Invitation to Auckland weather enthusiasts to visit

Manukau heads obs · Sun 17/10/2004 18:16

The group meet members!
from left:
Graeme Wi
NZ storm
Ricky
Bob McDavitt
Charles and Nicky
me (manukau heads observer)
Spwill (which is NZ storms twin brother !)

A really great day had
Watched met service web site strike data and rickys nex storms data
showers built up just after most people left...
the line of cb's out west should give us some action this evening!

Manukau heads obs · Sun 17/10/2004 18:49

wow!
went outside after dinner, i said to ricky, that shower looks great over the waiteres, it could have lightning in it, come inside, check rickys boltek site, and there is a strike in the last few minutes right there in the waitekere ranges!!!

GraemeWi · Unread post by **GraemeWi** » Sun 17/10/2004 19:07

Yes - awesome day, big thank you to Brian and his family for hosting us. It was great to put some faces to names.

To cap it off I arrived home to a small thunderstorm, now I'm sitting here and it's pouring down. - ain't life good?

Cheers,

G

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Sun 17/10/2004 19:59

Yes, had a great day out on the Awhitu Peninsula. Great to meet everyone.
A big thankyou to Brian and Family for thier generous hospitality.

Some Cb have developed in the Auckland area over the past few hours.

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Sun 17/10/2004 20:37

Now I see who all you are

Well rain has rearrived after a nice day

spwill wrote:Yes, had a great day out on the Awhitu Peninsula. Great to meet everyone.
A big thankyou to Brian and Family for thier generous hospitality.

Some Cb have developed in the Auckland area over the past few hours.

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Sun 17/10/2004 20:56

Once again, thank you Brian and family for hosting us today.

Awhitu is a niice spot. I took quite a few pics but due to what appears to be a fault on the memory card, only a few can be downloaded onto my computer.

Picture of fair weather cumulus over the Manukau Harbour, looking towards AK city about 1pm.

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Sun 17/10/2004 21:09

Its a bit like the old Cb radio 10-4 club

GraemeWi wrote:Yes - awesome day, big thank you to Brian and his family for hosting us. It was great to put some faces to names.

Cheers,

G

GraemeWi · Unread post by **GraemeWi** » Sun 17/10/2004 21:22

NZstorm wrote:I took quite a few pics but due to what appears to be a fault on the memory card, only a few can be downloaded onto my computer.

Give http://www.z-a-recovery.com/ a try - it's free and may work.

Cheers,

G

Thunder · Unread post by **Thunder** » Sun 17/10/2004 21:26

Looks like it was a good day! Well done Brian

Good photo Steve. Yes, I sometimes wounder if something will go wrong with my digital camera at times but I think aslong as I look after it, it should be fine. Still, my SLR is with me at all times during a chase.

I might need to get a bigger memory card at some point, it'll be the biggest one I get if I do. I can only take about 30 odd shots with my present memory card if I set the camera to RAW or TIF (300dpi). Well actually maybe not, a higher write speed card would be good though. In other words the time it takes for the image to load to the memory card, not that good on TIF mode (highest quality). I should've taken a pic of that FC in TIF mode but I didn't, too caught up in the moment. Really it's nothing to cause too much worry, I took them on the setting just down. They look fine to me so that's good.

Manukau heads obs · Sun 17/10/2004 21:52

HI
yes, it was great day, and great to meet all you guys, and thanks for coming

not sure what happened to nz macka from south head?

here is a photo of the CB that built off the waitkeres around 6pm, not long after a lightning strike was detected
it gave 6mm to the farm site in a short sharp shower!

and a rainbow earlier on

Shepherds Valley WX · Sun 17/10/2004 22:04

Gidday Guys,

Firstly my apologies for my non attendance, unfortunately the illegal killing of some of our stock in a roadside paddock sometime early Sunday morning required me to be on farm today to clean up and also to talk to police and identify some possible offenders. (looks like we got the bastards

)

It looks like a superb day was had by all, I am sorry I missed it as I was looking forward to meeting every one and learning from all of you. Hopefully if another meeting is organised I can attend. Unfortunately, farming is an unpredictable 7 day business....altho today was the exception to the general rule.

Weather here today was absolutely superb, high temp of 21.8C, gentle variable breezes, with no rain till around 6pm. Since then we have had a couple of heavy showers, but so far no thunder ....

Will be keeping an eye on the met radar and Ricky's lightning detector....

Manukau heads obs · Mon 18/10/2004 08:35

Shepherds Valley WX, thats a real bummer that happened and you could not make it
it was a great day
just when everyone left, things started cooking, LOL, re the CB build ups.typical

that low off taranaki has not carried on SE and instead is doing a bit of a loop the loop
windy again out this way from the NW, gusting to 33 knots at the farm, and 43 kts or so at the signal station

Manukau heads obs · Mon 18/10/2004 13:46

manukau heads signal station currently averaging 45 knots, gustin 61 knots from the WNW today
we are getting 40 knot gusts here at the house, and 45 knot (max average 38 knots) at the farm
so sunday was a real calm day in between 2 days with gales ! (saturday and now monday)

Manukau heads obs · Mon 18/10/2004 17:41

just a follow up....a farm that was in the path of that cb off the waitkeres recorded in 12mm in a short period of time and quite large hail (just west of wattle bay, i.e at the heads...

05:00 PM W 43km/h 82km/h - - - -
04:00 PM W 52km/h 102km/h - - - -
03:00 PM WNW 72km/h 106km/h - - - -
02:00 PM WNW 78km/h 111km/h - - - -
01:00 PM WNW 61km/h 89km/h - - - -
NOON W 56km/h 85km/h - - - -
11:00 AM WSW 46km/h 69km/h

so, the day before 35 to 40knots with gusts to 62 knots, the day of the visit, just 5 knot winds, the day after the visit 50 knot average at times, gusting over 60 knots again....!
(the signal station is one of Nz's windiest places, with an average speed of around 19knots, behind wellington hill tops,which are around 25 knot averages)

charlesg · Unread post by **charlesg** » Tue 19/10/2004 19:17

Thanks for a fab day Brian, Nikki and I enjoyed it immensely.

Charles and Nikki

Manukau heads obs · Fri 22/10/2004 19:41

hi
just another follow up on that CB off the waitkeres.....
a farmer not far south of the signal station said his lawn was complty white with the hail, and it was even piling up!