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Re: General August Weather
Posted: Tue 22/08/2017 18:03
by Nev
Great pic spwill!
Yeah, I see Blitzortung picked up a CG off the SE and a few later off the NE of here (not that I noticed them here on the western side
).
We did have brief little shower around 3:45pm though, with a noticeable drop in temp. Otherwise it's been a nice relatively warm, sunny, windless day.
Re: General August Weather
Posted: Fri 25/08/2017 20:12
by NZ Thunderstorm Soc
Nice warm day here in Geraldine. Didn't see the news this evening,
We could of got the maximum ?
Re: General August Weather
Posted: Sat 26/08/2017 06:49
by Orion
Very red sky in the north-east at present, pre-sunrise.
Re: General August Weather
Posted: Sun 27/08/2017 10:51
by David
Wind warning out for Northland/Auckland from afternoon through overnight, a watch issued for possible heavy rain as well.
Re: General August Weather
Posted: Mon 28/08/2017 13:04
by David
We got 13mm rainfall here last 24 hours.
Re: General August Weather
Posted: Tue 29/08/2017 07:56
by Nev
I see Whangaparaoa recorded gusts of 93 km/h in the early hours yesterday morning.
Certainly felt like it here!
Also an impressive 95.2 mm at Rotorua Aero yesterday.
Re: General August Weather
Posted: Wed 30/08/2017 08:54
by David
Pretty solid rain this morning - 8mm in the last hour. Metservice has a moderate risk of isolated thunderstorms later today.
Re: General August Weather
Posted: Thu 31/08/2017 06:55
by NZstorm
We must be fairly close to our annual rainfall total now for central Auckland. 1,074mm at Rickys site.
Re: General August Weather
Posted: Thu 31/08/2017 09:04
by David
Up to 1238 mm here for the year. Should end up around 1600 mm if the rest of the year has average rainfall.
Re: General August Weather
Posted: Thu 31/08/2017 11:59
by NZ Thunderstorm Soc
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Re: General August Weather
Posted: Thu 31/08/2017 16:06
by Tornado Tim
Just got a nice few claps of Thunder come through, wasnt expecting that. First air mass setup today, and looks like it might persist for the next few days
Re: General August Weather
Posted: Thu 31/08/2017 17:04
by spwill
Looks like some thunder chances through to Saturday. Looking unsettled next week.
I am in southern Europe for another few weeks, have to say I am not missing NZ weather.
Re: General August Weather
Posted: Thu 31/08/2017 17:48
by NZstorm
Weather in Auckland today was great. 18C. Can feel spring in that sun.
The jet stream is moving in tomorrow so the chance of isolated thunderstorms is better tomorrow than today. GFS showing a slow moving front over the Waikato tomorrow so that could be the best spot for some lightning to occur.
Re: General August Weather
Posted: Thu 31/08/2017 22:02
by NZ Thunderstorm Soc
Managed to get back on the forum after being unable to since Saturday afternoon.
Nothing much has been happening weather wise by the look of it or people are having trouble as well
Went to Christchurch today. Rather overcast and drizzly with some thick drizzly showers along Thompsons Track, whilst returning home this evening.
Re: General August Weather
Posted: Fri 01/09/2017 08:35
by jamie
Had a great display of a big funnel cloud yesterday. It is on facebook but without tappatalk working, Im not going to fart around loading it to the PC to load it here.
Re: General August Weather
Posted: Fri 01/09/2017 20:15
by Nev
A relatively warm and generally mild August, with some heavy rainfalls in some areas, but dry in others.
Aug 2017 Climate Anomaly Maps ℅ NIWA.gif
Some very preliminary August 2017 figures for the main centres:
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Aug 2017 Average Temps, Rainfall, Sunshine and departures from 1981-2010 normals ℅ NIWA
Site T-max °C T-min °C T-mean °C Rain mm Sun hrs
Auckland, Mangere 16.6 +1.6 9.2 +1.0 12.9 +1.3 116 103% 154 105%
Auckland Aero 16.4 +1.5 9.1 +0.9 12.7 +1.1 117 105%
Tauranga Aero 16.0 +1.0 7.9 +1.2 12.0 +1.2 159 144% 149 86%
Hamilton Aero 15.7 +1.0 5.8 +1.4 10.8 +1.2 141 118%
Hamilton, Ruakura 16.2 +1.6 5.2 +0.2 10.7 +0.9 122 111% 153 106%
Wellington, Kelburn 12.8 +0.6 8.6 +1.9 10.7 +1.3 177 153% 114 76%
Christchurch Aero 13.6 +1.2 2.6 +0.6 8.1 +0.9 80 129% 153 100%
Dunedin, Musselburgh 12.4 +1.2 5.7 +1.5 9.0 +1.3 24 43% 143 117%
Greymouth Aero 13.7 +0.9 7.0 +1.9 10.4 +1.5 287 149% 142 111%
Re: General August Weather
Posted: Wed 06/09/2017 18:23
by Nev
Here's NIWA's preliminary, '
August 2017 National Climate Summary'.
A warm end to winter, wet in central and southwestern parts of both Islands, dry for much of the east.
The national average temp of 10.1C was 1.3C above normal - the
3rd-warmest August on record.
The month's highest temp of 23.2C was recorded at NIWA's new north Kaikoura (Middle Creek) site on the 17th, and the lowest temp of -10.6C was recorded at Lake Tekapo on the 4th.
Main Centre August records include:
Auckland (Mangere) - highest average T-max and 3rd highest average T-mean.
Dunedin (Musselburgh) - 2nd highest average T-mean and 2nd highest average T-min.
Hamilton (Ruakura) - 3rd highest average T-max.
Wellington (Kelburn) - highest average T-min.