Moist trough 7th to 13th March

[Richard]

Something is not right with the NIWA rainfall recorder in the paddock, says 0.0 for the last 10 mins yet its raining quite steady. Better go a check there's no bugs in.

[Dean.]

25mm of rain recorded here so far

[Richard]

Just had a look at the manual gauge and thats showing 33mm, and that seems more like what has fallen.

[David]

Quite an impressive Akl radar loop currently, showing the low centre crossing Northland.

[Bradley]

Best rain for the Hurunui for 6 months Richard?

[Richard]

Best rain for the Hurunui for 6 months Richard?

Yes great time of year to get this rain,

[Bradley]

You will most probably end up with close to 50mm by the time this system winds up mate!

[NZstorm]

Cloud burst here. I had recorded about 20mm in the last 15 mins!

[spwill]

Some torrential rain here past 10mins

[David]

6mm moderate rain here. May get another burst as the band moves back across us due to the eastward movement of the system.

[spwill]

Had some intense rain here which has now eased back.
I see Greylynn showing 20.8 mm within the last hr, the third occasion in the past two days 20mm has fallen in an hour

[NZstorm]

My rain gauge collected 36mm in an hour.

[spwill]

Some local surface flooding

[David]

Getting our first heavy rain of the day in Howick now, but certainly not as heavy as it looks on the rain radar

[spwill]

The rain event over here now, I see Grey Lynn picked up 39.4mm.
194.2mm for the month

[Nev]

I see MS have issued a Severe T-Storm Watch for Akld, although I think this is more for heavy rain than T-Storms...

MetService - Severe Thunderstorm Watch

MetService Severe T-Storm Watch - Mar 12, 12.33pm.png

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH

Issued by MetService at 12:33 pm Sunday 12 March 2017
Valid until 03:00 pm Sunday 12 March 2017

This watch affects people in the following weather forecast districts:
Auckland

A slow moving rainband over Auckland has brought areas of heavy rain this morning. This rain is likely to bring further heavy rain with downpours of 25 to 50mm/hr (and possibly more) in localised areas until about 2pm. Rainfall of this intensity can cause flash flooding, especially about low-lying areas such as streams, rivers or narrow valleys, and may also lead to slips. Driving conditions will also be hazardous with surface flooding and poor visibility in heavy rain.

MetService Akld radar - May 12, 12.35pm.jpg

[Manukau heads obs]

woa, check out some of the photos of flooded roads in auckland on stuff.co.nz!

[Manukau heads obs]

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/9031439 ... st-returns

[David]

14mm here from that rain band - seems the heavy part fizzled out by the time it got here. That brings us to 165mm in the past week. Thankfully it looks like the rest of the month may be quite settled, with a large anticyclone taking up residence over NZ.

[NZstorm]

I recorded 60mm here.


Photo from Sandringham where low lying streets got flooded.

[Manukau heads obs]

New lynn has shops flooded badly!

[Manukau heads obs]

you could almost pass it off as an eye of a tropical cyclone

[NZstorm]

The weatherzone IR satellite loop shows the rapid cb blow up over Auckland late morning. Some PWS showing 75mm in 1.5hours.

[spwill]

The weatherzone IR satellite loop shows the rapid cb blow up over Auckland late morning. Some PWS showing 75mm in 1.5hours.

This mornings torrential rain coming on top of the 100mm that fell Fri night/Sat morning.
I see the Airport missed the heavy stuff this morning, looks like central/west Auckland that got hit.

[Thunder081]

you could almost pass it off as an eye of a tropical cyclone

Sure does