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Title: Your Local Weather Friday 2nd March 2012
Post by: JennyLeez on March 02, 2012, 12:21:10 AM

Report current or recent weather conditions at your location or elsewhere for Friday the 2nd of March below.
You do not need a weather station, just look out your window.

Title: Re: Your Local Weather Friday 2nd March 2012
Post by: Phil on March 02, 2012, 08:13:47 AM

Dull, damp and overcast, no rain so far today but we had 22,2mm yesterday, only 8 degrees, no wind, barometer on 1005.6, humidity high on 98%.
First time I have worn long Trousers to work this year.

Title: Re: Your Local Weather Friday 2nd March 2012
Post by: ato2 on March 02, 2012, 08:26:16 AM

New Plymouth: 15.5 degrees, mostly cloudy, light winds. Sun peeping through. No rain past 24 hrs, other than a few spits.

Title: Re: Your Local Weather Friday 2nd March 2012
Post by: TokWW on March 02, 2012, 09:17:10 AM

Tokoroa

After an overnight low of 8.6ºC it is now warming nicely to 14.1ºC.
Yesterday's winds abated last night to near calm northerlies but moving to westerlies again at 7-15km/hr.
Light cloud lifting with the sun becoming more prominent.
Likely just partly cloudy today at 22ºC I hope :)

Title: Re: Your Local Weather Friday 2nd March 2012
Post by: Sara on March 02, 2012, 10:52:53 AM

Glenavy
Overcast with temp of 14.8C, humidity 66%, barometer steady at 1001.0hPa, Wind from the NW at 2.5km/h.
Yukky day, cool.

Title: Re: Your Local Weather Friday 2nd March 2012
Post by: Suezy on March 02, 2012, 03:01:21 PM

Well "that" cloud has come back in again and the temp is 16.1 deg with an Easterly wind gust of 19.3 km and Baro is falling 1000.7 and 0 rain since midnight.

Title: Re: Your Local Weather Friday 2nd March 2012
Post by: Deano on March 02, 2012, 03:10:10 PM

Kaipara Harbour at 15:10
Current Conditions: Overcast, Still
Over Night Temp: 14.5°C at 6:26
Rain since Midnight: 0 mm
Current Temp Outside: 20.1°C
Dew Point: 14.0°C
Wind Speed: 1.7 km/h
Wind Direction: W
Max Gust: 35.4 km/h at 0:05
Humidity: 68 %

Title: Re: Your Local Weather Friday 2nd March 2012
Post by: Rwood on March 02, 2012, 03:49:01 PM

A brief period of bright sun, followed by slowly thickening high cloud. Rain doesn't seem to be too far away.

Title: Re: Your Local Weather Friday 2nd March 2012
Post by: ato2 on March 02, 2012, 04:05:33 PM

Steady, though, light rain fell for an hour . Miserable cold day now, only 14.6 degrees, after a maximum of 17.9.
Almost dead calm.

Title: Re: Your Local Weather Friday 2nd March 2012
Post by: JennyLeez on March 02, 2012, 04:21:48 PM

Wairoa:
Like Rupert started off with sunshine which was soon replaced with thick cloud. Rain threatening but so far dry. Calm and mild 17.8°C

Title: Re: Your Local Weather Friday 2nd March 2012
Post by: einzack on March 02, 2012, 05:26:45 PM

checked out what it's been like at home in Reefton and brrr springs to mind. coldest day since november 5th last year. maxed out at 13.6°C. mind you, it hasn't been that much warmer here in new plymouth.

Title: Re: Your Local Weather Friday 2nd March 2012
Post by: hbweather on March 02, 2012, 05:33:56 PM

The calm before the storm....overcast and dry here, with mild temps and a light NE breeze. But....by the pricking of my thumbs, something evil this way comes... :(

Title: Re: Your Local Weather Friday 2nd March 2012
Post by: Tony on March 02, 2012, 05:49:27 PM

Conditions for South Hill, Oamaru
2 Mar 2012 5:39 PM

Observations: Cloudy, Pressure Steady.
Occasional showers, calm

Temperature: 12.6°C (-0.9)
Humidity: 77% (2)
Dew Point: 8.6°C (-0.5)
Wind Chill: 12.6°C (-0.9)
Wind: 0.0 km/h (0.0) W
Wind Gust: 0.0 km/h (0.0)
Pressure: 1000.0 hPa (-0.2)
Hourly Rain: 0.00 mm/h (-0.51)
Rain Today: 1.04 mm

(Figures in brackets indicate 1 hour change)

Title: Re: Your Local Weather Friday 2nd March 2012
Post by: ato2 on March 02, 2012, 06:42:13 PM

Yes, unfortunately you have had to experience some pretty uncommon conditions for March, whilst here. Just 18 degrees today, with little Sun and some light, but steady rain this arvo.

Title: Re: Your Local Weather Friday 2nd March 2012
Post by: Phil on March 02, 2012, 07:09:28 PM

Rain arrived about 4-30pm and now has started to get a bit heavier, temperature is dropping, now down to 13 degrees, Barometer has been dropping slowly, now down to 1001.2. :(

Title: Re: Your Local Weather Friday 2nd March 2012
Post by: hbweather on March 02, 2012, 09:52:16 PM

Napier at 2145 Friday:  Light rain at times since 1830hrs, 3.6mm so far. Mild temps, and a light to moderate NE breeze, tending NNE.

Title: Re: Your Local Weather Friday 2nd March 2012
Post by: JennyLeez on March 02, 2012, 09:58:20 PM

from The Metservice.
Todays highest temperature was 24 at Whangarei and the low was 10 at Lake Rotoiti.

Kaitaia : 21 Whangarei : 24 Auckland : 21 Tauranga : 20 Hamilton : 19 Whakatane : 20 Gisborne : 19 New Plymouth : 18 Napier : 19 Hastings : 19 Wanganui : 18 Rotorua : 17 Tokoroa : 20 Taupo : 16 Palmerston North : 18 Levin : 18 Kapiti : 17 Masterton : 18 Wellington : 17 Nelson : 16

Blenheim : 16 Westport : 15 Greymouth : 15 Hokitika : 15 Christchurch : 17 Timaru : 19 Oamaru : 18 Alexandra : 16 Queenstown : 12 Dunedin : 14 Dunedin Airport : 13 Invercargill : 12 Kaikoura : 15 Ashburton : 17 Milford Sound : 15 Haast : 15 Manapouri Aero AWS : 12 Lake Rotoiti : 10 Molesworth : 11

Title: Re: Your Local Weather Friday 2nd March 2012
Post by: JennyLeez on March 02, 2012, 10:02:44 PM

Drizzle back. 3.3mm so far.

Title: Re: Your Local Weather Friday 2nd March 2012
Post by: ato2 on March 02, 2012, 10:03:04 PM

Rainfall is not much, so far. Wind has become noticeable at around 40 km/hr, gusting 60 km/hr

Title: Re: Your Local Weather Friday 2nd March 2012
Post by: bett on March 02, 2012, 11:41:23 PM

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what a wonderful day here in Norfolk Island, hot and sunny with a warm wind.  forecast 27`C but I'm sure it was hotter. 

Title: Re: Your Local Weather Friday 2nd March 2012
Post by: JennyLeez on March 03, 2012, 12:25:00 AM

Well thats not fair we are all pulling winter temps down here. I hope no one else reads that you might get rotten lemons thrown at you lol
Cheers Bett :)