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Re: General August Weather

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Almost feels like summer in Gore tonight, 15C at 7 PM which is the warmest we’ve been since mid June
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Re: General August Weather

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Warm day also in Geraldine with it getting up to 17.1C today with a light NE this afternoon.
No frost this morning despite clear conditions with it being a blue dome day until some high cloud moved in from the west late afternoon and evening.
Snow levels also drawing back along the foothills from the wintry event we had over the WE.
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Re: General August Weather

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NW Arch conditions today with the arch cloud moving across during the afternoon.
A bit windy here today. Today's maximum was 16.4C.
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Re: General August Weather

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NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote: Thu 12/08/2021 22:17 NW Arch conditions today with the arch cloud moving across during the afternoon.
A bit windy here today. Today's maximum was 16.4C.
Was out in Oxford for much of the day, great to the see the NW arch back! Although the wind was still cool for a NW'er
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Re: General August Weather

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Certainly a lot wetter here today that was expected, 11mm so far at outside my office in Lincoln
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0.4mm today with that system. 457mm year to date, the grim reality of maybe setting new dry record this year and potentially beating last years record of 690mm. Auckland's dams only 62%, representing the lack of north easterly driven rain systems over the past 3 years, which is where I get most of my rain from. Ocean temperatures over the past 3 years are proving to be irrelevant for the moment.
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Re: General August Weather

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Could be slight thunder risk for tomorrow here?
Interesting to see how it pans out.
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Re: General August Weather

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yeah, even only 2mm here from that front ( we went in between some heavy showers so someone must have got more)
not a lot of rain coming with the current weather pattern either
does look to be a pattern change after the 20th to a La Nina type high pressure
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Re: General August Weather

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Rain earlier overnight and again this morning but clearing up from the south to become a blue dome day this afternoon.
Southerlies dying out and becoming calm with a hint of a NE drift here.
Today's maximum was 14,1C with 8.5mm of rain for today.
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Re: General August Weather

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NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote: Fri 13/08/2021 14:16 Could be slight thunder risk for tomorrow here?
Interesting to see how it pans out.
There is a cold upper trough moving over coastal Canterbury mid morning john with a low thunder risk yes. Just low though given time of year and timing. Surface temperatures are not overly that warm tomorrow either.
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Awesome looking gust front forming to the south of Ashburton right now. Here’s my shitty iPhone photo from my lounge window 😂
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Good opportunity for a time lapse north of Ashburton for those that have the tech to do it.
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Gust front just hit hornby.
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Some small hail rolled through rolleston just after the gust front.
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Re: General August Weather

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A decent looking westerly cold trough to affect NZ Tuesday/Wednesday next week then signs of a pattern change after that.
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Re: General August Weather

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Solid front, caught it driving over Evans Pass and it was providing decent drag against the car! Fat raindrops and lots of them. Poor folks riding back from the Liv Podmore memorial ride would have got a bit soggy but passing by it was a great turnout.
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Couldn't quite get to a nice open area to take a shot. So this was the best I managed of the gust front today
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Frosty overnight but clouding up this morning with a wintry looking sky developing. A bit of a shower here around noon with a few bits of wintry hail with it but nothing much and then clearing up with cloud moving away to the NE and becoming a blue dome day afternoon.
12.8C for today.
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Re: General August Weather

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Photo from Rod Gunn of yesterday's Canterbury gust front rolling across the plains.
He was able to get it on the tv 3 news.

Some spring like SW changes lately hinting towards getting closer to thunder set ups
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Frosty again overnight but clouding up this morning from the NW with little or no wind.
NW sky but no arching for the rest of the day with today's maximum of 13.5C.
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Re: General August Weather

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NW winds picking up a bit at the moment. Might see a flash or two westwards this evening :smile:
327 strikes over there today, could be more later.
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Re: General August Weather

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Spotted one flash from here about 10 minutes ago
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No lightning observed to the west from here this evening so bit of a bit of a disappointment, however throwover rain delivered 6.9mm this evening with gusty NW winds, unusual to see rain on that part of the conservatory window.
Mild this afternoon with today's maximum being 18.4C.
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Re: General August Weather

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at Castle Hill this morning snow falling 1-2cm/hr no wind. Rain changed to snow about dawn this morning.
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Re: General August Weather

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early spring like cold front heading for the western NI
it is lightning active I see
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