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NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote: Wed 25/05/2022 15:26 Where's today's southerly? Missed here, been a fine day with a light easterly. ?
Wind has been southerly in Ashburton for a few hours now but has remained mostly sunny. Certainly noticed a chill in the air when it changed.
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spwill wrote: Wed 25/05/2022 09:15 Some warm weather next week.
Modelling indicating 20C possible on the 1st. I’ve never recorded 20 in any winter month
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David wrote: Wed 25/05/2022 18:48
spwill wrote: Wed 25/05/2022 09:15 Some warm weather next week.
Modelling indicating 20C possible on the 1st. I’ve never recorded 20 in any winter month
The last two years June has been mild with the Auckland average max temperature for the month being close to 17C.
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models are predicting very deep low pressure for south tasman sea next week!
like 957hpa GFS has at once stage...wow
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A mainly fine day here with light variable winds. 15.1C for today.
Clouding up this evening with a light southerly.
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Bitterly cold here today. 6 degrees and overcast with no wind. The first day that has genuinely felt like winter for the year.
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David wrote:
spwill wrote: Wed 25/05/2022 09:15 Some warm weather next week.
Modelling indicating 20C possible on the 1st. I’ve never recorded 20 in any winter month
Me neither, can reach 19 but 20.0 is a bridge too far. I suspect some official Auckland site has exceeded 20.0 in a winter momth however, especially in late August when sun gets stronger again.

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hi everyone i haven't been on here for a while been some cold temps here in papakura at night.
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looking at my data, I did record
20.5 2nd August 2014
19.3 august 2013
19.4 june 2004
20.8 5th june 2008
19.8 10th june 2021

we are warm here in winter though being so close to the ocean
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JP. wrote: Tue 24/05/2022 16:33
harleyb wrote: Mon 23/05/2022 22:16 Has anyone noticed the strange morning and evening twilight skies in the last few weeks? Very bright with a faint wispy texture at what looks like a very high altitude. Last time I saw anything like this was after the Australian bush fires. The photo here was taken from Mahia Peninsula this morning. Could it be ash from the Tongan eruption?20220523_065205.jpg
Yes, the sunrises (particularly) and sunsets in Christchurch have been beautiful lately. I get up for a 30 min run at 6:45am and the sunrises the past few weeks have been fantastic gradients from yellow>orange>purple>blue

Here's an average cellphone picture I took 12th May @ 7:08am
I saw the same thing again quite strongly yesterday evening from just S of Palmy North. A wispy texture high in the twilight sky and an amazing grade of colours from bright yellow near the horizon through to magenta overhead. I'm almost certain that it's volcanic ash in the stratosphere.

Vivid sunsets have also been seen in South Africa; even though this article is a bit over 2 months old, it's probably describing the same phenomenon.

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pink sunset tonight
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Cloudless sunset tonight.
Nice clouds in the above photograph, Brian
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Tonight’s sunset was very pink. Odd colour for a cloudless sky.


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Sunset sky was cloudless and conspicuously pale-purple this evening around 5:30pm :)
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Same here in Ashhurst tonight. The vivid pink above the low cloud is the twilight sky, not high cirrus or any other cloud. And it's bright, too, much more so than normal twilight.
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Overcast with some drizzle or light rain around sunrise but clearing away during the morning to become a blue dome day.
Another purply clear sky sunset.
Today's maximum was 11.7C.
Frost on the grass this evening.
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Beautiful pink and purple glow on the horizon earlier, with the crescent Moon and Venus, very memorable sight.

1.9°C at present.
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pink/peach sunrise
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On track for an unsettled week next week for much of NZ particularly for western/northern NZ where thunderstorms look likely on some days.

Clear cool conditions here today, easterly cloud is visible over north Auckland, Northshore Auckland having an overcast morning
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When/where NW converges with NE often brings hazardous weather.

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There is increasing subtropical moisture combined with upper level cooling late Sunday/ Monday, a period to watch.
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yes,potential severe weather alright
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Beautiful golden and lavender western sky at the moment. Incredible colour. :)
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After a white frost this morning, a fine blue dome day eventuated with not much wind.
Clear sky sunset not as spectacular as the previous days.
11.7c for today.
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Need another 30mm to not be the driest May in my records but looks like the last 3 days of the month might finally deliver
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