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Title: Your Local Weather Friday 29th June 2012
Post by: JennyLeez on June 29, 2012, 12:09:14 AM
Report current or recent weather conditions at your location or elsewhere for Friday 29th June below.
You do not need a weather station, just look out your window and tell us what is going on above you.
(http://wairoa.net/weathernz/icons/sun8.png)
If your conditions change, let us know. We will keep our Twitter, Google + and Facebook followers informed during the day.
Title: Showers skirt the nation's coastlines
Post by: OhauitiWeather on June 29, 2012, 12:54:29 AM
The skies continue to dry out this evening following a rough 72 hours of squalls, hail and heavy downpours.  As we head into Thursday evening the wind flow across the country is mostly south west - the same angle that much of the nation's shore lines point, which means a lot of the shower activity is now running up the coastlines but for big sections of the country they are well offshore.

With the lower South Island considerably wider than the middle section, it means most showers are missing Canterbury, as the lower South Island shelters areas further north - although Banks Peninsula is getting hit by strong southerlies and showers, with snow expected above 400m.

Showers are also coming into parts of Southland and coastal Otago.

Showers are affecting Wairarapa's coastline but mostly missing Hawkes Bay.

On the West Coast much lighter showers are moving in around Greymouth while mostly light showers are moving into western areas of the North Island, mostly Taranaki, Auckland, Waikato and Northland.

Tomorrow the showers will continue to get smaller, more isolated and few and far between.

Dry weather should be in place for over 95% of the country by the weekend,.

Homepage image / File, www.MandenoMoments.com

- WeatherWatch.co.nz
http://www.weatherwatch.co.nz/content/showers-skirt-nations-coastlines
Title: Re: Your Local Weather Friday 29th June 2012
Post by: hotcop65 on June 29, 2012, 06:31:26 AM
An overnight low of 5.6, dew point 3.9 made of a cool night. We have a complete cloud cover and a light SSW wind drifting over Tokoroa. Baro 1016.1 and rising. Looking forward to seeing a bit of sunlight over the next 2 days.
Title: Re: Your Local Weather Friday 29th June 2012
Post by: Derek on June 29, 2012, 06:55:40 AM
Showers persist in Waitakere, everything is staying very wet and mould growth is rife.
Overnight low of 8.7°C but possiby could drop again from that, currently 8.9°C. 
Rain total today from showers is 1.4 mm - attached a bar graph of the last 30 days, there's not many non rain days showing..
Title: Re: Your Local Weather Friday 29th June 2012
Post by: TokWW on June 29, 2012, 07:28:08 AM
Tokoroa 7:30am

A low of 4.6ºC - current, not a breath of wind, a thin, flat overcast layer at 2500ft, clear in parts.  Overhead is a westerly blowing steadily.
Title: Re: Your Local Weather Friday 29th June 2012
Post by: ato2 on June 29, 2012, 07:49:33 AM
New Plymouth: fine and clear, light winds
Title: Re: Your Local Weather Friday 29th June 2012
Post by: Phil on June 29, 2012, 07:57:47 AM
Belmont, Lower Hutt

7.3 degrees
66 % Humidity
15 kph SSE wind
nil rain
Barometer on 1018.3

Another dull morning with a cool SSE wind, should be a fine day ahead
Title: Re: Your Local Weather Friday 29th June 2012
Post by: TonyC on June 29, 2012, 08:43:31 AM
Port Robinson 8.40am

Partly cloudy. Biting cold SW wind gusting up to 27kmh. Temperature 6.8° which is not much above the low and headed for just 8°. A few evening showers forecast. A day for indoor activities.
Title: Re: Your Local Weather Friday 29th June 2012
Post by: Weather Display on June 29, 2012, 09:06:44 AM
wind tending more southerly here now, signalling the high taking control now :)
Title: Re: Your Local Weather Friday 29th June 2012
Post by: JennyLeez on June 29, 2012, 09:11:05 AM
Wairoa at 09:00
Sunny, Moderate SW Winds and Cold.
The Over Night Temp Low was  7.4 °C
Rainfall of  1.5 mm since midnight.
Rainfall last 24 hours 1.5 mm
Current Temp Outside is  9.9 °C
Latest Wind Gust  30.6 km/h
Baro  1016.4 hPa
Title: Re: Your Local Weather Friday 29th June 2012
Post by: Hank13 on June 29, 2012, 09:24:21 AM
Ashburton @  09:02 AM
Calm clear and sunny after a good frost
Currant Temp.  -1.2°C   
Current wind. 1.9 km/h,SW
Min Grass -6.9°C @ 8:09 AM
Title: Re: Your Local Weather Friday 29th June 2012
Post by: Sara on June 29, 2012, 09:34:24 AM
Nice sunny day. Cool over night.
Temperature 8.0C
Humidity 58%
Barometer1020.2hPa
Wind Direction SW
Wind Speed 1.4km/h

Just a breeze today. Yesterday was very windy and the wind chill was low.
Title: Re: Your Local Weather Friday 29th June 2012
Post by: Rwood on June 29, 2012, 09:56:31 AM
Sunny with only a few patches of passing cloud, cold southerly wind.
Title: Re: Your Local Weather Friday 29th June 2012
Post by: TokWW on June 29, 2012, 11:37:26 AM
Tokoroa - 11:30am

SE here too since about 5:30am, but it took a holiday to SW with no recorded windspeed for a while and then steady since 9am at SE.  Wind rising too, 5-17km/hr.  Sunny day.  Temp rising steadily to 10.9ºC from an O/N low of 3.1ºC.
Title: Re: Your Local Weather Friday 29th June 2012
Post by: OhauitiWeather on June 29, 2012, 12:04:41 PM
Observation:  Yay, the Blue Sky is back again, just a few white fluffies over he Kaimais and they are getting less angry by the minute.  Also the odd insignificant cloud spec to the Northeast over the coast.  Wonder if we can go a whole day without precipitation?  New Record yesterday 11 consecutive rain days!

Temperature and Humidity
Temperature   13.3 °C   
Dew Point    3.4 °C
Windchill   12.3 °C   
Humidity   51%
Heat Index   13.3 °C   
Apparent Temperature   9.5 °C
Rainfall
Rainfall Today   0.0 mm   
Rainfall Rate   0.0 mm/hr
Rainfall This Month   46.2 mm   
Rainfall This Year   637.2 mm
Rainfall Last Hour   0.0 mm   
Last rainfall   2012-06-28 13:03
Wind
Wind Speed (gust)   24 km/h   
Wind Speed (avg)   12 km/h
Wind Bearing   218° SW   
Beaufort F2   Light breeze
Pressure
Barometer    1016.9 hPa   
Rising slowly   0.0 hPa/hr

More live weather information at www.ohauitiweather.co.nz
Title: Re: Your Local Weather Friday 29th June 2012
Post by: Suezy on June 29, 2012, 01:00:18 PM
west Melton

Sunny day but a coolish start.

Temp 8.4
Wind chill 5.9
Wind gust 35.4 SW
Baro 1021.6
Title: Re: Your Local Weather Friday 29th June 2012
Post by: Rex on June 29, 2012, 01:05:57 PM
Mahia Beach South

50% cloud cover
Strong SW winds
11.5 temp presently
Title: Re: Your Local Weather Friday 29th June 2012
Post by: Weather Display on June 29, 2012, 01:34:34 PM
Quote
New Record yesterday 11 consecutive rain days!
have recorded rain on every day one August here once (was in the mid 80s sometime from memory)
Title: Re: Your Local Weather Friday 29th June 2012
Post by: Derek on June 29, 2012, 02:50:41 PM
Showers have given way now to mainly clear blue sky, still sunny here in Waitakere but cooling down noticeably and could be a cold night.
Got to a high of 14°C, it's now 12.3°C - which is about 6.3°C  more than my beer... :D :D
Title: Re: Your Local Weather Friday 29th June 2012
Post by: OhauitiWeather on June 29, 2012, 04:23:13 PM
Observation:  Yay.  Blue dome sky has put in a full re-appearance, finally not a cloud in the sky but the sun has been shining ALL day!  Back to shirtsleeves and bare feet again today.

Conditions at local time 16:20 on 29 June 2012
Temperature and Humidity
Temperature   14.5 °C   
Dew Point    0.4 °C
Windchill   14.5 °C   
Humidity   38%
Heat Index   14.5 °C   
Apparent Temperature   11.6 °C
Rainfall
Rainfall Today   0.0 mm   
Rainfall Rate   0.0 mm/hr
Rainfall This Month   46.2 mm   
Rainfall This Year   637.2 mm
Rainfall Last Hour   0.0 mm   
Last rainfall   2012-06-28 13:03
Wind
Wind Speed (gust)   12 km/h   
Wind Speed (avg)   5 km/h
Wind Bearing   219° SW   
Beaufort F1   Light air
Pressure
Barometer    1016.9 hPa   
Rising slowly   +0.1 hPa/hr


More live weather data at www.ohauitiweather.co.nz
Title: Re: Your Local Weather Friday 29th June 2012
Post by: Derek on June 29, 2012, 05:21:16 PM
Still a bit of cloud around Waitakere at times, if it stays it will hold our overnight low slightly higher than in other places.  Temperature is dropping steadily though, down to 9.2°C now.
Title: Re: Your Local Weather Friday 29th June 2012
Post by: JennyLeez on June 29, 2012, 05:28:36 PM
Sunny all day in Wairoa but a bitter cold southerly :(
Title: Re: Your Local Weather Friday 29th June 2012
Post by: David on June 29, 2012, 06:18:25 PM
Cloudy periods and sunny spells today, with some showers about in the morning. Low this morning was 10.1°C, today's high 14.4°C. Mainly clear tonight, down to 8.4°C now. Possibly a light frost tomorrow morning.
Title: Re: Your Local Weather Friday 29th June 2012
Post by: Derek on June 29, 2012, 06:59:26 PM
Wind has dropped off to nothing, first time in days here in Waitakere that the anemometer has stopped spinning (albeit slowly).  Attached graph - windy isn't it...  :D
Temperature dropping quite fast still, 6.7°C now - definitely on track for a cold night here.
Title: Friday's national forecast
Post by: OhauitiWeather on June 29, 2012, 07:44:48 PM
High pressure will build in off the Tasman Sea today, bring settled weather to the country.

The only chances for rain today will be about Dunedin, Gisborne and Hawkes Bay.  But even in these areas, precipitation chances are small.  These areas, along with the rest of the eastern parts of the country, will likely still see some rather windy conditions...at least for the early part of the day. 

The rest of the country is looking at some settled, if not rather chilly weather.  Inland Southland and Otago could end up going below zero tonight after not making it much above 5 for daytime highs.

Highs about the rest of the country should be between 10 and 15.

By WeatherWatch Analyst Howard Joseph
http://www.weatherwatch.co.nz/content/fridays-national-forecast-21
Title: Strong winds finally ease today...for most (+Maps)
Post by: OhauitiWeather on June 29, 2012, 07:49:28 PM
Not everyone has had snow, not everyone has had heavy rain but most regions have had strong, cold, winds this week as a nasty winter cyclone pushed past the South Island.

The storm, which rapidly developed on Monday night, was fairly small in size then - but over the past three days it has grown considerably, although the centre has weakened somewhat.

On Thursday evening the severe gales continued to hug the very south east and extreme east of the South Island - mostly Dunedin, Coastal Otago, the Catlins and Banks Peninsula.

WeatherWatch.co.nz readers said the gales - which lasted well over 24 hours in some places - felt "strong enough to lift the roof".

However as the winds ease in Coastal Otago they will continue further north along the east of the North Island as the large low continues to slowly push them northwards.

Strong south to south west winds will clip exposed areas from Wellngton and Wairarapa to parts of Hawkes Bay, Mahia Peninsula and exposed parts of Gisborne - however at lesser speeds than what Dunedin experienced as the low very slowly weakens.

By Friday night winds will ease nationwide with gusty conditions limited only to the far east of the North Island.
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(http://www.weatherwatch.co.nz/sites/all/files/Wind1(1).jpg)
Thursday Afternoon - the purple indicates the belt of solid gale force winds just nicking the south east and far east of the South Island.  The rest of country had strong/gusty winds indicated by orange and red.

(http://www.weatherwatch.co.nz/sites/all/files/Wind2.jpg)
Noon Friday and the blue colours indicate light winds, so a much calmer afternoon expected for Southland and Coastal Otago - but then the large low pushes strong winds into the eastern side of the North Island - however at a weaker level than what Dunedin faced yesterday.

Maps kindly provided by www.Weathermap.co.nz


- WeatherWatch.co.nz
http://www.weatherwatch.co.nz/comment/reply/14843#comment-form
Title: Huge waves close road near Wellington airport
Post by: OhauitiWeather on June 29, 2012, 07:53:20 PM
Large swells from Cook Strait closed Moa Point Road earlier this morning, at the southern end of Wellington Airport.

Wellington City Council said the waves had brought boulders, rocks and other debris on to the road.

Huge seas generated by the same storm that has affected New Zealand all week are responsible for the big waves hitting the North Island's south coast today.

Offshore swells are 6 to 8 metres high.  The same same swells hit the western coastline at the start of the week, and at the time WeatherWatch.co.nz said the area of huge swells was the largest on the planet.

The council advised motorists to avoid south coast roads especially in the Owhiro Bay and Island Bay areas where kelp, rocks and other debris had been washed up and was making driving conditions hazardous.

(http://www.weatherwatch.co.nz/sites/all/files/Swell(2).jpg)
The purple/grey area shows the extreme swells, 6 to 8 metres high just offshore / Weathermap.co.nz

- WeatherWatch.co.nz, nzherald.co.nz
http://www.weatherwatch.co.nz/content/huge-waves-close-road-near-wellington-airport
Title: Heavy frosts tonight
Post by: OhauitiWeather on June 29, 2012, 08:19:17 PM
An anticyclone will move over the country tonight paving the way for sunny
clear skies tomorrow in most places however there is one last sting in the
tail of the departing southwesterly airflow and that is the potential for
heavy frosts to develop tonight and tomorrow morning especially in inland
areas around the country with Central Otago looking to be hit the heaviest.
WeatherWatch.co.nz analyst Aaron Wilkinson says:

"Central Otago could expect lows of around –8 degrees tonight so black ice
will be an issue on the roads in the morning, ice on the roads could still
cause issues for most of the day in areas sheltered from the sun.”

Further severe frosts are likely on Sunday and Monday mornings aswell
however by Tuesday morning an approaching depression from the Tasman Sea
will bring a northerly airlfow over the South Island with higher overnight
temperatures.

WeatherWatch.co.nz
http://www.weatherwatch.co.nz/content/heavy-frosts-tonight
Title: Highs & Lows MS Friday 29th June 2012
Post by: Te Puke Weather on June 30, 2012, 06:19:58 PM
from The Metservice.
Today's high of 16 degrees was recorded in 3 places - Kaitaia, Paihia, Russell.

Today's lowest maximum temperature was 11 degrees and was recorded in 1 place - Hanmer Springs.
 
Town/City   Temp
Kaitaia   16°
Paihia   16°
Russell   16°
Dargaville   15°
Whangarei   15°
Auckland   15°
Whitianga   14°
Thames   14°
Tauranga   15°
Whakatane   13°
Hamilton   12°
Te Kuiti   13°
Taumarunui   11°
Rotorua   11°
Tokoroa   11°
Taupo   9°
New Plymouth   12°
Gisborne   12°
Napier   12°
Hastings   11°
Napier Hastings   12°
Dannevirke   10°
Masterton   9°
Wanganui   12°
Palmerston North   11°
Levin   11°
Paraparaumu   11°
Wellington   10°
Motueka   10°
Nelson   12°
Blenheim   12°
Kaikoura   11°
                  Reefton   7°
Westport   13°
Greymouth   10°
Hokitika   10°
Milford Sound   5°
Christchurch   10°
Ashburton   8°
Oamaru   10°
Timaru   11°
Mount Cook   5°
Alexandra   9°
Queenstown   7°
Wanaka   8°
Dunedin   8°
Gore   7°
Invercargill   9°
Hanmer Springs   1°
Tuatapere   8°
Riverton   9°
Wyndham   8°
Nightcaps   9°
Winton   6°
Te Anau   8°