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SOUTHWESTERLIES Blah Blah Blah

Posted: Fri 26/11/2004 05:05
by Michael
SOUTHWESTERLIES AT GALEFORCE WITH NONSTOP RAIN HEAVY AT TIMES

Posted: Fri 26/11/2004 07:43
by Fujita Phil
How about...

2.7C here and a good dusting of SNOW :shock: on the hills

Oh, and probably some strong SW's too Michael

but SNOW :shock:

Posted: Fri 26/11/2004 09:22
by tich
How about...

2.7C here and a good dusting of SNOW on the hills
The AA Road Report mentioned snow and ice affecting 3 Otago highways, including Dunedin's northern motorway, which I believe is a little below the 400m MetService predicted snow for. Strong cold southerly here in Chch this morning; dry here, but shower cloud visible to southeast.

off and on weather

Posted: Fri 26/11/2004 23:29
by Storm Struck
I believe if the snow has fallen that low in Dunedin that will be 250m on northern motorway which is close to sea level wow :shock: .
Had a burst of heavy showers at 9pm this evening nothing since strange :roll: .
Looking fine at first tomorrow with light winds then showers spread off Peninsula there's even a low chance of storms happening but hey there was a low chance yesterday and look what happend.
Provided the wind stays down during the morning and the dew point temp goes well plus good temperature we will need something like 16dg they are forecasting for 15dg so yeah be intersting to see what happens.
Cheers
JASON TIPPET.

Re: off and on weather

Posted: Fri 26/11/2004 23:33
by NZ Thunderstorm Soc
Jasestrm wrote:I believe if the snow has fallen that low in Dunedin that will be 250m on northern motorway which is close to sea level wow :shock: .
Had a burst of heavy showers at 9pm this evening nothing since strange :roll: .
Looking fine at first tomorrow with light winds then showers spread off Peninsula there's even a low chance of storms happening but hey there was a low chance yesterday and look what happend.
Provided the wind stays down during the morning and the dew point temp goes well plus good temperature we will need something like 16dg they are forecasting for 15dg so yeah be intersting to see what happens.
Cheers
JASON TIPPET.
I don't know about storms Jason over the next few days but it maybe a bit better next week. Will let you know as the series of events draws closer :)

JohnGaul
NZTS

Posted: Sat 27/11/2004 06:17
by Michael
RAINING HERE THIS MORNING WITH CBS AND WILL BLOW AFTER THIS :evil: :cry: :( :-({|=

Posted: Sat 27/11/2004 08:28
by Andy
A good dusting of snow yesterday morning to 300m inland here.

Bitterly cold here for almost December. Winters last sting.

There is a good chance of air frosts tonight.. Not good :(

Bring back the 30 + degree days..... ;)

Re: SOUTHWESTERLIES Blah Blah Blah

Posted: Sat 27/11/2004 08:59
by jeffsweather
Michael wrote:SOUTHWESTERLIES AT GALEFORCE WITH NONSTOP RAIN HEAVY AT TIMES
Looking at my stats, yesterday was the second windiest day I've recorded this year with an average speed of 15.2km/h with a top gust of 52 km/h and a wind run of 372km.

The record for this year so far is the 15th Feb. An unseasonal southerly wind averaging 16.5km/h gusting to 49m/h and a wind run of 403km. The max temperature was 15.6 and there was 12.4mm of rain.
http://weather.northcott.co.nz/archives ... eb2004.php

Posted: Sat 27/11/2004 16:17
by Michael
Dream on Dream on....perhaps 20+ :x
Andy wrote:Bring back the 30 + degree days..... ;)

Posted: Sat 27/11/2004 16:47
by tich
Speaking of southwesterly gales (real gales), I was with family at the summit road over 600m above Akaroa late this morning. It was only 7C on the car thermometer, but the windchill from the southwesterly gales must've been 0C or lower. Luckily it was dry with variable cloud, though I was told by people living nearby that they'd had a hail shower earlier in the morning, and that during the morning before, snow had settled as low as about 550m. Brrr..

Posted: Sat 27/11/2004 22:39
by Michael
Winds still at GaleForce tonight The comming week looks like **** :cry:

Posted: Sun 28/11/2004 07:13
by Manukau heads obs
we did have gale force at times on friday....
with gusts to 48 knots at the farm ;)
and hail, with temperature of only 9.5oc in the hail showers
max was 14oc that day!

Posted: Sun 28/11/2004 11:56
by Michael
The SW are still strong with total 8/8 here and 14c :evil: :x

Posted: Sun 05/12/2004 10:23
by Michael
Why do the depressions always deepen after moving across N.Z? The northerly component is always tame compared to the S or SW behind it :?:

Posted: Thu 16/12/2004 22:17
by NZ Thunderstorm Soc
SW SW SW #-o when will it end???

The way things are going, it looks like it will be next year when a decent anticyclone parks it'self to the east of us :x

JohnGaul
NZAAA

Posted: Thu 16/12/2004 23:04
by Michael
Get rid of Australia They seem to cause this weather :?: :lol:

Posted: Thu 16/12/2004 23:39
by NZ Thunderstorm Soc
Yes, lets pull the plug out?

Now where is it? Canberra :-k


JohnGaul
NZTS

Posted: Sat 18/12/2004 06:18
by Michael
Longest day in 3 days then down hill again to winter......... :? :? :?

Posted: Sat 18/12/2004 10:38
by dogmelon
Australia is the only reason we get some half decent weather at all. If it were not there it would be polar permanently.

The real positive thing about the bad weather is that it gives tourists a bad impression of the country so hopefully one day us citizens can have it back.

Posted: Sat 18/12/2004 14:25
by NZstorm
Australia's impact on NZ's weather is quite minimal I think although one could have an interesting debate on it. Sometimes those real deep strong NW'esters bring in a little more heat and humidity than they otherwise would. And I think the Tasman Sea is a breeding ground for unsettled weather due to the fact that cold weather is constantly feeding in from the Aussie Bight and milder moist air coming in from the north.

Posted: Sun 19/12/2004 09:49
by Manukau heads obs
those 2 points are very valid, and also the fact the jetstream and SPCZ tend to bow around Oz too...
i think its a significant effect, and makes our weather more stormy

Posted: Sun 19/12/2004 09:56
by RWood
dogmelon wrote:Australia is the only reason we get some half decent weather at all. If it were not there it would be polar permanently.

The real positive thing about the bad weather is that it gives tourists a bad impression of the country so hopefully one day us citizens can have it back.
I agree. Too many damn tourists anyway! If this summer stays poor, maybe there'll be a downturn.

Posted: Sun 19/12/2004 10:07
by Manukau heads obs
Australia is the only reason we get some half decent weather at all. If it were not there it would be polar permanently.
i disagree on both points.
on what information is this statement based?
on what research?
on what facts?
on what grounding?

Posted: Sun 19/12/2004 11:09
by dogmelon
Lighten up, it's christmas time. Yay!

Posted: Sun 19/12/2004 11:18
by Manukau heads obs
i was just interested in the reasoning behind it, thats all
dont worry about it though, thats for sure