General March Weather

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

As we march into March and leave summer behind, it should be interesting to see how the first month of Fall turns out( if you come from the United States and prefer to call that instead of the more traditonal word, we use, Autumn.) .......anyway.
More tropical cyclones coming our way?
Will we get an "Indian summer"?
Who knows.

[spwill]

A generally cloudy, damp, mild to warm start to March for NZ. Plenty of sunny weather showing up by mid next week.

[Richard]

Certainly got warm and humid today after a few cooler days, 27deg and 50% H

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Same here, Richard. Warm and a bit muggy/hazy. Noticed a few weak Cu developments to the west in the usual areas.
Edit: Apparently, there were reports of thunderstorm activity this afternoon in behind Dunedin somewhere?
I can remember seeing some red blobs on the radar imagery this afternoon.

[NZstorm]

Same here, Richard. Warm and a bit muggy/hazy. Noticed a few weak Cu developments to the west in the usual areas.
Edit: Apparently, there were reports of thunderstorm activity this afternoon in behind Dunedin somewhere?
I can remember seeing some red blobs on the radar imagery this afternoon.

Models showing thundery convection over hills tomorrow John. May get a rumble in Geraldine.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Looks promising.
Some punchy looking clouds going up to the west at the moment but I hope nothing develops as we are of to the pictures at 5:30pm.

[melja]

Very muggy here this afternoon, light rain and 22 with 21dp.

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[Richard]

Yes, un-canterbury like weather, 78% humidty and 23 deg here, more like the weather the NI has been getting lately.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Looks promising.
Some punchy looking clouds going up to the west at the moment but I hope nothing develops as we are of to the pictures at 5:30pm.

It did.
Heard a couple of rumbles of thunder around the Mt. Peel area as we were walking to the local picture theatre around 5pm.

[David]

Some heavy rain in the far north today, some PWS are showing 60-80mm

[Rogue]

Stuff lol

The article refers to today's thunderstorm chances.

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[David]

Forecast high of 28 here today. If we reach that it will be the highest March temperature my weather station has ever recorded (current record is 27.4).

[Richard]

Stuff lol

The article refers to today's thunderstorm chances.

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........................ bit of a head scratcher, rapidly rotating lightning maybe

[Orion]

A "cloudy-mild-and-humid" day here like one of those I remember from Auckland: 18.6deg.C, humidity in the 90s%, a low cloud ceiling, occasional spots of rain, very dull and feels quite oppressive.

[Nev]

Re the Stuff (app?) headline, it refers to both the potential TC developing near Fiji and the chance of T-storms in NZ today…
https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/10196770 ... ew-zealand

[Rogue]

It took them a while but they eventually updated the article to include discussion about the potential cyclone. Off the hook this time...

[Richard]

The way the clouds are building to the NW - SW and this view to the NE maybe a storm could be on the cards later

[Cyclone Tracy]

Localised heat spike developed here in the last couple of hours with no wind. Hit 30.4c before, my highest temp for the summer. A couple nearby PWS's also hit 30c. DP around 18c.

Starting to get interesting in the tropics viewtopic.php?f=9&p=173824#p173824

[Richard]

North towards Hanmer Springs

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Nice pictures there, Richard.
Dull and overcast here with 8/8 cloud cover of overcast Sc conditions.
Wish it would clear away so I could see further above.
No rain. Whatever we had eased offf early this morning.

[Richard]

I see MS have increased to a moderate risk of storms for these parts, haven't heard anything but certainly has looked threatening at times.

Warm and humid again today with a high of 24.5deg, lowest humidity level it got to was 61% at 2.20pm

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Looks lke the weather you are having there, and also further north, is a bit like what we had here yesterday and the last few days.

[Razor]

Looked like some storms to North Canterbury this arvo for sure. Some awesome formations made my Port Hills running very photogenic

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Nice picture.
Good to see what was above the clagg, especially to the north.

[jamie]

I happily watched storms (heard lots of thunder too) over the east of Taupo from here on western Taupo (kuratau) today. Brilliant display of mamatus cloud on the anvil near sunset.