General May Weather

Chris W · Unread post by **Chris W** » Fri 19/05/2017 19:16

Very unstable coastal forecast from Metservice through the night. Will be interesting to see how it pans out. The front dues look active on the radar.

Orion · Unread post by **Orion** » Fri 19/05/2017 19:24

Wind-change just arrived here

snowykiwi · Unread post by **snowykiwi** » Fri 19/05/2017 19:35

wind change just hit here in Rakaia, thankfully the wind not as strong as last nights stormy arrival.

Growler · Unread post by **Growler** » Fri 19/05/2017 19:50

Hit Rolly 10 mins later with a good blast

mikestormchaser · Unread post by **mikestormchaser** » Fri 19/05/2017 20:38

Gusty SW here too. Few showers/ band of rain moving in soon. Probably followed by a few heavier hail showers and that snow level will drop in my opinion maybe 3-400m on banks Peninsula. It should all retreat to the coast by early morning. That's how I read the models. Nothing to get excited about this event

Andy · Unread post by **Andy** » Sat 20/05/2017 06:22

Light snow falling here temp 0.8

Manukau heads obs · Sat 20/05/2017 06:37

woa, check out the wave heights
http://www.metocean.co.nz/wave-buoy

Nev · Unread post by **Nev** » Sat 20/05/2017 07:34

^ Wow! Phenomenal max-wave of 17.9m (about the height of a 5-6 story building)…

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Sat 20/05/2017 08:02

These strong winter SW wind flows can be strange, here we are at the moment with a light NE breeze, just had a hail shower now its snowing

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Sat 20/05/2017 08:41

There is enough southerly in the flow to get some decent wintry showers into Dunedin this morning with the very cold trough crossing.
Still mild here, around 14C, much cooler here by this evening.
Next week looks like a much better weather week across NZ

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Sat 20/05/2017 08:43

spwill wrote: Next week looks like a much better weather week across NZ

Yes looking forward to it, need it to keep painting our house.

SnwAddct · Unread post by **SnwAddct** » Sat 20/05/2017 09:51

Some beefy snow showers in Dunedin courtesy of the webcams..

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http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/council-online/webcams

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Sat 20/05/2017 10:16

Queenstown on 0C at 10am , Dunedin 2.6C and overcast /showers. This system will be one of the colder systems of the year.

Tornado Tim · Unread post by **Tornado Tim** » Sat 20/05/2017 10:17

Nev wrote:^ Wow! Phenomenal max-wave of 17.9m (about the height of a 5-6 story building)…

Its now at 19.4 meters max sig wave height!

einzack · Unread post by **einzack** » Sat 20/05/2017 10:20

Well the snow has settled down to about 170m here. We've had a few flurries at home (@20m) but the hills across the road have a light covering down to just below 200m. Motorway north from Dunedin is closed, and from the traffic cam, it might be a wee while until it's open. A chilly 3.0°C here at present.

edit: scrap that, the roads open again......

David · Unread post by **David** » Sat 20/05/2017 10:23

Mild on 17C here. Could get our first light frost of the year Monday morning.

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Sat 20/05/2017 11:24

Tornado Tim wrote:
Nev wrote:^ Wow! Phenomenal max-wave of 17.9m (about the height of a 5-6 story building)…
Its now at 19.4 meters max sig wave height!

Thats amazing, are they the highest its recorded so far?

Manukau heads obs · Sat 20/05/2017 11:56

yes, that is the highest since it was deployed

(you can see that on the graph)

A good near Gale SWer here, 14 to 15C

Thunder081 · Unread post by **Thunder081** » Sat 20/05/2017 13:25

Manukau heads obs wrote:woa, check out the wave heights
http://www.metocean.co.nz/wave-buoy

F-f-f-f farrrr out!!

einzack · Unread post by **einzack** » Sat 20/05/2017 18:06

Rather chilly day it turned out today....Had a few more snow flurries this morning, with some decent flakes coming down at times. Went for a run in one of them which was fun. Temp dropped to 2.3°C during one just before lunch time. Sun poked out a bit this arvo, so managed to get to 5.3°C for a short period. Currently 3.8°C.
Does this mean we're in for a cold winter? The consensus round here over the last few weeks is that we could be in for a ripper.....

Bradley · Unread post by **Bradley** » Sat 20/05/2017 18:51

At least for June Tony is going for a warmer then average month but sliding into some colder weather come July and August..

SnwAddct · Unread post by **SnwAddct** » Sun 21/05/2017 07:59

Desert road with a bit of the white stuff this morning..

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Manukau heads obs · Sun 21/05/2017 08:02

wind went from coming off the sea (SSW), and so was 12c
now suddenly has switched to a SE wind, i.e coming over land, and now its suddenly 8.9C here and dropping (with the sun out)

Tornado Tim · Unread post by **Tornado Tim** » Sun 21/05/2017 08:57

Got down to -0.9 last night, so a decent frost.

Manukau heads obs · Sun 21/05/2017 10:03

this Cold SW with good snow we just had was like the good ol days for this time of year (may)

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