October to begin with brief cold snap

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Thu 30/09/2004 19:57

October is about to begin, this time with yet another cold snap. Should be shorter and less intense than Tuesday's freezing weather, but snow showers have been forecast down to 500m by MetService as far north as the Wairarapa/Wellington. Showers are expected to arrive in Chch early afternoon - will there be triggers for thunderstorm activity? I don't know, but hail looks more likely. (but then again it could be another of these changes that give nothing but a bit of cloud and briefly gusty southerlies)

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Thu 30/09/2004 20:14

tich wrote:. (but then again it could be another of these changes that give nothing but a bit of cloud and briefly gusty southerlies)

I like too call these the 'pathetic southerlies'

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Thu 30/09/2004 21:31

tich wrote: Showers are expected to arrive in Chch early afternoon - will there be triggers for thunderstorm activity? I don't know, but hail looks more likely. (but then again it could be another of these changes that give nothing but a bit of cloud and briefly gusty southerlies)

I'm giving tomorrow a 1 out of 5 because of this for the first of my convection outlooks. I think we will have the barometer pressure against us and a lack of easterly

JohnGaul
NZTS

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Thu 30/09/2004 22:26

NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote: I think we will have the barometer pressure against us and a lack of easterly

JohnGaul
NZTS

John I would think there will be easterlies in the morning if only light, and pressure is already at 1001 hp, that not all that bad this far out is it?
I think it would more depend on the strength of the southely, will it really hit us or be another fizzer!

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Fri 01/10/2004 10:47

WHAT! A lightning strike in CHCH at 10:10am going by what is on stevens lightning site!!

Skywatcher · Unread post by **Skywatcher** » Fri 01/10/2004 10:59

Sorry, no. That was me not flicking a power switch cleanly so it arced a bit

Just goes to show that you shouldn't trust individual strikes

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Fri 01/10/2004 13:09

Light drizzly rain for much of the day so far on Banks Peninsula, nothing remotely thundery or hail producing yet. Light winds, but the southerly(?) came in strong and gusty late last evening, though it clared away the northwest arch high cloud.

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Fri 01/10/2004 13:21

tich wrote:Light drizzly rain for much of the day so far on Banks Peninsula, nothing remotely thundery or hail producing yet. Light winds, but the southerly(?) came in strong and gusty late last evening, though it clared away the northwest arch high cloud.

That southerly last night was predicted for last night and came thru when i thought it would.
Spots of rain now, southerly today ment be coming thru about lunch, I would more think around 4pm this afternoon.

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Fri 01/10/2004 13:32

Reasonable rain at the monent with abit of hail mixed in!
Wind is calm with possible ESE wind direction

edited: make that south!

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Fri 01/10/2004 16:37

Nice 3pm radar for chch Aaron

Andy · Unread post by **Andy** » Fri 01/10/2004 18:52

Sunny southerly here, but very cold and windy..

Maybe frosty tonight if that wind dies off.

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Fri 01/10/2004 19:48

Some Canterbury snow pics on Geoff Mackley's site at the moment.

http://www.rambocam.com/sitedir.html

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Fri 01/10/2004 19:56

Raining in Akaroa area - moderate intensities from about midafternoon, but no hail. Light dusting of snow visible on higher tops above about 700m by late afternoon.

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