General March Weather
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Re: General March Weather
A nice 22mm here this morning. That front bought a small but slow moving period.of rain here today. Not "showers" as forecast. Some heavy bursts as well. Sun is coming out now
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Re: General March Weather
I saw that too. Interesting cirrussy sky but I didn't have my camera with me.
Good bit of rain here overnight and this morning with 16.5mm falling.
Grey gloomy day here, no good for anybody who is not feeling 100% today.
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Re: General March Weather
Looking ahead, it seems that there's a lot of variability in the SAM forecast after about the next week - which you could expect - but potentially one or two more ensemble members continue to go negative. I'm sure Tony and Cyclone Tracy can fill in more when appropriate:
https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/ ... .aao.shtml
https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/ ... /aao.shtml
Much can change then, not least as the polar vortex continues to take shape at the moment looking diamond-like (albeit strong our side) and with the flow-on effects of last year's massive warming continuing as it contorts itself into various shapes (https://www.metcheck.com/SEASONAL/strat ... ecasts.asp#).
https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/ ... /aao.shtml
Much can change then, not least as the polar vortex continues to take shape at the moment looking diamond-like (albeit strong our side) and with the flow-on effects of last year's massive warming continuing as it contorts itself into various shapes (https://www.metcheck.com/SEASONAL/strat ... ecasts.asp#).
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Re: General March Weather
Not much precip here today but the airport got some decent rain.. GFS pointing to an afternoon heat shower pattern first few days next week.
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Re: General March Weather
Yeah that front this morning was more active sth Auckland areas where I am had some decent falls. The rain was persistent for over an hour.
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Re: General March Weather
From our talk the other day, I hope you got a decent drop there but not too much, as too much rain in one dollop can be as useful as an ashtray on a motorbike.
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Re: General March Weather
It soaked it well really, and now I see MS have about 30mm more Sunday, all of a sudden the dry season has come to an end.NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote: ↑Fri 27/03/2020 20:32From our talk the other day, I hope you got a decent drop there but not too much, as too much rain in one dollop can be as useful as an ashtray on a motorbike.
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Re: General March Weather
looks like CHCH should get more rain as that frontal zone drifts south sunday onwards
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Re: General March Weather
Will be interesting to see how far south into North Canterbury the heavier rain reaches before it fizzles out. Latest ECMWF is progging 80mm for Kaikoura, down to 14mm for Christchurch.
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Re: General March Weather
Cold overcast day with light southerly becoming light and variant.
Gloomy day especially with this virus outbreak. Need more Vitamin D and sunshine to make the day more happier for most people.
Bring on the anticyclones, I say.
16.5mm of rain overnight, much more than was recorded at Timaru airport.
Today's daytime maximum was only 13.7C.
Gloomy day especially with this virus outbreak. Need more Vitamin D and sunshine to make the day more happier for most people.
Bring on the anticyclones, I say.
16.5mm of rain overnight, much more than was recorded at Timaru airport.
Today's daytime maximum was only 13.7C.
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Re: General March Weather
Not much in Rangiora, veggie garden still dry under the plants.
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Re: General March Weather
At the moment here: 10°, overcast, no wind; and a Grey Warbler chirruping, haven't heard one for a while.
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Re: General March Weather
Had fantails, quail and goldfinches in the garden this week. Not sure how often they come usually being out, but great to see.
Dry still, just cool and light overcast.
Dry still, just cool and light overcast.
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Re: General March Weather
Breaking news, we just had another 0.8mm here. Exciting times
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Re: General March Weather
Saw a fantail in my yard this week , a rare visitor to my place.
Mainly fine cool conditions here
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Re: General March Weather
I see Culverden had 43.8 mm yesterday. Here, what I see from the CWS in the paddock is about an hour behind real time I thought it would have been getting up around 30mm, but no, ended up with 24.2mm in total. A damn good rain.
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Here is a patch back in Feb 8th verses today. I thought it was completely dead, but it's trying to come back now .David wrote: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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Re: General March Weather
Metservice modeling 40mm for Chch. Lets see if they do any better than yesterdays epic fail
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Re: General March Weather
Culverden doubled Metservice prediction yesterday, 40mm more will be fantastic
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Re: General March Weather
looking ahead next week is looking mostly dry apart from some decent showers (possible downpours/thunderstorms) around the north island on monday
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Re: General March Weather
Another rather cloudy and cool day today, although the sun did come out this morning.
Today's maximum was 14.7C.
Fine this evening.
Today's maximum was 14.7C.
Fine this evening.
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Re: General March Weather
Been gloomy in Southland last 4 days.Post fronts remains cloudy.Quite depressing.Despite two decent rain periods month to date sits at 79.6mm
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Re: General March Weather
Interesting to see a low moving "westwards"? into the BOP today till tues. Pitty its not mid summer as there would be some decent storms around. Nice pattern for a change just to break up the lockdown monotany for a bit, had rain recently but still dust from 5cm down grass taking off though. The sound of grass growing louder than the traffic !!! .Interesting times alright. Take care out there.
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