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Strong cold southwesterly this weekend

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Looks like winter will be returning this weekend, especially by Sunday, with predicted strong cold southwesterlies and snow to low levels in the far south. This is a 50/50 type situation for Chch - slight changes in wind direction could mean either squally showers/hail, or bright sunnny weather. More exposed Banks Peninsula (where I'll be) has a higher chance of the former in these situations, including more snow on the higher parts.
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Surprise Surprise Surprise Whats new with our Spring weather :o :oops:
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Not usual ;)
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Re: Strong cold southwesterly this weekend

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tich wrote:Looks like winter will be returning this weekend, especially by Sunday, with predicted strong cold southwesterlies and snow to low levels in the far south. This is a 50/50 type situation for Chch - slight changes in wind direction could mean either squally showers/hail, or bright sunnny weather. More exposed Banks Peninsula (where I'll be) has a higher chance of the former in these situations, including more snow on the higher parts.
Going by the latest satilite images, it does look like its going to be a decent southerly :lol: :lol: Not thundery, but (please) not like the last few too come thru which have been pathetic :x
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Re: Strong cold southwesterly this weekend

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tich wrote:Looks like winter will be returning this weekend, especially by Sunday, with predicted strong cold southwesterlies and snow to low levels in the far south. This is a 50/50 type situation for Chch - slight changes in wind direction could mean either squally showers/hail, or bright sunnny weather. More exposed Banks Peninsula (where I'll be) has a higher chance of the former in these situations, including more snow on the higher parts.
Going by the latest satilite images, it does look like its going to be a decent southerly :lol: :lol: Not thundery, but (please) not like the last few too come thru which have been pathetic :x
Interesting :-k
I thought by the satellite pictures i thought it would be , now, a boring afair with just stratus and cold winds. If there is a NE ahead of the front is could be a different story. However it looks like a cold outbreak from the south. :)


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Well as long as there is some decent showers and hail i will be happy, better than getting another boring southery with nothing!! I do doubt any E will spring up tomorrow
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03 Stormchaser wrote:Well as long as there is some decent showers and hail i will be happy, better than getting another boring southery with nothing!! I do doubt any E will spring up tomorrow
I just heard Karen on TV One say after the NW we are going to get squally SW and hail.
I can't wait :)

no rain, whatever just hail?


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Change of plan! we will be lucky to get any hail! maybe just a couple of showers, please not another pathetic southerly!! :evil:
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A bit of action in the early hours this morning.. light mt snow

ATM Clear skies and sunny , temp 8 degrees
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Cloudy with showers this morning in AK, temp 14C. Not a nice day but looks to be clearing a bit now.

Looks to be a chance of thunder in western areas from that front coming north today/tonight.
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BIG BIG FLAKES falling here. With strong Southeries. For about a good hour now :D
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Well the strong cold SW has just blasted through at 1525hrs after being blasted here by NW prior to that.
A very rapid drop in temperature from 19.8C to 14C in about 20 minutes.
Sky looks messy behinfd the front so I don't expect much to happen :(
As I said in another posting, No Thunder This Week. I should of said no thunder this week for Christchurch as lucky people to the west of here ie.Oxford, amberley heard a few rumbles :)
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A reel wintery blast come through around 2pm, with snow and some hail got down to 1 degree. 8)

Mostly clear again now with the sun out an 7 degrees ;)
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We have had about 5 more small lots of flurries, nothing settling though.
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Fujita Phil wrote:We have had about 5 more small lots of flurries, nothing settling though.
Yeah southerly is strong here in CHCH gust up too 75kmph!! Good dark clouds and some build up too report :lol: :lol:
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The interesting weather today looks to be down in Otago and Southland.

Some nice Wintry Cb clouds from South Otago to the south right now but these should not get too much further North than Dunedin.

A cloudy day in Auckland with some light showers around but a small line of better looking Cb to come through this area in a couple of hours.
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Wintry sounding from Invercargill today. Thickness 5231, 500hpa temp minus 34C, freezing level looks around the 400m mark. Should be severe frosts inland Otago with such a cold atmos.
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NZstorm wrote:Should be severe frosts inland Otago with such a cold atmos.
As home gowers with fruit trees in blossom don't need that.. :x

Nothing worst than having not many apricots or plums because of the frost. :evil:
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....anyway the weather pathetic here in ChCh.
Now drizzling with the cold southerlies :twisted:
where's the hail??
Nice to be back with cold weather and the fire going :)
Fine weather for the coming week :( but westerlies look set to return from about Wednesday.


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Very mild night here tonight although cloudy its tended more westerly and now is fresh 16c :P
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NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote:....anyway the weather pathetic here in ChCh.

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I must admit I'm stumped on that one. Do you mean Micheal uses "pathetic" because of all the SW gales?? :?: :? :D

Well if there had of been a NE before this front I think we could've had a real winner on our hands. The clouds definately had that thundery feel to them as the wind went SW, some Cb's did manage to develope but they weren't active unfortunately. A nice line formed going out into Pegasus (sp?) Bay, ah....actually, here it is. Well, not thunderous but it looks ok.
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Yeah Canterbury Wellington Hawkes Bay Nelson Marlborough BOP .
Not us in the west get the usual :cry:
NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote: Fine weather for the coming week :( but westerlies look set to return from about Wednesday.
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Aaron J Wilkinson wrote:I must admit I'm stumped on that one. Do you mean Micheal uses "pathetic" because of all the SW gales?? :?: :? :D
No! I like too associate pathetic and southerlies together!
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Aaron J Wilkinson wrote:
Well if there had of been a NE before this front I think we could've had a real winner on our hands. The clouds definately had that thundery feel to them as the wind went SW, some Cb's did manage to develope but they weren't active unfortunately. A nice line formed going out into Pegasus (sp?) Bay, ah....actually, here it is. Well, not thunderous but it looks ok.
I don't think so.
From what I saw it was too messy and the Cu were to much humulussy :( I saw that line too and it didn't look like anything to get excited about
Raining nicely now but no hail. 3mm of rain so far and 3.7C outside. No wind. :)

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