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General December Weather

Posted: Wed 30/11/2022 17:47
by NZ Thunderstorm Soc
It's going to be hot from tomorrow for the next 3 months according to media reports.
Might don a T shirt and shorts and jandals from tomorrow and go down to the local swimming baths for a swim.
Makes a change from this freezing weather and have to be wearing heavy clothing and having the fire going like tonight. 8-o

Re: General December Weather

Posted: Wed 30/11/2022 21:44
by TonyT
NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote: Wed 30/11/2022 17:47 It's going to be hot from tomorrow for the next 3 months according to media reports.
Might don a T shirt and shorts and jandals from tomorrow and go down to the local swimming baths for a swim.
Makes a change from this freezing weather and have to be wearing heavy clothing and having the fire going like tonight. 8-o
Pretty chilly week coming up for the whole country.

Re: General December Weather

Posted: Thu 01/12/2022 11:11
by Richard
TonyT wrote: Wed 30/11/2022 21:44
NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote: Wed 30/11/2022 17:47 It's going to be hot from tomorrow for the next 3 months according to media reports.
Might don a T shirt and shorts and jandals from tomorrow and go down to the local swimming baths for a swim.
Makes a change from this freezing weather and have to be wearing heavy clothing and having the fire going like tonight. 8-o
Pretty chilly week coming up for the whole country.
We'll see what he's made of in his T shirt, shorts and jandals

Re: General December Weather

Posted: Thu 01/12/2022 22:08
by Storm Struck
This afternoon I had an encounter with a strong whirlwind, the wind whipped over the top of me and then picked up several small branches from a dumped pile high into the air as they swirled in a circle.
It then moved about 50m away before hitting some willow and pine trees bending them one direction then the other.
Nothing major but I'd estimate the gusts to be around 45-50kmh enough to hear and see.
At the time there were no clouds present however the wind did swing to the NE from SW at the time, so a mixture of Convergence and heat rising and cooling is what I've come up with.

Anyway some heavy convective showers this evening, wind still NE but will swing back Southerly overnight with more rain.
This southerly phase is going to bring more thunderstorm chances as we move into the peak time.

Re: General December Weather

Posted: Fri 02/12/2022 00:22
by NZ Thunderstorm Soc
A generally fine day here today with ENE refreshing at times this afternoon.
Some interesting cloud form to the west this afternoon, probably better than yesterday's forecast for here from MS but nevermind.
Today's maximum was 21.6C.

Re: General December Weather

Posted: Fri 02/12/2022 05:29
by Simon Culling
Hello Storm Struck, this sounds like a dust devil.
Storm Struck wrote: Thu 01/12/2022 22:08 This afternoon I had an encounter with a strong whirlwind, the wind whipped over the top of me and then picked up several small branches from a dumped pile high into the air as they swirled in a circle.
It then moved about 50m away before hitting some willow and pine trees bending them one direction then the other.
Nothing major but I'd estimate the gusts to be around 45-50kmh enough to hear and see.
At the time there were no clouds present however the wind did swing to the NE from SW at the time, so a mixture of Convergence and heat rising and cooling is what I've come up with.

Re: General December Weather

Posted: Fri 02/12/2022 09:46
by Razor
Chilly and rainy old day here in Christchurch. Not summer yet.

Re: General December Weather

Posted: Fri 02/12/2022 10:10
by darcyplumb
Razor wrote: Fri 02/12/2022 09:46 Chilly and rainy old day here in Christchurch. Not summer yet.
Awful isn’t it? Only 9 degrees here and I have far too much washing to do!

Re: General December Weather

Posted: Fri 02/12/2022 10:34
by Bradley
Christchurch Airport has now recorded 1005mm in the last 12 months from 01/12/2021, absolutely incredible figure which would be a record for the airport site no doubt...

Re: General December Weather

Posted: Fri 02/12/2022 14:23
by NZ Thunderstorm Soc
One or 2 heavy looking clouds moving north at the moment with some random showers.

Re: General December Weather

Posted: Fri 02/12/2022 14:30
by darcyplumb
Looking very dark to my south with what appears to be a thunderstorm developing on radar. Big towers inland along the foothills as well. We’ve had about two hours of sunshine here which appears to have been enough to get things going.

Re: General December Weather

Posted: Fri 02/12/2022 22:54
by NZ Thunderstorm Soc
Some rain overnight easing off this morning but remaining rather cloudy with some hefty cloud build ups this afternoon delivering the odd scattered shower over the area. Clouding in later this afternoon and remaining overcast with some scattered drizzle this evening.
Today's maximum was just 15.C with 20mm of rain.

Re: General December Weather

Posted: Sat 03/12/2022 23:30
by NZ Thunderstorm Soc
Low cloud and clagg cleared away overnight to become a partly cloudy day with NE winds.
19.1C for today when it was sunny.

Re: General December Weather

Posted: Sun 04/12/2022 22:05
by Razor
Hot today. got a dose of heatstroke up the Port Hills

I am very interesting in the weather around Queenstown next weekend. The models are really flipping around but generally looks unsettled, even with a hint of some fairly low snow come Sunday? What does the Weatherforum Hivemind think?

Re: General December Weather

Posted: Sun 04/12/2022 22:51
by TonyT
Razor wrote: Sun 04/12/2022 22:05 Hot today. got a dose of heatstroke up the Port Hills

I am very interesting in the weather around Queenstown next weekend. The models are really flipping around but generally looks unsettled, even with a hint of some fairly low snow come Sunday? What does the Weatherforum Hivemind think?
I'd pick that the trough will keep the cold air at bay, so mild & humid with a wet Saturday, dry Sunday.

Re: General December Weather

Posted: Sun 04/12/2022 23:02
by NZ Thunderstorm Soc
A fine day today today and becoming warm this afternoon with it reaching 28.7C before a dry southerly change moved through around half past four.
Clagg moving in this evening with it down to 13.3C by 11pm.

Re: General December Weather

Posted: Mon 05/12/2022 09:22
by spwill
The current cloud over Auckland should burn back from many places by early afternoon. It was great to have the sunny weekend.

Incoming moisture from mid week onto NZ will create some unstable weather days, see how it looks on the day or the day before.

Re: General December Weather

Posted: Mon 05/12/2022 18:09
by NZ Thunderstorm Soc
Back to the clagg with some violent drizzle falling at the moment >_< :rolleyes:

Re: General December Weather

Posted: Mon 05/12/2022 18:12
by Richard
Thank goodness we had mostly sunny weather here today, went down to Amberley into clagg, nice to get home again the warm sunshine.

Re: General December Weather

Posted: Mon 05/12/2022 19:03
by NZ Thunderstorm Soc
Richard wrote: Mon 05/12/2022 18:12 Thank goodness we had mostly sunny weather here today, went down to Amberley into clagg, nice to get home again the warm sunshine.
Even though yesterday was rather warm here. I still haven't got the shorts and T shirt and Sjaelland on, to cook tea on the barbecue.
Coat on today to go up town and might have to light the fire 8-o

Re: General December Weather

Posted: Mon 05/12/2022 22:39
by NZ Thunderstorm Soc
NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote: Mon 05/12/2022 19:03 . I still haven't got the shorts and T shirt and Sjaelland on, to cook tea on the barbecue.
Obviously the spell-checker doesn't recognize the word Jandals ?
....anyway, an overcast day all day with low cloud and drizzle this afternoon with 0,9mm of drizzle to 10pm.
Today's maximum was 16C. Clagg >_<

Re: General December Weather

Posted: Tue 06/12/2022 07:30
by Nev
NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote: Mon 05/12/2022 22:39 Obviously the spell-checker doesn't recognize the word Jandals ?
Probably because 'Jandals' isn't considered a proper word, but rather a registered brandname for a particular type of NZ 'flip-flops' or 'thongs'. Local retailers often get into trouble for unwittingly advertising similar products as 'Jandals', when legally they're not. :-s

Nice sunny start to the day here...

Re: General December Weather

Posted: Tue 06/12/2022 14:06
by David
Severe weather outlook looking interesting. I wasn't expecting to see "high confidence" based on the GFS modelling.

Re: General December Weather

Posted: Tue 06/12/2022 19:16
by NZ Thunderstorm Soc
Will this summer become the warmest ever?
Doesn't look like it initially, with apart from one warm day (Sunday) so far this month, clagg has remained the main ingredient for the summer here.
11C at the moment and doing dishes in the sink after tea, the windows steamed up like a cold day in winter?

Re: General December Weather

Posted: Tue 06/12/2022 22:46
by NZ Thunderstorm Soc
After a mild start with high cloud, the clagg rolled in late morning with another southerly change.
17.1C before the change but cooled down as the clagg rolled in.
Occasional drizzle showers also this afternoon with 0.6mm of it falling today.