Slow moving trough, prolonged rain Mid and Upper South Island 9-12 Jan

Chris Raine · Unread post by **Chris Raine** » Thu 11/01/2018 09:13

Had another 61.8mm for last 24 hours .Been raining consistently since 1700 yesterday

Razor · Unread post by **Razor** » Thu 11/01/2018 09:21

Certainly widespread and decent falls in this system. And we are probably only half done? 35mm here so far

melja · Unread post by **melja** » Thu 11/01/2018 09:55

Seems much heavier inland just around the foothills than chch, I'm up to 29mm for today on top of the 32mm yesterday

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Razor · Unread post by **Razor** » Thu 11/01/2018 11:37

A good mate has posted some pretty impressive pics of flooding in Greymouth. That'll teach them to declare a drought yesterday, hope its not too serious over there

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Thu 11/01/2018 12:30

The popular holiday town Nelson is having a damp January, the front Tuesday next week is also aimed at them.

einzack · Unread post by **einzack** » Thu 11/01/2018 14:09

I see Hokitika has had 118mm of rain already today.
That'll be nice.
Whereas Westport has only had 13mm and Reefton 22mm.
Not quite as nice.

David · Unread post by **David** » Thu 11/01/2018 14:13

Hokitika 41mm of rain in the last hour!

Chris Raine · Unread post by **Chris Raine** » Thu 11/01/2018 14:18

Civil Defence has activated their Emergency Operations Centre in Greymouth .There is a welfare centre open as well . Planning around for those that might get stuck if roads remain closed or close again after more heavy rain

einzack · Unread post by **einzack** » Thu 11/01/2018 14:44

PWS's showing 105mm in Greymouth, with 100m of that before 10am. Yep, pretty wet.
As you go up the Grey River, gets much less. 85mm for Ngahere, 50mm for Ahaura, and down to 25mm in Reefton.
Quite typical.

melja · Unread post by **melja** » Thu 11/01/2018 15:24

MS reporting 150mm in Grey and 92mm in 6 hours in hoki. Even for the coast that's impressive, and coastal too.

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Orion · Unread post by **Orion** » Thu 11/01/2018 16:26

Steady rain here, 13.7deg. C, and thick overcast - had to turn on some lights indoors at 4pm.

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Thu 11/01/2018 17:51

Mainly light rain here over this event period, but still the total is slowly mounting, now 51mm

Dean. · Unread post by **Dean.** » Thu 11/01/2018 18:15

Total here so far is similar 55mm

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Thu 11/01/2018 18:58

Richard wrote: ↑Thu 11/01/2018 17:51 Mainly light rain here over this event period, but still the total is slowly mounting, now 51mm

opps

i was reading the Cheviot station, 44.5mm here

Bradley · Unread post by **Bradley** » Thu 11/01/2018 19:30

Total here in West Melton is 62mm, perfect steady rain too with not many puddles around, the growth come the beginning of next week will be out of control!!

Chris Raine · Unread post by **Chris Raine** » Thu 11/01/2018 19:52

15.6mm till 1945 tonight .Currently heavy showers ,Much more rain down Hokitika way ,Westland Civil Defence active Grey Civil Defence has stood down and monitoring. West Coast District Health Board Emergency Operations operational working closely with Civil Defence to make sure community based patients stay safe and health staff can get to work

Razor · Unread post by **Razor** » Thu 11/01/2018 19:54

45mm so far for us and still steaduly falling. Picking we'll end up somewhere near 60mm. Its only the 11th day of the year and we've already had nearly 20% of our average annual rainfall....

melja · Unread post by **melja** » Thu 11/01/2018 20:38

I'm just on 40mm here for today, 72mm for the event and 101 for the month.

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Nathanaelcraven · Unread post by **Nathanaelcraven** » Thu 11/01/2018 21:02

We have just hit 60 mm here

My sheep will be back on a green grass diet rather than brown

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Thu 11/01/2018 22:27

Bradley wrote: ↑Thu 11/01/2018 19:30 Total here in West Melton is 62mm, perfect steady rain too with not many puddles around, the growth come the beginning of next week will be out of control!!

Our old place would be nice and green with all that precipitation.

The main reason why we moved was because of the constant NW drying everything out.

Razor · Unread post by **Razor** » Thu 11/01/2018 23:23

Hokitika knocking on the door of 200mm in 24 hours. Huge. Can only imagine the numbers in the hills

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Fri 12/01/2018 07:02

For northern North Canterbury its been the perfect rain event, slow and steady, Cheviot leads the totals with 74.2mm at 7.00am, Medbury 61.4 mm and Waiau 59,8mm

Chris Raine · Unread post by **Chris Raine** » Fri 12/01/2018 08:24

West Coast Regional Council website

http://data.wcrc.govt.nz/cgi-bin/HydWebServer.cgi
Hokitika Rv at Colliers Creek 12/01/2018 07:01 1.5 142.0 340.0
Hokitika Rv at Gorge 12/01/2018 06:12 0.0 166.5 354.5
equates to one hour 24 hour 6 days rain .

More rain on the coast than inland

Razor · Unread post by **Razor** » Fri 12/01/2018 11:40

ChCh aero had recorded about 20mm more than us for this event, 75mm far there.

Substantial rain for this area, that's for sure.

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Fri 12/01/2018 19:10

Rains back again

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