General March Weather

tornado · Unread post by **tornado** » Mon 23/03/2020 20:07

NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote: ↑Mon 23/03/2020 19:54 Sporadic drops of heavy rain at the moment.
Just heard a distant rumble of thunder way out to the east.

lucky you. i hope for a thunderstorm in auckland tonight.

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Mon 23/03/2020 20:13

Have doubled our annual rainfall total today. Have now had 30mm since midnight taking me to 60mm for the year.

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Cyclone Tracy · Unread post by **Cyclone Tracy** » Mon 23/03/2020 20:28

David wrote: ↑Mon 23/03/2020 20:03 Any of the long-term model watchers seeing any pattern change come April? CT/Tony/someone else? All I'm seeing until at least early April is high after high, getting a bit depressing.

Apart from these initial troughs and fronts that some are getting lucky with today, that high pressure ridge looks ominous as you pointed out. MJO and SAM not really coming to the save the day anytime soon. The Coral sea may see a tropical depression in the first week of April to give some hope for a the mid April deluge.

Locally, I've had 0.6mm so far today. 31.6mm YTD. Hopefully get some more in a few hours.

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Mon 23/03/2020 20:44

Strong southerly has just hit Akaroa in the last few minutes.

tornado · Unread post by **tornado** » Mon 23/03/2020 20:45

starting to see strikes in the high risk area. can auckland have a few rumbles i hope so.

Awhituobs · Unread post by **Awhituobs** » Mon 23/03/2020 21:00

Cell

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tornado · Unread post by **tornado** » Mon 23/03/2020 21:03

yes thunderstorm in hamilton. listening out for any rumblings here.

Awhituobs · Unread post by **Awhituobs** » Mon 23/03/2020 21:06

Have seen a flash of lightning here

tornado · Unread post by **tornado** » Mon 23/03/2020 21:09

Awhituobs wrote: ↑Mon 23/03/2020 21:06 Have seen a flash of lightning here

wow thats great. hopefully we can get some rumbles

Chris W · Unread post by **Chris W** » Mon 23/03/2020 21:13

Cyclone Tracy wrote: ↑Mon 23/03/2020 20:28
David wrote: ↑Mon 23/03/2020 20:03 Any of the long-term model watchers seeing any pattern change come April? CT/Tony/someone else? All I'm seeing until at least early April is high after high, getting a bit depressing.
Apart from these initial troughs and fronts that some are getting lucky with today, that high pressure ridge looks ominous as you pointed out. MJO and SAM not really coming to the save the day anytime soon. The Coral sea may see a tropical depression in the first week of April to give some hope for a the mid April deluge.

Locally, I've had 0.6mm so far today. 31.6mm YTD. Hopefully get some more in a few hours.

Maybe one also for the stratosphere thread, but I have been reading that higher ozone levels up there - as we now have - leads to a more negative SAM and wetter weather for NZ, so as the polar vortex fires up perhaps it will be broader in area than it has been in recent years. That’s looking a couple of months away though, probably.

tornado · Unread post by **tornado** » Mon 23/03/2020 21:27

im sure i just heard distant thunder. and its raining here now.

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Mon 23/03/2020 21:32

A few rumbles of thunder out to the NE

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Mon 23/03/2020 21:34

Was a bit of thunder earlier. Some decent rumbles but now all quiet

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cbm · Unread post by **cbm** » Mon 23/03/2020 21:41

Torrential here now. Watching the gauge go up by a mm every 2-3min

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tornado · Unread post by **tornado** » Mon 23/03/2020 21:43

well i heard a brief rumble (that could of been thunder or something else) but no lightning seen. i am fearing we may not get any proper storms this year.

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Mon 23/03/2020 21:47

tornado wrote: ↑Mon 23/03/2020 21:43 well i heard a brief rumble (that could of been thunder or something else) but no lightning seen. i am fearing we may not get any proper storms this year.

Best time of year to get thunder in Auckland is May to September. A predicted La Nina could kill it though, hopefully not.

cbm · Unread post by **cbm** » Mon 23/03/2020 21:48

Currently 38mm/hr on a PWS just down the road. Nearly 32mm for the day.

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tornado · Unread post by **tornado** » Mon 23/03/2020 21:51

NZstorm wrote: ↑Mon 23/03/2020 21:47
tornado wrote: ↑Mon 23/03/2020 21:43 well i heard a brief rumble (that could of been thunder or something else) but no lightning seen. i am fearing we may not get any proper storms this year.
Best time of year to get thunder in Auckland is May to September. A predicted La Nina could kill it though, hopefully not.

yes i agree. may-september can have the best storms. im still in hope for a storm in the near future but with a long belt of high pressure in the models which is coming in this weekend. i am not even sure yet. but this month has had some resonable rain.

tornado · Unread post by **tornado** » Mon 23/03/2020 22:02

A bit windy tonight. 43mm from both of the fronts.

Tomorrow looks like a cool and windy day. Perhaps some showers.

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Mon 23/03/2020 22:37

A couple more claps of thunder out to the NE this evening, but rain turning to snow this evening for a brief period, just before 10pm.
Today's maximum was 19.4C today with partly cloudy skies with light winds but the highlight of the day was the gust-front moving through around 7.10pm with strong southerly winds and a few claps of thunder to the NE this evening.
A few pictures from today.

Orion · Unread post by **Orion** » Mon 23/03/2020 22:50

Something rattly in the precipitation here at present; 4.8°C.

David · Unread post by **David** » Tue 24/03/2020 08:02

Cyclone Tracy wrote: ↑Mon 23/03/2020 20:28 Locally, I've had 0.6mm so far today. 31.6mm YTD. Hopefully get some more in a few hours.

Collected 4.6mm here overnight which is the best this month. How'd you do?

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Tue 24/03/2020 08:05

I was lucky and had basically 40mm in the 24 hours to midnight. That must be my highest 24 hour total since about October.....

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Cyclone Tracy · Unread post by **Cyclone Tracy** » Tue 24/03/2020 08:13

David wrote: ↑Tue 24/03/2020 08:02
Cyclone Tracy wrote: ↑Mon 23/03/2020 20:28 Locally, I've had 0.6mm so far today. 31.6mm YTD. Hopefully get some more in a few hours.
Collected 4.6mm here overnight which is the best this month. How'd you do?

Yep, about the same. 5.6mm all up. 16.4mm for the month, 36.8mm for the year now.

Awhituobs · Unread post by **Awhituobs** » Tue 24/03/2020 08:23

we were so lucky here
I was watching that narrow rain band (could even see it so close at night fall) and hoped it would get to us before weakening
with more showers last night we ended up with 48mm here
that will be enough to kick start the pasture growth for farmers in this area

which is some much needed positive news

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