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Chris Raine wrote: Thu 24/03/2022 04:43 Awaiting front to go through at 0444 hr.Radar indicates rain overhead of station but nothing heard at this stage. Very light shower at 2030 last night in two short bursts from afternoon development.
Warm again yesterday with max about 26.5C
You have had some good warmth this summer Chris, How would you rate it compared to past years?
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Weather rapidly changing to the south of Ashburton right now. There were no clouds at all 10 minutes ago. Currently 24 degrees with a light NE wind.
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darcyplumb wrote: Thu 24/03/2022 14:12 Weather rapidly changing to the south of Ashburton right now. There were no clouds at all 10 minutes ago. Currently 24 degrees with a light NE wind.
othing much just clagg rolling in from what was a lovely day.

Yeah. Southerly through here at 1:40pm. Nothing much behind it, just clagg moving over spoiling what was a lovely fine day.
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NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote: Thu 24/03/2022 14:24
darcyplumb wrote: Thu 24/03/2022 14:12 Weather rapidly changing to the south of Ashburton right now. There were no clouds at all 10 minutes ago. Currently 24 degrees with a light NE wind.
othing much just clagg rolling in from what was a lovely day.

Yeah. Southerly through here at 1:40pm. Nothing much behind it, just clagg moving over spoiling what was a lovely fine day.
Yes the wind has hit now and the conditions have changed greatly. Looks to be a mostly dry change, maybe some showers later. Certainly one of the warmer days we’ve had recently.
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I don't know what happened with my repeated postings above??? Maybe a moderator can tidy that up.
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Haven't been on as late due to dull boring weather. Shocking season down here this year, worst we have had since I can remember. Nice to see some TCU inland right now though. Iv forgotten what that looked like.
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NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote: Thu 24/03/2022 14:39 I don't know what happened with my repeated postings above??? Maybe a moderator can tidy that up.
Thanks.
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mikestormchaser wrote: Thu 24/03/2022 15:49 Shocking season down here this year, worst we have had since I can remember. Nice to see some TCU inland right now though. Iv forgotten what that looked like.
I agree there Mike. Only 2 remote rumbles of thunder in the TC direction (9th Feb) so far this summer, otherwize claggy, cold and boring :-S
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The southerly has been building strength during this afternoon as its more north. Some beefy clouds currently to the NW with more to the SW where showers are developing
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Richard wrote: Thu 24/03/2022 17:56 The southerly has been building strength during this afternoon as its more north. Some beefy clouds currently to the NW with more to the SW where showers are developing
Horray! Got your camera charged. :smile:
Calm and claggy here with about 3 spits of drizzle :rolleyes:
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NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote: Thu 24/03/2022 18:12
Richard wrote: Thu 24/03/2022 17:56 The southerly has been building strength during this afternoon as its more north. Some beefy clouds currently to the NW with more to the SW where showers are developing
Horray! Got your camera charged. :smile:
Took ages too John, Was some good looking cloud forms leading up to the one I took which I missed out on.
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Dry southerly in Chch - radar showed most precipitation inland, and even that seems to have gone now.
Went down to New Brighton this evening, massive swells were breaking beyond the end of the pier.
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A nice fine day prior to the southerly surge coming through here at 1:40pm.
Skies gradually clouded over from then to become grey stratus for the rest of the day and into the evening. Drizzle from evening with 1.7mm for today.
21.6C prior to the change but dropping away when the freshening southerly took hold.
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Front went through at 0600 hrs.Gave 1.1mm and a strong westerly change gusting to 25 knots.Another airmass trough at 1230 gave another 1.8mm and thats it.Dying SW by dusk
Richard its been warm with high temps late 20's but periods of 3 to 4 cool days where temperatures have not broken 20C.
No grass growth just some greening.NIWA maps indicating that we are one of driest places in NZ currently.
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was gusting to 45knots in the Auckland area yesterday from the SW
last time it was that windy was the ex TC a month ago
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Not too often I record a daily wind run over 400km on my station. Windiest day since last August
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A fine to partly cloudy day with light winds and hazy looking skies
19.5C for today, rather uninteresting.
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Chris Raine wrote: Fri 25/03/2022 07:18 Front went through at 0600 hrs.Gave 1.1mm and a strong westerly change gusting to 25 knots.Another airmass trough at 1230 gave another 1.8mm and thats it.Dying SW by dusk
Richard its been warm with high temps late 20's but periods of 3 to 4 cool days where temperatures have not broken 20C.
No grass growth just some greening.NIWA maps indicating that we are one of driest places in NZ currently.
Prolonged Indian summer for Southland. 16mm month to date. Sunshine well above average. Wondering if the 1947's record of 207 (sic) hours will be broken?
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800km wind run here yesterday
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Alexandra January 17mm, February 80mm, March 8mm so far. Frankton Jan 12mm, February 90mm, March 6mm. So February's rain was gold !
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Gold in Alexandra? :)
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Cloudy day today with breezy westerly. 0.7mm overnight.Seems to be tending back to typical cloudy westerly conditions
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Fine day to start off with but slowly clouding up towards the hills in the afternoon and spreading over the plains as the afternoon wore on.
Light SE to east becoming calm this evening.
Today's maximum was 20.4C.
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Feeling cool this morning with 11.5C. First time it’s been below 12 since late November 😄
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The dew point temperature is on increase so warmer nights return in a day or two.

Another Tasman low later in the week, see how this looks in the modelling over coming days.
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