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Re: General March Weather

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Will be a dust devil. We get them all the time and exactly like you describe.


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i thought the same. it would of been a strong dust devil.
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Re: General March Weather

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Nice sunny day with light NE but cloud slowing increasing from the west during the afternoon and coming onto rain this evening, with a light southerly here.
Today's maximum was 19.5C.
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The sound of heavy rain is amazing, seems a life time ago since hearing that.
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Upper trough hanging over New Zealand for a few days now with some patchy heavy rain in parts of central NZ with heavy falls progged. isolated thunderstorms difinitely on the menu as well.

Upper North Island will be largely fine to finish the month but Isolated thunderstorms on the cards about Monday.
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Richard wrote: Fri 27/03/2020 07:29 The sound of heavy rain is amazing, seems a life time ago since hearing that.
Nice! Got a whopping 0.4mm here locally in Southern Christchurch, I see the Airport managed to get 3.6mm taking the official Christchurch rainfall YTD to 34mm. Radar suggests bugger all more here. Chance of some rain wrapping in on Monday however, although it may hit a bit further north than here. Fingers crossed!
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I see CHCH is being sheltered by Banks Peninsula. Had 10mm so far which is coming in steady with the odd heavy bust.
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Beafy showers here
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Closing in on 20mm in the last three hours, just hope this keeps up for most of the day.
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Re: General March Weather

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Only 0.8mm here, what a let down!
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Now getting up near 30mm, at times very heavy rain. At one stage it was falling at the rate of 25.2mm p/h
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Some rain here in South Auckland now. 3mm so far.
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Re: General March Weather

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Richard wrote: Fri 27/03/2020 11:10 Now getting up near 30mm, at times very heavy rain.
Not heavy here, but rainy and wet enough to be making a welcome impact.
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TonyT wrote: Fri 27/03/2020 11:21
Richard wrote: Fri 27/03/2020 11:10 Now getting up near 30mm, at times very heavy rain.
Not heavy here, but rainy and wet enough to be making a welcome impact.
You did say a while back wet last week of March, well done =D>
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Re: General March Weather

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Richard wrote: Fri 27/03/2020 11:24
TonyT wrote: Fri 27/03/2020 11:21

Not heavy here, but rainy and wet enough to be making a welcome impact.
You did say a while back wet last week of March, well done =D>
Thank you, in this game I take any success which comes my way! Rain stopped here now but wind has picked up to be quite strong and gusty (not another dust devil!)
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Re: General March Weather

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Now some blue sky showing, and the wind has picked up.
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Re: General March Weather

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Hosing down here. Some heavy bursts too.
Has the front stalled? 14mm here now. Radar doesn't show much
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Re: General March Weather

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Heavy rain here just eased to light rain. Wasn't expecting that. Just a few showers. That was not a shower. That was a period of rain.
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Well, if there's a plus side to this drought, the lawn here hasn't needed mowing for a couple months now at least... not as dead as it was in February but still not looking too good
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TonyT wrote: Fri 27/03/2020 11:30
Richard wrote: Fri 27/03/2020 11:24
You did say a while back wet last week of March, well done =D>
Thank you, in this game I take any success which comes my way!
=; But by the sound of it our CHCH colleagues wont be showering you in praises
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Rain here in South Auckland is getting heavy again. 18mm so far. I'm so lucky.


Rain is light again. But still raining. Hasn't stopped since it started.
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Belated post: on Wednesday March 25 I observed conspicuous mares' tails aloft, a very interesting sky that day.
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Richard wrote: Fri 27/03/2020 12:05
TonyT wrote: Fri 27/03/2020 11:30

Thank you, in this game I take any success which comes my way!
=; But by the sound of it our CHCH colleagues wont be showering you in praises
Hold the phone ....just had a light shower. 0.9mm now :lol:
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Re: General March Weather

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Rain has gotten heavier again. This is persistent rain here.
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Re: General March Weather

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Diddly squat rain-wise here today. The wind has certainly picked up through the morning.

Sunday night through Monday looks more likely for heavy rain in Canterbury as the cut-off upper trough retreats southwards.
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