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That was cool its gone out to sea now
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Nice storm rolled through here, 8.2mm, highest rain rate 68.6mm.
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reports of a good thunderstorm Matamata just now
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A grey day here of occasional drizzle and a cool NE wind. Clagg.
2mm for today with it getting up to 14.4C.
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Thunder081 wrote: Mon 04/10/2021 19:03 That was cool its gone out to sea now
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Nice work Matt, some good supercell-esque structure there, unfortunately a bit far north for me to see today
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Keep an eye on the upper North Island for thunder on Thursday.
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Filthy weather in Canterbury this week, bleurgh.
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Fully bona fide October upper cold shot in 7 days on EC. EC is normally good at picking polar streamers around 7 days out.
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More of a westerly slant on the wind today so has been quite a bit warmer than yesterday locally, up to 22.3C here so far
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Another day of clagg and light NE and a bit of drizzle although a bit brighter than yesterday. 1mm of driizzly stuff for today.
Today' maximum was 16C.
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next week looks stormy and a cold (but short lived) outbreak
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Mainly fine this afternoon to give us our 3rd day with 20C, warm for the time of year.
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Another day of overcast conditions with a bit of light rain this afternoon. 0.2mm
16.2c for today with light NE winds.
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nice, warm (nearly 15c),steady rain here this morning
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18C with a dp of 15C , 0.2 mm at Grey Lynn earlier this morning, gfs showing heavy rain for us later in the day.
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Warmer here today than expected. Sunny and 24C with a north to NW blowing.
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NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote: Thu 07/10/2021 15:05 Warmer here today than expected. Sunny and 24C with a north to NW blowing.
Same here in Ashburton. Wind gusting to 60km/h. Caught me by surprise.
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Wind is starting to squeeze between E & NE locally ahead of the front. Barometer now down to 1009 hPa.
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Kerikeri, 41.8mm in 2hrs this afternoon
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heavy rain here currently
now 22mm for the day :)
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It's been a lovely day here after days of clagg with this current system. Claggy cloud cleared away overnight and this morning to become a fine and sunny day with a mild north to NW winds blowing bringing the temperature up to 24.3C for today's maximum. Able to get the lawns mown.
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Looking like storms for us top half southislanders Saturday, fingers crossed.
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18mm in the last 24 hours locally. Clocks up 700mm YTD. Still well behind average after the dry first half of the year.
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Picked up 16mm here. I see the dams are now only 2.6% below normal!
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