General February Weather

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

I use midnight reset for temperature/rain etc
as 9am is frankly dope and should be scraped...its historical use only

Yes I agree. Readings at the end of each month can be confusing especially when a torrential rainfall event might happen between midnight and 9am on the first and there is hardly rainfall for the rest of the month but that event is recorded in the previous months total.

[Awhituobs]

whew, 90% humidity here at 10:pm and 21.3c

[David]

whew, 90% humidity here at 10:pm and 21.3c

It seems to have settled at 23C here. Might not go below 22 until the rain arrives

[harleyb]

Taranaki is now under a red warning for heavy rain. We're at Tongaporutu, possibly a bit far north to be in the action but either way it sure is wet here at the moment. 50 mm so far today.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Grey overcast day with occasional rain showers turning to drizzle. 14.3mm for today. Light winds from the east to SE.
"Freezing" when we went to the pictures this evening. 14.4C for today's maximum.

[Tornado Tim]

Warm out tonight sitting at 23 degrees at midnight. No Rain yet.
Models are struggling with the convective rainfall in locations and rates. EC indicating central to north Waikato wont get any rain till mid-late morning tomorrow and UK has it coming overnight tonight.
Overall situ is looking good for some good dumps of rain, but Eastern Waikato is looking better for the convection and getting better totals.

Monday is a day that holds more promise for more widespread heavy rain for Auckland and Waikato.

[Chris Raine]

Well the requirements for observation times for me are set by NIWA so 0900 hrs for me as I operate one of their climate stations

[Awhituobs]

21.3 minimum overnight, with 97% humidity
a bit of rain , a nice blob about move down from the north

[David]

Overnight min of 22.4C here. Very little rain so far

[Awhituobs]

steady moderate rain here
yah
coming up to 10mm already

[cbm]

Well that has smashed my "never recorded a >20C overnight low" fact about my station. Min was 21.4C. Not pleasant at all, once for the record is enough.

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[spwill]

Grey Lynn up to 9.4mm. Chance for some heavy showers this afternoon.

Some crazy humidity here at times this week, Tuesday looks really humid.

[Awhituobs]

22m here
we do well in these setups (lee trough)

[tgsnoopy]

Pretty uncomfortable last night here. 21.8° low, 20.4°C Dewpoint. Was looking forward to forecast cooler overnight tonight, but see that's now gone & we have more uncomfortable nights forecast. Little nervous about heavy falls in the 4-7am period tomorrow so will no doubt be putting up sandbag defenses.

[harleyb]

83 mm recorded at Tongaporutu, but it looks as though it's easing off now. Meanwhile the Kapoaiaia gauge at Cape Egmont has recorded over 160 mm between midnight and 9 this morning with some pretty intense hourly totals. That's on top of over 270 mm recorded yesterday. The record seems to have stopped at 9 am, maybe the gauge washed away...?

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[David]

24C with dewpoint almost 23. Imagine how tropical it would feel if the sun was out

Hoping tomorrow delivers better rainfall chances, doesn’t seem to be a lot around now

[hypersonic]

24C with dewpoint almost 23. Imagine how tropical it would feel if the sun was out

Hoping tomorrow delivers better rainfall chances, doesn’t seem to be a lot around now

Probably like what does in Whangarei, 27°C with a DP of 23°C

[Awhituobs]

there is lots of rain moving in from the tasman,not sure what u looking at David?

[David]

there is lots of rain moving in from the tasman,not sure what u looking at David?

Most of what I see currently looks to be sliding down to the west of me like this morning, but I hope I'm wrong and maybe we get some decent rain tonight. 5mm doesn't really do anything after 7 weeks of dry.

[Blowy]

GFS for Hastings now 273mm next 10days....

[Awhituobs]

better rain developing across the Auckland area now as the easterly/NE wind increases, generating an easterly trough and wind convergence

[Richard]

Ended up with 38.4mm over the last few days, a useful amount.

[cbm]

The radar now looks the business, so much blue, but it's not raining much, getting a wind storm when rain is what is needed. After so long settled weather 45km/hr gusts seem like a storm. It's like the cooler Easterly is undercutting the warm air and evaporating most of the rain before it can reach the ground.


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[David]

The radar now looks the business, so much blue, but it's not raining much, getting a wind storm when rain is what is needed. After so long settled weather 45km/hr gusts seem like a storm. It's like the cooler Easterly is undercutting the warm air and evaporating most of the rain before it can reach the ground.


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I've noticed for a while now the intensity on the 300km radar looks too high, when you switch to the 120km radar it shows much lighter (and more in line with what's actually happening)

[Awhituobs]

22.9c here at 9:30pm , and raining, 100% humidity....crazy
(and the temperature here has actually increased this evening)