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Title: Your Local Weather Sunday 20th May 2012
Post by: JennyLeez on May 20, 2012, 12:19:30 AM
Report current or recent weather conditions at your location or elsewhere for Sunday 20th May below.
You do not need a weather station, just look out your window.



Title: Re: Your Local Weather Sunday 20th May 2012
Post by: Tony on May 20, 2012, 08:16:29 AM
Conditions for Oamaru Weather
20 May 2012 08:12

Observations: Clear and frosty, Pressure Steady

Overnight low: 0.8 °C
Current Temperature: 1.2°C (-0.3)
Humidity: 83% (-1)
Dew Point: -1.4°C (-0.5)
Wind Chill: 1.2°C (-0.3)
Wind: 0 km/h (-0) SW
Wind Gust: 0 km/h (0)
Pressure: 1012.1 hPa (-0.6)
Hourly Rain: 0.0 mm/h (0.0)
Rain Today: 0.0 mm

(Figures in brackets indicate 1 hour change)
Title: Re: Your Local Weather Sunday 20th May 2012
Post by: Mark on May 20, 2012, 08:27:34 AM
Coldest May night temp for 2 years -3c.
Now Sunny with no wind -2.7c.
Title: Re: Your Local Weather Sunday 20th May 2012
Post by: ato2 on May 20, 2012, 09:02:23 AM
New Plymouth: 7 degrees, sunny, very light SE breeze.
Title: Re: Your Local Weather Sunday 20th May 2012
Post by: Hank13 on May 20, 2012, 09:28:33 AM
Ashburton @  09:16 AM
A very Crisp morning but the sun is shinning
Currant Temp.  1.3°C   
Min Temp.-2.4°C @  8:10 AM
Max Temp.3.3°C @12:00 AM
Rain  0.0 mm
Current wind. 0.0 km/h,NW
Min Grass -6.7°C @ 7:46 AM
Currant Grass Min. -5.0°C
 
Title: Re: Your Local Weather Sunday 20th May 2012
Post by: hbweather on May 20, 2012, 09:35:04 AM
Yesterday's data Temperature and Humidity
High Temperature    13.3 °C    at 12:31
Low Temperature    2.9 °C    at 06:29
Temperature Range    10.4 °C    
High Apparent Temperature    10.2 °C    at 14:29
Low Apparent Temperature    -0.7 °C    at 07:21
Low Wind Chill    1.9 °C    at 07:21
High Heat Index    13.3 °C    at 12:31
High Humidity    81 %    at 23:44
Low Humidity    46 %    at 00:00
Rainfall
Rainfall Yesterday    0.5 mm    
Rainfall Rate Max    7.2 mm/hr    at 00:00
High Hourly Rainfall    0.5 mm    at 00:00
Wind
Highest Gust    33.8 km/h    at 13:08
Highest Speed (10 minute average)    29.4 km/h (F5)    at 11:34
Wind Run    219.3 km    
Dominant Direction    233° SW    
Pressure
High Pressure (SL)    1011.2 mb    at 21:29
Low Pressure (SL)    1007.5 mb    at 14:27
Title: Re: Your Local Weather Sunday 20th May 2012
Post by: Phil on May 20, 2012, 09:41:08 AM
Belmont, Lower Hutt

9.7 degrees
85% Humidity
calm
nil rain
Barometer on 1015.1
Solar 262

Fine and sunny, no wind, no clouds
Title: Re: Your Local Weather Sunday 20th May 2012
Post by: ato2 on May 20, 2012, 09:55:40 AM
New Plymouth: 13 degrees now, sunny, slight SE breeze. Time to go for a drive down the western coast for lunch
Title: Re: Your Local Weather Sunday 20th May 2012
Post by: Sara on May 20, 2012, 10:27:24 AM
Wisps of cloud above, nice and sunny though.
Temperature 10.0C
Humidity 67%
Barometer 1011.2hPa
Wind Direction NW
Wind Speed 6.1km/h
Wind Gust 9.7km/h

Yesterdays High 13.4C
Overnight Low 0.1C


Title: Re: Your Local Weather Sunday 20th May 2012
Post by: JennyLeez on May 20, 2012, 10:53:19 AM
Wairoa at 10:36
Fine, Calm and Mild.
The Over Night Temp Low was  2.0 °C
Rainfall of  0.0 mm since midnight.
Rainfall last 24 hours 0.3 mm
Current Temp Outside is  13.5 °C with Humidity  57%  and Dew Point  5.2 °C
Latest Wind Gust  19.4 km/h with speed of  11.2 km/h  SSW
Wind Chill is  13.1 °C
Baro  1012.0 hPa and Solar:  441
Title: Re: Your Local Weather Sunday 20th May 2012
Post by: Suezy on May 20, 2012, 11:41:39 AM
West Melton

Very cool white  start this morning with temp of 1.9
Sun shining and risen to 10.3 and wind from the BE gust of 17.7 zkmh.

Not so cool wa the three quakes we had this morning - last being a 4 mag just down the road.
Title: Re: Your Local Weather Sunday 20th May 2012
Post by: OhauitiWeather on May 20, 2012, 12:23:26 PM
First frost of 2012, nice 'n' crunchy underfoot at 7:15am getting Milk from the Cowshed.  Minimum overnight air temp 2.6C (2m above ground level), ground level air temp sensor recorded -1.9c overnight also lowest for 2012.

Beautiful fine clear day and warming up nicely now, the West/South West breeze definitely has a chill about it but don't really need a jumper if I stay in the sun.

Temperature and Humidity
Temperature   13.6 °C   
Dew Point    7.1 °C
Windchill   12.9 °C   
Humidity   65%
Heat Index   13.6 °C   
Apparent Temperature   10.9 °C
Solar Radiation   0 W/m²   
Evapotranspiration Today   0.00 mm
Rainfall
Rainfall Today   0.0 mm   
Rainfall Rate   0.0 mm/hr
Rainfall This Month   103.3 mm   
Rainfall This Year   550.0 mm
Rainfall Last Hour   0.0 mm   
Last rainfall   2012-05-16 11:10
Wind
Wind Speed (gust)   18 km/h   
Wind Speed (avg)   10 km/h
Wind Bearing   230° SW   
Beaufort F2   Light breeze
Pressure
Barometer    1014.0 hPa   
Falling slowly   -0.2 hPa/hr
Title: **Todays** Low Temperatures Sunday 20th May 2012
Post by: JennyLeez on May 20, 2012, 12:46:20 PM
Our Local High and Low Temperatures from Midnight last night to Midday today provided by Mr Beteljuice's brilliant new script.
Some very cold temperatures below. We are well and truly into Winter.

Local High & Low *Temps* today 20th May
Location
Palmerston North
Te Puke
Lake Waikaremoana
Mangawhai
Kerikeri
Awhiti
Somerville
Grey Lynn
Waiheke
Golden Bay
Dargaville
Hiwinui
Howick
Mahia Beach
Kaipara
Whangawehi
Nuhaka
Wairoa
Te Awamutu
Papakura
Oamaru
Napier
Tokoroa
Belmont
Maungaraki
Swannanoa
Waipukurau
Kelson
Brooklyn
Oban
Port Levy
Waimatuku
Blenheim
Pongakawa
Strathern
Te Anau
Fairfield
Makarewa
Ashburton
Bishopdale
Matamata
Mosgiel
Invercargill
Ohauiti
Burwood
Reefton
Clyde
Castle Hill
Arthur's Pass
   High
20.1
19.0
16.4
16.1
15.8
15.6
15.2
15.1
15.1
14.9
14.7
14.5
14.4
14.2
14.1
14.0
13.9
13.7
12.9
12.3
11.9
11.9
11.5
10.8
  9.7
  9.5
  9.5
  9.4
  9.3
  9.2
  8.2
  7.8
  7.5
  7.2
  6.6
  6.5
  6.4
  6.2
  6.1
  6.0
  5.9
  5.9
  5.3
13.7
  5.1
  2.8
  1.3
  0.0
 -1.3
   Location
Clyde
Castle Hill
Arthur's Pass
Fairfield
Matamata
Bishopdale
Ashburton
Blenheim
Te Anau
Waimatuku
Mosgiel
Makarewa
Burwood
Invercargill
Golden Bay
Reefton
Tokoroa
Swannanoa
Port Levy
Strathern
Te Puke
Oban
Palmerston North
Papakura
Te Awamutu
Wairoa
Pongakawa
Waipukurau
Napier
Ohauiti
Somerville
Oamaru
Belmont
Kelson
Howick
Lake Waikaremoana
Waiheke
Maungaraki
Mangawhai
Kerikeri
Brooklyn
Nuhaka
Kaipara
Whangawehi
Grey Lynn
Hiwinui
Mahia Beach
Dargaville
Awhiti
   Low
 -6.1
 -5.7
 -3.8
 -3.2
 -2.9
 -2.9
 -2.4
 -1.4
 -1.2
 -1.2
 -0.9
 -0.6
 -0.6
 -0.2
 -0.2
 -0.1
  0.3
  0.4
  0.5
  0.7
  0.8
  1.3
  1.5
  1.7
  2.0
  2.0
  2.1
  2.9
  3.3
  2.9
  4.1
  4.2
  4.8
  4.9
  5.3
  5.9
  6.4
  6.7
  6.9
  7.1
  7.6
  8.9
  9.6
  9.9
10.6
10.8
11.8
12.6
14.0
Title: Re: Your Local Weather Sunday 20th May 2012
Post by: David on May 20, 2012, 01:18:35 PM
The low at Grey Lynn was 5.8°C, not 10.6
Title: Re: Your Local Weather Sunday 20th May 2012
Post by: beteljuice on May 20, 2012, 02:04:33 PM
Found station file: record[10] of 43 - http://**************/clientraw.txt, format = WD
Location: Grey Lynn,

Getting datafile .......... OK - Array (
Title: Re: Your Local Weather Sunday 20th May 2012
Post by: Deano on May 20, 2012, 02:11:46 PM
Looks like he is using 9am reset on his site.
Title: Re: Your Local Weather Sunday 20th May 2012
Post by: JennyLeez on May 20, 2012, 02:14:25 PM
 of 43 - http://**************/clientraw.txt, format = WD
Location: Grey Lynn,

Getting datafile .......... OK - Array ( Where have you got the 5.8 from please?
Title: Re: Your Local Weather Sunday 20th May 2012
Post by: Weather Display on May 20, 2012, 03:33:15 PM
depends when the script was run
if it was run after 9am, then you would miss the 9am reset
Title: Re: Your Local Weather Sunday 20th May 2012
Post by: David on May 20, 2012, 04:23:42 PM
From here, http://greylynnweather.net/dailyhighlowbaroetc.gif

Low 5.8ºC at 03:54
Title: Re: Your Local Weather Sunday 20th May 2012
Post by: JennyLeez on May 20, 2012, 05:00:16 PM
The script was run 11.50am this morning and hence why at the top I put 12.00 midnight to 12.00 midday.
Following runs this afternoon have been spot on with his gif.
But I will check as to when his roll over is.
Cheers
Title: Re: Your Local Weather Sunday 20th May 2012
Post by: JennyLeez on May 20, 2012, 05:02:58 PM
Where have you got the 5.8 from please?
From here, http://greylynnweather.net/dailyhighlowbaroetc.gif

Low 5.8ºC at 03:54
[/quote]
Thanks David.
That 5.8 was from his yesterday data.  The list at the top is from today.

But it did grab Ohauiti incorrect so I will need to run the script a few times and cross check the data before summarising I think.
Title: Re: Your Local Weather Sunday 20th May 2012
Post by: David on May 20, 2012, 06:11:06 PM

The 5.8 was at 3:54am this morning Jenny - today not yesterday! His station resets at 9am but the script hasn't picked up on that.
Title: Re: Your Local Weather Sunday 20th May 2012
Post by: JennyLeez on May 20, 2012, 06:17:08 PM
ah got you. Then definitely needs to be dealt with.
Thanks David :)
Title: Re: Your Local Weather Sunday 20th May 2012
Post by: Weather Display on May 20, 2012, 07:59:36 PM
all NZ stations should reset at 9am
to be conistant with the NZ standard
Title: Re: Your Local Weather Sunday 20th May 2012
Post by: Ycato on May 20, 2012, 08:30:44 PM
Sorry disagree with that, The day starts and finishes at midnight.
But hey thats only my opinion.
Title: Re: Your Local Weather Sunday 20th May 2012
Post by: Mark on May 20, 2012, 08:40:46 PM
Grass is white with frost air temp=0.6c here in Bishopdale.
Title: Re: Your Local Weather Sunday 20th May 2012
Post by: JennyLeez on May 20, 2012, 09:29:53 PM

A few months ago when I looked at how to report station data I was advised by a few that most stations now roll over at midnight.
I was told that way back ( before my time of course ) farmers would reset their rain gauges at 9.00am as opposed to crawling out of bed at midnight to do it.
With the invent of PCs and automation 12.00pm became the more acceptable time to roll over as this was actually the true time for the start of a new day and not 9.00am.
Hence rainfall for the day was just that.
So with that I have based everything on a midnight roll over.
From what I can see we only have 2 out of 56 that roll over at 9.00am but I am now going to check on each web site to make doubly sure.
Cheers
Title: Re: Your Local Weather Sunday 20th May 2012
Post by: Weather Display on May 21, 2012, 08:23:41 AM
then its hard to compare with historical data
also night time does not start at midnight, so a midnight reset is not perfect either
Title: Re: Your Local Weather Sunday 20th May 2012
Post by: Weather Display on May 21, 2012, 08:33:44 AM
is it just Ricky and I still using 9am reset then you mean?
I guess I could join the masses and use midnight reset

re the yesterday data thing, I could WD to upload a simple text based page for yesterdays hi low data
(to save a custom web page template file needed to be created (actualy I could base it on one already in use, and just have it update auto via a one tick setting in wd)
Title: Highs & Lows MS Sunday 20th May 2012
Post by: Te Puke Weather on May 21, 2012, 09:16:00 AM
from The Metservice.
Today's high of 17 degrees was recorded in 4 places - Paihia, Russell, Whangarei, Auckland.

Today's lowest maximum temperature was 5 degrees and was recorded in 7 places - Kaikoura, Reefton, Oamaru, Mount Cook, Gore, Wyndham, Te Anau.
 
Town/City   Temp
Kaitaia   16°
Paihia   17°
Russell   17°
Dargaville   15°
Whangarei   17°
Auckland   17°
Whitianga   16°
Thames   16°
Tauranga   16°
Whakatane   15°
Hamilton   16°
Te Kuiti   15°
Taumarunui   13°
Rotorua   13°
Tokoroa   13°
Taupo   12°
New Plymouth   15°
Gisborne   14°
Napier   16°
Hastings   15°
Napier Hastings   16°
Dannevirke   12°
Masterton   13°
Wanganui   14°
Palmerston North   14°
Levin   14°
Paraparaumu   13°
Wellington   12°
Motueka   15°
Nelson   15°
Blenheim   13°
Kaikoura   11°
                  Reefton   11°
Westport   15°
Greymouth   13°
Hokitika   13°
Milford Sound   12°
Christchurch   12°
Ashburton   12°
Oamaru   11°
Timaru   13°
Mount Cook   11°
Alexandra   12°
Queenstown   12°
Wanaka   12°
Dunedin   12°
Gore   11°
Invercargill   12°
Hanmer Springs   12°
Tuatapere   12°
Riverton   13°
Wyndham   11°
Nightcaps   12°
Winton   12°
Te Anau   11°
Title: Re: Your Local Weather Sunday 20th May 2012
Post by: ato2 on May 21, 2012, 09:21:43 AM
New Plymouth should have been reported as 16 degrees
Title: Re: Your Local Weather Sunday 20th May 2012
Post by: JennyLeez on May 21, 2012, 09:05:11 PM
Who had the 16 Tom please :)
Title: Answering Mr Weather Display's question 20th May
Post by: JennyLeez on May 21, 2012, 09:17:30 PM
Sorry I have only just found this. Yes just Ricky now but I think one of the men are going to touch base with him. Its ok though I still have around 9 to do manually.

re the yesterday data. We needed to find a common ground between CU and WD. The only common ground was the daily realtime and clientraw. These are already being uploaded by all for the Forum Map so hence it means our members do not have to do anything. Since at last count we now have 58 contributing that is a plus for me.  I have already annoyed everyone with the Map I did not want to annoy them further :)
It also means on the fly we can have a set of real time figures as with heavy rainfall. So using these files has given us many options during the day and not just yesterdays data.
Hope that makes sense.
Cheers
Title: Re: Your Local Weather Sunday 20th May 2012
Post by: Weather Display on May 21, 2012, 09:27:05 PM
I was more thinking of when people post there yesterday hi/lo in the yesterday hi/lo thread
but I guess WD users can copy that from the daily av/ext reports for yesterday
(e.g May2012.htm)

I mentioned the midnight reset thing to Ricky today
Title: Re: Your Local Weather Sunday 20th May 2012
Post by: TokWW on May 21, 2012, 09:32:41 PM

Haha!  I emailed him tonight as well... ;)
Title: Re: Your Local Weather Sunday 20th May 2012
Post by: JennyLeez on May 21, 2012, 09:39:28 PM

Yes thats where I have been collecting the data from plus the wx yesterday page I made.
Many have made a page with just the 10 values on it and have it processed and uploaded  separate in both WD and CU. Then you can just copy and paste over as you say.
I have no doubt if you wish to add this feature it would make it much easier for many on this forum and other forums.
Cheers.
Title: Re: Your Local Weather Sunday 20th May 2012
Post by: Weather Display on May 21, 2012, 09:48:17 PM
thats what I was thinking...i.e if someone already has a nice template file (with the custom tags in it) then I could use that as the basis, and get that auto updated and uploaded with a one tick setting (once you knew where to find it (I will bury it deep in the program were no will remember where it was after they set it  :P)























joke
Title: Re: Your Local Weather Sunday 20th May 2012
Post by: JennyLeez on May 21, 2012, 09:52:56 PM
What you doing down there I wonder. Get up off the floor Brian.
I emailed mine :)
My Cumulus one.....   lol[/color]



joke
Title: Re: Your Local Weather Sunday 20th May 2012
Post by: ato2 on May 21, 2012, 10:27:50 PM
On the list of Met Service temperatures (above) New Plymouth was listed as 15. The correct Met Service figure should have been 16.
Title: Re: Your Local Weather Sunday 20th May 2012
Post by: JennyLeez on May 21, 2012, 10:33:26 PM
But that list comes from the Metservice so thats weird.
Title: Re: Your Local Weather Sunday 20th May 2012
Post by: ato2 on May 22, 2012, 07:49:32 AM
They make typos, like the rest of us or someone is not rounding numbers properly.
I will look at how they report other centres, out of curiosity, compared to their figures on the website.