General January Weather

[David]

Another fairly hot one today, 28C with 17C dewpoint currently.

[Dean.]

It rained in mid-Canterbury this morning, mainly between Kaiapoi and Amberley. As expected. Quite good to see it again!

Mid Canterbury? More like North Canterbury....the mighty mid is our area ☺

[TonyT]

It rained in mid-Canterbury this morning, mainly between Kaiapoi and Amberley. As expected. Quite good to see it again!

One of those are statistical rains, where you can count the number of drops by eye.

[Richard]

It rained in mid-Canterbury this morning, mainly between Kaiapoi and Amberley. As expected. Quite good to see it again!

One of those are statistical rains, where you can count the number of drops by eye.

yep, I felt one singe drop hit me this morning, best rain for ages.

[Chris W]

It rained in mid-Canterbury this morning, mainly between Kaiapoi and Amberley. As expected. Quite good to see it again!

Mid Canterbury? More like North Canterbury....the mighty mid is our area ☺

Nope, it also rained at home . For those with mobile browsers that's Lyttelton.

[Chris W]

It rained in mid-Canterbury this morning, mainly between Kaiapoi and Amberley. As expected. Quite good to see it again!

One of those are statistical rains, where you can count the number of drops by eye.

It was proper rain in the area I mentioned, also at home the ground was wet when Ieft home. Not so much in Amberley township though, that's true!

Ok, edit to the earlier statement. It rained in mid and north Canterbury, to varying degrees

[spwill]

The humid weather has arrived, dps up to 20C for Ak last couple of days with a humid looking weather outlook. sheltered Grey Lynn up to 29C today.

[Dean.]

Getting very warm here too in the heart of Mid Canterbury dewpoint reasonably high for here

[Cantab03]

Just hit 30 degrees in Christchurch with 40% humidity. We had 0.8mm recorded at the airport this morning, so a whole 2.2mm or so in about the last 40 days.

[kiwisk8er]

Rumbles of thunder in Mosgiel and Dunedin, looks like a thunderstorm heading out to sea north of the city.

[tornado]

yes thunder in eastern north island and around dunedin. wish we can get thunder in auckland but our thunder season is from may to september. usually

[Richard]

yes thunder in eastern north island and around dunedin. wish we can get thunder in auckland but our thunder season is from may to september. usually

Dont have a thunder season here it seems anymore, just a once in a blue moon thunder day

[Chris W]

Nice and warm in Kaikõura now, 25C at the airport and feels every bit of that on the town end of the peninsula.

[Orion]

It's raining!
Air very fragrant.
22.6°C.

[Orion]

Thunder

[Dean.]

It's raining!
Air very fragrant.
22.6°C.

And a big clap of thunder

[tornado]

lucky you south islanders getting rain and thunder. up here the only rain has been mainly drizzle.

[Dean.]

lucky you south islanders getting rain and thunder. up here the only rain has been mainly drizzle.

Was very brief

[Richard]

lucky you south islanders getting rain and thunder. up here the only rain has been mainly drizzle.

Just a very select few.

[tornado]

lucky you south islanders getting rain and thunder. up here the only rain has been mainly drizzle.

Was very brief

at least you had some rumbles. here in auckland all we get is drizzle now. we need a good storm to form in auckland.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

One of those are statistical rains, where you can count the number of drops by eye.

That's what I log as "AFD" in my rainfall record, less than a 'trace' of rain which a few drops of rain have fallen and have not been recorded in rain-gauge.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Not a AFD day today but a cloudy and warm day with NW winds and high cloud.
Working at Barkers, so not much observation of the weather as I was indoors.
Looked like that prospect of a clap or 2 judging by the cloud around the 4 Peaks area, with NWster.
Southerly came through after 9pm with some strong gusts.
Today's maximum was 28.3C.

[NZstorm]

Dont have a thunder season here it seems anymore, just a once in a blue moon thunder day

You need a polar jet to get thunder along the eastern coast of the South Island and I suspect the polar jet is becoming less common in summer, not that it was very common any way.

Most of the jet stream activity at this time of the year is more of a subtropical jet. Its a subtropical/polar jet combined.

[Richard]

Dont have a thunder season here it seems anymore, just a once in a blue moon thunder day

You need a polar jet to get thunder along the eastern coast of the South Island and I suspect the polar jet is becoming less common in summer, not that it was very common any way.

Most of the jet stream activity at this time of the year is more of a subtropical jet. Its a subtropical/polar jet combined.

These last 7-8 years or so have seen less of the inland slow moving heat buildups here, there hasnt even been one in the Molesworth this summer and the summer before too.

[David]

Unusual for it to be above 25C this early here. Hotter than yesterday at this time and it was almost 29 max so will be interesting to see how warm today gets