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Re: General July Weather
Posted: Sat 30/07/2016 20:41
by Nev
Gust-front went through here at about 8:20pm. Less than 2mm of rain though.
I see Whangaparaoa jumped up to at least 93 km/h and Tiritiri at least 91 km/h.
Re: General July Weather
Posted: Sun 31/07/2016 09:00
by NZstorm
Rumbles of thunder to SW.
500mb temps -29C this morning over Auckland.
Re: General July Weather
Posted: Sun 31/07/2016 09:03
by Manukau heads obs
just had a nasty squall go through...56 kts and only 10C...
Re: General July Weather
Posted: Sun 31/07/2016 09:05
by NZstorm
Hail and lightning!
Re: General July Weather
Posted: Sun 31/07/2016 09:12
by ricky
A burst of torrential rain and 5-6mm hail in the Akl CBD along with the lightning
Re: General July Weather
Posted: Sun 31/07/2016 09:14
by RODALCO
Just dropped my daughter off at GreenBay HighSchool and saw a spectacular pulsing CG strike in the direction of Portage Rd. Could have hit the 220 kV pylon towers Earthing conductors. time was 0900 hrs. ( 5 seconds time delay )
Prior to that a nice flash and bang strike near Pleasant Rd (0857h) . Heavy rain. Now all is settled again with the odd rumble.
Re: General July Weather
Posted: Sun 31/07/2016 09:20
by David
Good flash of lightning and roll of thunder N to NW of here just now
Re: General July Weather
Posted: Sun 31/07/2016 09:23
by spwill
Yes, some nice lightning/ loud thunder as that storm crossed.
That makes 6 days with thunder heard here at Mt Eden since Friday 22nd.
Re: General July Weather
Posted: Sun 31/07/2016 09:29
by NZstorm
Had a light coating of hail here on the roads.
Re: General July Weather
Posted: Sun 31/07/2016 09:32
by Nev
Whoo hoo! Loud thunder, lightning and hail here also…
Re: General July Weather
Posted: Sun 31/07/2016 09:36
by Orion
Exciting and interesting for you all!
Re: General July Weather
Posted: Sun 31/07/2016 10:21
by Manukau heads obs
we missed that hail and thunder here in that CB the city got..but it was real windy,...as it just must have passed to our north..next cell might just pass to my south
Re: General July Weather
Posted: Sun 31/07/2016 10:42
by NZstorm
Driven down to Ramarama to meet a storm. Lots of hail with 1cm stones.
Re: General July Weather
Posted: Sun 31/07/2016 11:35
by David
Decent heavy shower here with tiny hail a few minutes ago. Was also some distant thunder around 11.15.
Re: General July Weather
Posted: Sun 31/07/2016 12:06
by Manukau heads obs
I see Waiuku got a good hail storm ..must have been the same one you got Steven
We only got a bit of hail here..missed the action again, lol
Re: General July Weather
Posted: Sun 31/07/2016 12:12
by spwill
Manukau heads obs wrote:I see Waiuku got a good hail storm ..must have been the same one you got Steven
We only got a bit of hail here..missed the action again, lol
Yes, we got that storm at Ramarama, occasional thunder, hail and gusty winds as the storm passed, a couple of photos, incoming hail & hail on the ground
Re: General July Weather
Posted: Sun 31/07/2016 14:48
by TonyT
A nice little shower has just popped up over Amberley with soft hail. Doesnt seem to be any other shower activity around Canterbury, so its obviously targeting me!
Re: General July Weather
Posted: Sun 31/07/2016 16:34
by Richard
TonyT wrote:A nice little shower has just popped up over Amberley with soft hail. Doesnt seem to be any other shower activity around Canterbury, so its obviously targeting me!
Nothing personal i hope. A convergence line between the NW wind on this side and the SW on the other
Re: General July Weather
Posted: Sun 31/07/2016 20:50
by NZ Thunderstorm Soc
Richard wrote:TonyT wrote:A nice little shower has just popped up over Amberley with soft hail. Doesnt seem to be any other shower activity around Canterbury, so its obviously targeting me!
Nothing personal i hope. A convergence line between the NW wind on this side and the SW on the other
Yes, I saw the line develop from here to the NE.
Looked good with the precipitation developing, falling from it.
Was going to take a photo but I had to rush home and feed the chooks!
Re: General July Weather
Posted: Mon 01/08/2016 10:55
by David
Easily the warmest July my station has recorded with a mean temp of 11.5C (1-min sampling) . Avg min 8.1 and avg max 15.5.
Also the first month in 5 months to reach average rainfall, with 132mm total.
Re: General July Weather
Posted: Mon 01/08/2016 10:58
by Bradley
Coldest average July minimum at Christchurch Airport since 2011 with 0.2C for the month - kind of a surprise really after all the talk of record breaking warmth!
Re: General July Weather
Posted: Mon 01/08/2016 14:08
by Nev
Bradley wrote:Coldest average July minimum at Christchurch Airport since 2011 with 0.2C for the month - kind of a surprise really after all the talk of record breaking warmth!
I don't recall anyone saying that July in NZ would be record breaker in terms of warmth?
Nor how you get a T-mean of 0.2C for Chch Aero when its T-max was nearly 2C above normal?
Re: General July Weather
Posted: Mon 01/08/2016 14:09
by Nev
July 2016 was another fairly warm month overall. Eastern areas of both islands were still very dry, but otherwise quite wet for the rest of the South Island, and later for central areas of the North Island. However, despite the rain, it was also generally fairly sunny for most parts.
Jul 2016 Climate Anomaly Map ℅ NIWA.gif
Some very preliminary July 2016 figures for the main centres:
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July 2015 Average Temps, Rainfall and departures from their 1981-2010 normals ℅ NIWA
Site T-max °C T-min °C T-mean °C Rainfall mm
Auckland, Mangere 15.7 +1.2 8.6 +1.3 12.2 +1.3 153 111%
Auckland Aero 15.1 +0.8 8.3 +0.8 11.7 +0.8 130 98%
Tauranga Aero 15.2 +0.7 6.6 +0.6 10.9 +0.6 154 119%
Hamilton Aero 14.0 +0.2 3.9 +0.3 9.0 +0.3 152 118%
Hamilton, Ruakura 14.4 +0.6 4.8 +0.8 9.6 +0.7 133 113%
Wellington, Kelburn 12.8 +1.4 7.4 +1.1 10.1 +1.2 68 50%
Christchurch Aero 12.8 +1.9 0.3 -0.3 6.5 +0.7 24 37%
Dunedin, Musselburgh 11.3 +1.3 2.7 -0.4 7.0 +0.5 41 71%
Greymouth Aero 11.8 -0.3 4.9 +0.8 8.4 +0.3 287 145%
Edit: Updated maps
Re: General July Weather
Posted: Mon 01/08/2016 14:11
by Bradley
Nev wrote:Bradley wrote:Coldest average July minimum at Christchurch Airport since 2011 with 0.2C for the month - kind of a surprise really after all the talk of record breaking warmth!
I don't recall anyone saying that July in NZ would be record breaker in terms of warmth?
Nor how you get a T-mean of 0.2C for Chch Aero when its T-max was nearly 2C above normal?
Nev if you read I said minimum
Re: General July Weather
Posted: Mon 01/08/2016 14:13
by Nev
Sorry, my mistake.
