommend the coastal walks from Matiatia.

[Manukau heads obs]

cloud slowly increasing/thickening here now....
almost a rinse and repeat from yesterday

[tgsnoopy]

About 10am we had a swing from SW with Dewpoint around 4°C to NW and the dewpoint has rapidly risen, peaking over 22°C. Certainly not used to this and am feeling a bit like I'm visiting Darwin. Temp reached nearly 29°C here. Sadly it's forecast to only go down to 22°C tonight and if true to the recent nights won't get their till about 5am. Going to be a toss and turn night for me I suspect. bring on some bolts or cooler weather.

[shovelopikis]

Distant deep roll of thunder here, very humid indeed and on and off drizzle

[spwill]

It is noticeably humid in Auckland this evening with the dewpoint steady on 22C.

[David]

23C this evening with 22C dewpoint. The lawns/weeds are growing like mad in this weather.

[treetop]

Been some reluctance for the rain to cross the Waikato, looked like a few elevated storms yesterday evening coming in then nothing ? Had this pattern 3 times already this summer with NW/SW orientated rain bands moving through with moisture and heat but very little convergence and instability.

[Manukau heads obs]

the next rain band is getting shunted onto the area this time, by the approaching cold front
and the cooler air with that should activate the air mass too

[NZstorm]

Looking like heavy precip possible for Auckland later this afternoon as the front crosses.

[treetop]

Looking like heavy precip possible for Auckland later this afternoon as the front crosses.

Had little rain here , would like to see something more active for change

[spwill]

A change to less humid weather, dewpoints remain quite high until mid week