Extreme Heat to End January and Feb

wre1991 · Unread post by **wre1991** » Tue 29/01/2019 13:04

43°C is being currently recorded in Waitoa, does anyone know how accurate this is?

https://www.weatherwatch.co.nz/location/Waitoa

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Tue 29/01/2019 13:10

Waitoa is in Waikato. It is certainly not 43, let alone low 30s. Would think 30 would be the max I Waikato at this stage.

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wre1991 · Unread post by **wre1991** » Tue 29/01/2019 13:16

Showing 43 and 44 in Waikato?

David · Unread post by **David** » Tue 29/01/2019 13:27

Just hit 30 here but the sea breeze has just arrived so that might be the peak here unless the SW comes back...

RWood · Unread post by **RWood** » Tue 29/01/2019 14:10

wre1991 wrote: ↑Tue 29/01/2019 13:16 Showing 43 and 44 in Waikato?

Nonsense and should be left off maps.

cbm · Unread post by **cbm** » Tue 29/01/2019 14:19

Hamilton airport has just broken 30C, 2pm is fairly early for that. My sensor is wandering in roughly sinusoidal fashion between 30.9 and 31.7 on about a 5min timescale. Not sure if that's real puffs of wind or a limitation of the sensor.

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Nev · Unread post by **Nev** » Tue 29/01/2019 14:26

RWood wrote: ↑Tue 29/01/2019 14:10
wre1991 wrote: ↑Tue 29/01/2019 13:16 Showing 43 and 44 in Waikato?
Nonsense and should be left off maps.

Agree. In fact I don't think that Waitora PWS even actually exists, because it has the same Wunderground ID# as the nearby Tatuanui PWS (albeit with a slight time difference between readings) and it doesn't appear on Wunderground's normal maps.

And secondly, being about 15C higher than any other PWS in the immediate area, and having regularly reported 40C+ temps over the last couple of months, including 45C last month, should raise a few eyebrows.

Cyclone Tracy · Unread post by **Cyclone Tracy** » Tue 29/01/2019 14:28

Wind just dropped from the south, swinging to SSE. Energy on the surface becoming strong, temp spiking to 30.7c , 21.7c DP, heat index 33.9c at 2.25pm

My PWS (Davis Vantage pro2) max temp record is 31.2c

David · Unread post by **David** » Tue 29/01/2019 14:37

Surprisingly it's still 30 here even with a NE trying to push in. Skeptical that the SW will regain dominance but I've no doubt it would probably reach 31 if it did...

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Tue 29/01/2019 14:45

Reached 29.2 here before yet another SW wind came up and cooled to 26deg.

ScottyD · Unread post by **ScottyD** » Tue 29/01/2019 15:06

Just got to 29.7 at my station. Haven’t got a
stable breeze from any direction.

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Tue 29/01/2019 15:08

30 with a 23 dew point. Makes for a feels like temp of 34. It’s darn hot today.

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spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Tue 29/01/2019 15:12

In the light wind zone here, still light SW, muggy conditions. . I see Grey Lynn is on 30.8C.

RWood · Unread post by **RWood** » Tue 29/01/2019 15:59

28.6C at Kelburn now, so the 29C prediction may be slightly exceeded (but unlikely to get to 29.5C I think). Last 30+ reading was 30.1C in Feb 1982, before that same value in Jan 1975. However with a very light NE drift the unexpected may happen.

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Tue 29/01/2019 16:02

31.0 with a 23.1 dew point. It’s rather steamy!

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cbm · Unread post by **cbm** » Tue 29/01/2019 16:10

I think Hamilton airport now 31.6C has passed most other high readings in recent years. And Matangi weather (Tim's) has hit 33.3! This is getting brutal now, with still no wind at all.

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jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Tue 29/01/2019 16:19

About to break my stations record of 31.9 which was recorded in Jan 2008 back when Will had the station in Hamilton east. I’m on 31.4 with no sign of temp slowing down.

Also just set a new heat index record for this station of 36.4.

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RWood · Unread post by **RWood** » Tue 29/01/2019 16:29

RWood wrote: ↑Tue 29/01/2019 15:59 28.6C at Kelburn now, so the 29C prediction may be slightly exceeded (but unlikely to get to 29.5C I think). Last 30+ reading was 30.1C in Feb 1982, before that same value in Jan 1975. However with a very light NE drift the unexpected may happen.

Now 29.4C, already the highest since Feb. 1982 (I don't have 2018's max. to hand but pretty sure it was lower than that)

RWood · Unread post by **RWood** » Tue 29/01/2019 16:37

30.0C now - records pending I think! Update: 30.3C - highest ever at Kelburn, and probably the highest in the city site records since 31.1C in Feb 1895.

harveyt86 · Unread post by **harveyt86** » Tue 29/01/2019 16:41

30.3 now. What is the all time record at the Kelburn site?

RWood · Unread post by **RWood** » Tue 29/01/2019 16:45

harveyt86 wrote: ↑Tue 29/01/2019 16:41 30.3 now. What is the all time record at the Kelburn site?

This is. Previous record 30.1C as per the earlier post ...

Cyclone Tracy · Unread post by **Cyclone Tracy** » Tue 29/01/2019 16:47

32.1c a short while ago with a 23c DP. Smashed my PWS max temp record by a full degree. Wind behavior has been critical to the temp spikes.

Plummeted to 31.2c in the last 30 min. Every nearby PWS has been around the same max temp, otherwise it would be hard to believe.

Storm Struck · Unread post by **Storm Struck** » Tue 29/01/2019 17:03

Certainly nothing matches the forecast MS has for chch today, Fine with high cloud northeasterlies.
Its more like low cloud or clag, NE winds and 20C, although it does seem to be confined to chch northwards.
Tomorrow we may see 30C and 32C thursday, friday has potential to be hot but its all dependant on high cloud cover before the southerly.
Yesterday rocketed to 28C once the SW dropped off and a light breeze from the NE kicked in, not bad for those conditions.

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Tue 29/01/2019 17:11

I peaked at 31.6. Just shy of my record. Too much cloud now to get hotter.

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Nev · Unread post by **Nev** » Tue 29/01/2019 17:19

Also 30.3C at Whenuapai today. 29.0C here.

https://twitter.com/MetService/status/1 ... 8318342144

https://twitter.com/NiwaWeather/status/ ... 7025700864

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