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9.7°C here at present, raining, trees tossing in the breeze, little melting bits in the rain :rolleyes:
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Richard wrote: Tue 30/10/2018 07:15 Yet again like nearly all the weather systems of 2018, this current one is going to come well short of what the models predicted, were talking of 30-50mm a few days ago, had nearly 6mm so far and not looking likely to get much more.
Over 30mm from the event with heavy rain still falling
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19mm last 24h in Rangiora and 40mm for the last 7 days, still chucking down too.

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Dean. wrote: Tue 30/10/2018 09:39
Richard wrote: Tue 30/10/2018 07:15 Yet again like nearly all the weather systems of 2018, this current one is going to come well short of what the models predicted, were talking of 30-50mm a few days ago, had nearly 6mm so far and not looking likely to get much more.
Over 30mm from the event with heavy rain still falling
That 30-50mm for Culverden, but then this is a low rainfall area anyway
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Richard wrote:Yet again like nearly all the weather systems of 2018, this current one is going to come well short of what the models predicted, were talking of 35-50mm a few days ago, had nearly 6mm so far and not looking likely to get much more.
We have been well short on this event too. Was expecting 30-50mm based on GFS, EC, and UK. Not even 20mm so far.


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56mm in West Auckland so far (L7 days) - it will help a bit with the dryness of my lawn!
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Unseasonably chilly day in Akl... touched 15C here around 9.30am briefly but been only 12-13C since 10am.
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Up to 29mm in Rangiora, stopped now.

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Mod Note:
As we have a thread about today's deep M6.2 quake near Taumarunui in the Seismic/Volcanic section in Off Topic, I've moved a couple of related posts here to that thread. :smile:
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Once again no risks out tomorrow night for Canterbury. But I reakon heavy showers/ hail chance thunderstorms up the coast with a strong SW change.
The SW change arrives after dark but definitely a low risk for me again. However this time will be NW before the change so no onshore winds like about 3 weeks ago.
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............immmmmm thinking about this Mikey :-k
dosen't look all that promising. Timing? ....and the NW at the surface. :(
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NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote: Tue 30/10/2018 22:51 ............immmmmm thinking about this Mikey :-k
dosen't look all that promising. Timing? ....and the NW at the surface. :(
Local surface NW yes john but strong S change. Timing is not good but again given time of year.. would not be surprised with heavy showers/ hail. It warrants a low risk atleast out. 700mb -8 500mb -28
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Tomorrow afternoon over the upper North Island has the best storm potential by the looks of 12Z models. Eastern Waikato/Coromandal/Bay of Plenty could get some good hailers.
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mikestormchaser wrote: Wed 31/10/2018 06:59
Local surface NW yes john but strong S change. Timing is not good but again given time of year.. would not be surprised with heavy showers/ hail. It warrants a low risk atleast out. 700mb -8 500mb -28

With 700mb temp -8C I like to see surface dewpoint of about 8C +.
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This October was possibly the most settled October we have had in my memory.

Some hail Canterbury -Waikato tomorrow to start November :-)
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NZstorm wrote: Wed 31/10/2018 07:48
mikestormchaser wrote: Wed 31/10/2018 06:59
Local surface NW yes john but strong S change. Timing is not good but again given time of year.. would not be surprised with heavy showers/ hail. It warrants a low risk atleast out. 700mb -8 500mb -28

With 700mb temp -8C I like to see surface dewpoint of about 8C +.

Nice drop of snow over Mt. Peel with the latest cold bout of weather.
Nice easterly breeze here at the moment with a DP of 9.4C. :smile:
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Just back from a few days in Kaikoura. Cold and wet all day in town yesterday; rain was quite heavy on a few occasions, plus a fresh to strong southerly. But went further north to Kekerengu for lunch and there were only a few spits.

All cleared up by this morning, with fresh snow above about 1100-1200m on Seaward Kaikouras.
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tich wrote: Wed 31/10/2018 15:49

All cleared up by this morning, with fresh snow above about 1100-1200m on Seaward Kaikouras.
Looks quite a thick coating too
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Crisp morning down here in Invercargill, had the ice on the windscreen this morning. Nice day up until about 3.45pm when the change hit with the windshift and rain. Needless to say Social Cricket was a washout for the second Wednesday in a row, who schedules Social Cricket for October in Invercargill!!
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There should be a lot of lightning in the Tasman on Saturday, and some lightning should affect the SI West Coast/Alps. A hot airmass over NSW Friday will be in the Tasman on Saturday which may favour elevated storms. I see Sydney's forecast temp on Friday 37C.
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NZstorm wrote: Wed 31/10/2018 21:02 There should be a lot of lightning in the Tasman on Saturday, and some of this should make it onto the SI West Coast/Alps. A hot airmass over NSW Friday will be in the Tasman on Saturday which may favour elevated storms. I see Sydney's forecast temp on Friday 37C.
what do you think the chances of spill over lightning are
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Richard wrote: Wed 31/10/2018 21:05 what do you think the chances of spill over lightning are
Possibly into MacKenzie lakes but not much further east.
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October summary for my station:

Mean temp = 13.9C
Mean daily high = 19.0C
Mean daily low = 9.2C
Highest temp = 22.4C (21st)
Lowest temp = 4.7C (14th)
Total rainfall = 81mm
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my Oct main stats

Mean daily temp - 14.9c , 0.7c above average
Total rainfall 51mm, 48% below average

Year to date
Mean daily temp 16.1c , 1.3c above average
Rainfall 1135mm, 120mm above average

Trend - last 4 months have been below average rainfall, mean daily temp continues above average.
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My stats from Swanson (West Auckland)
Temperature
High (20th) 22.4 °C
Low (14th) 4.8 °C
Avg 13.8 °C
Rainfall 104.6mm
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