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Re: General August Weather

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Had some briefly heavy showers and a bit of hail overnight in Akaroa, but fine this morning. Light dusting of snow above about 600m at first, but melted now.
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not much rain in the Westerly weather pattern for eastern SI next 10 days unless the low develops next week to bring in an onshore flow according to ECMWF
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Christchurch on track for its driest August in the last 20 years according to Jeff's in Hoon Hay.

Previous lowest was 2005 with 15.4mm and we currently have 5mm with nothing forecast in the next 7 days.
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After a good frost this morning, a fine clear day eventuated although there were some lenticular clouds to the west late benign as we walked to the pub for the local quiz night. Today's maximum was 14.1C.
Nice sunny day to walk through Talbot Forest :smile:
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The GFS numbers point to a thunder chance here later this afternoon, see what comes in.
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spwill wrote: Thu 27/08/2020 09:13 The GFS numbers point to a thunder chance here later this afternoon, see what comes in.
Dewpoint will only be 8C but if we can get a sunny that will help. 15C will produce 900 CAPE.
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Hosing it down in Kaikõura today, nice to hear the rain!
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Dewpoint will only be 8C but if we can get a sunny that will help. 15C will produce 900 CAPE.
10c DP here now and nearly 15C
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Sudden hail shower here in Porirua on the southerly change. Nice to see signs of spring :)
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Chris W wrote: Thu 27/08/2020 11:04 Hosing it down in Kaikõura today, nice to hear the rain!
No such luck here! Bright sunny day
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Showery spell in Ilam, Chch around midday, with a bit of hail for a few minutes. Sunny now.
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Nothing down here, boring :x
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Not particularly interesting here with 4mm light to moderate rain this afternoon. Only got to 15C so not a lot of heating.
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Picked up 4.6mm of rain today, even manged to form a puddle or two
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A generally fine day here with light southerly winds. Some cloudy periods more so this afternoon but with weak cloud forms.
Today's maximum was 16.9C, recorded around lunch time.
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Glorious day in ChCh today. heading for Mt Cook for a few days tomorrow, looks to be a mixed back typical spring like fun
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A bit of lightning activity going on in Fiordland at the moment according to the Blitz, picking up distant sferics from here. :smile:
Fine day here with increasing high cloud from the west.
Today's maximum was 17.5C. Light variable winds but a bit of a northerly picked up this evening.
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Unstable over the upper North Island today with isolated cb showing up this afternoon otherwise a fine day.
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Some convergence today yes. Was supposed to be thunder chance but that backed off. High pressure returns next week. After a week of rain
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The convergence is showing up over Northland on the radar.

I think it is our warmest day of the new season here today, fine with max around 19C.
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Warm day with it getting up to 19C NW lenticular clouds.
Lots of lawn mower sounds around the town today.
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A fully springlike weekend in Chch, stunning. Can even get the laundry to dry out on the line for the first time since autumn 👍
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Timaru airport 23C with a westerly breeze at midday, Christchurch airport 22C.
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Spring has arrived all right. Now next Tuesday is the next front. And I doubt we get much from that. As the return of blocking anticyclones. Hopefully no big dries are on the way
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Slightly orangery skies here as a large scrub fire burns up in the McKenzie country somewhere near the Aoraki/Mt Cook turnoff.
Warm day here with the temperature peaking around the 24C mark.
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