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Archive Library => 2012 => Archives => March => Topic started by: JennyLeez on March 03, 2012, 12:46:00 AM
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Report current or recent weather conditions at your location or elsewhere for Saturday the 3rd of March below.
You do not need a weather station, just look out your window.
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Report from Weatherwatch.co.nz @2.15am
"OK, so here's what we know for sure; winds have already picked up a lot in various NI places. Stratford and South Taranaki are both reporting strong winds. We've also received a report on our website of 120km/h winds on Manukau Heads.
Over the next few hours, the strong winds will spread across the rest of the North Island. Given the pressure falls I am seeing, I think we are still on track to see some severe gales, especially about the lower NI and upper SI. But, as we've already seen this morning, those severe gales may extend all the way up to Auckland.
Rain will be heavy at times in some places. One band should be moving through Pirongia, Te Awamutu and Otorohanga over the next hour. Heavier rains will also continue around Palmerston North, the Hutt Valley and Wellington...as well as the upper SI."
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New Plymouth: 14.2 degrees, no real rain for some hours now. Wind is from the west- speed 63 km/hr, gusting to 91 km/hr at the airport.Pressure is 986 hPa.
The Regional Council station at Cape Egmont is not reporting current wind data, unfortunately.
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Some more data: Cape Egmont, at 4.30am is 79/115.5km/hr, SW. New Plymouth is 74/96km/hr, from the West.
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Well, we have had a very wet night. 32.7 mm rain over the last 24 hours and 24.9mm since midnight!
Wind is nothing to write home about...maximum gust is about 34 m/hr and steady on about 20km/hr.
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Napier 0730: Some patches of cloud overhead, and a band of dense Cu over the ranges to the west and north. Wind beginning to freshen noticeably from the NNW. Temp 16.3 C, and no rainfall for today...yet! For what we are about to receive.... ;)
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Kaipara Harbour at 7:55
Current Conditions: Partly Cloudy, Windy, Showers
Over Night Temp: 15.2°C at 6:30
Rain since Midnight: 8.7 mm
Current Temp Outside: 14.1°C
Dew Point: 11.6°C
Wind Speed: 19.3 km/h
Wind Direction: WSW
Max Gust: 70.9 km/h at 3:16
Humidity: 86 %
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a rough night in New Plymouth. caused the house to shake numerous times. The house overlooks the port and is in the first line of houses, so is very exposed. Port Taranaki recorded gusts of 60 knots, so 100km/hr, with the strongest wind between 2am and 3am.
it's all much calmer now, with gusts around 50km/hr.
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Sun may peep out later...the wind wasn't very noticeable at my location but South Taranaki may have had a fair walloping, as there are reports of of power outages and emergency call outs re roofs etc.
The highest recorded gust for Cape Egmont was 115.5 km/hr .
Anyway, the wind has shifted around - cold at 11.2 degrees. Not much rain from this event.
Looking down at the sea- it looks busy!
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From stuff @9.00am
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/6516598/Weather-bomb-causes-havoc-in-North-Island (http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/6516598/Weather-bomb-causes-havoc-in-North-Island)
LATEST: The wild weather which lashed the North Island overnight has caused havoc, ripping off roofs and bringing trees and powerlines down.
There are reports of weather-related incidents from Auckland to Wellington, but the central North Island has so far experienced the worst of what MetService described yesterday as a "weather bomb".
---- Have you been affected by the weather bomb? Send your comments and photos to newstips@stuff.co.nz -------
Trees have been ripped out of the ground, powerlines have fallen down, roofs have being torn off and windows smashed as a result of the storm.
Patea and Waverly in Taranaki have taken the full brunt of the storm, with trees and powerlines blocking parts of State Highway 3.
Trees have littered a 100 metre stretch of road at Manawapou Hill, on SH3 in South Taranaki, with traffic backed up for five kilometres, police said.
There have been no reports of injuries.
Waverly, Taita and Hawera took a battering from about 4am this morning, but the "peak" of the bad weather has now moved south and is hovering around Whanganui, fire central communications shift manager David Meikle said.
"There is major wind damage in South Taranaki, from Manaia South to Whanganui," Meikle said.
Gales were expected to reach 140kmh in Taranaki today and 120kmh in surrounding areas.
Those in Patea who need it can take shelter at the Patea Fire Station, police said.
Meanwhile, emergency services in Auckland, the upper North Island and Wellington have also been kept busy dealing with weather-related incidents.
As a result of high winds, multiple powerlines had fallen and caught on fire in Oropi Rd, Greerton.
Traffic in the area would be delayed while the Fire Service cleared the scene.
A tree fell onto a road in Wainuiomata, Wellington, bringing powerlines down and causing a car to crash into it, but the driver escaped unscathed, police said.
A tree has also fallen in Ngaio Gorge Road and a yacht has broken its mooring at the Clyde Quay Marina in Wellington.
In Auckland, a horse float is tipping in the wind at the Rosehill BP near Drury, with emergency workers struggling to free the horse on board.
Multiple trees have also been blown over as a result of the wind, causing disruption to traffic across the Bay of Plenty.
Police are urging motorists to avoid travelling if at all possible, as emergency services are currently facing delays in getting to all areas affected by the storm.
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Belmont, Lower Hutt
10.3 degrees
95% Humidity
44.4mm of rain (7.2mm yesterday)
5kph Southerly(max gust 32kph @ 7-00am)
Barometer on 988.9 and slowly rising
Solar 47
Lots of rain overnight but the wind is nothing to write about
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Napier 0900: So far - so good. Wind is still freshening slowly, and its just starting to spit with rain. Still sunny overhead, but very heavy and ominous-looking cloud out to the west. Current 10min avg wind speed is 19kph, best gust still 43.5kph, and temp is 17.3 C. Pressure now down to 980.5mb, and still falling very slowly.
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Pressure low seems to have passed here at about 6:50am - 983.8hpa
Rainfall since midnight to 9.00am = 44mm
Max wind gust = 77.2kmh at about 6.15am
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New Plymouth: total rainfall since event= 27mm for me, 29mm for Regional Council station closest to me.
Sun came out for a few minutes whilst I was looking around the garden. Wind was strong enough to knock many grapefruit onto the ground.
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Blue sky at the moment, wind easing from a peak gust of 61km/h around 1 am, also had 1.8mm of rain early morning as well
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Glenavy
Temp 11.2C
Humidity 85%
Barometer 1005.6hPa
Wind Direction SW
Wind Speed 9.7km/h
Wind Gust 18.4km/h
Wind Chill 8.7C
Dew Point 8.8C
Rain 2.4 (Oamaru Met Service)
Conditions; Partly cloudy, windy, cool, sun is peeking through at times. Rain has ceased.
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Agree with Gabba. The pressure is rising slowly.
Currently 10.7° and 990 HPa. Rain is now 39mm since midnight or 46.5mm over the last 24 hours.
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Very Windy and 2 records broken.
High Gust at 9.39am of 73.4km/hr
Low Baro of 982.2 hPa 9.51am
The wind is intermittent with very calm periods and very gusty periods.
No rain to speak of, partly cloudy and warm on 20.2°C
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West Melton
Temp=11.3deg
Chill=9.1
Wind= 41.8 S
Hum=88%
Bara=1003.8
Rain=11.6mm
Storm=12.4mm
Cloudy still a bit of drizzle/rain though.
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Napier 1100: The system is now making its presence felt here. Overcast, with scattered showers, driven by a fresh to strong and gusty westerly. Current 10min wind speed is 21.4kph, and our highest gust so far is 61.0kph. Temp is 16.0C, and pressure 979.5 and still falling.
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Recent gusts; Mt. Kaukau 148kmh, Auckland bridge 93 kmh, Wellington 96kmh, Strongest winds still likely but easing down through arvo.
Metservice
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Bishopdale Chch
A short thunder strom came though with a rain rate of 56mm/h.
Winds gusting up to 55km/h from the south.
Air temp=10.4c.
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Bishopdale Chch 71.8km/h.
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14 degrees, Sun has vanished. Wind has a SW slant but around 25km/hr. A little light drizzle, on and off. May as well be a July day!
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Update 11.40am
A storm ripping through Wellington has brought down power lines, blown over trees and forced yachts from their moorings.
This morning the Wellington region woke to driving rain and strong southeasterly winds with gusts up to 93kmh.
“Severe weather warnings for Wellington are expected to remain in place until at least this evening.
The storm has also caused significant damage in Taranaki.
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
A firefighter suffered back injuries after a branch hit her shoulder during an incident in Wainuiomata.
Four classrooms have been flooded in the junior block at Fernlea School in Wainuiomata. A reporter at the scene said it appeared the drains could not cope with the amount of rain.
A tree fell onto a road in Wainuiomata, Wellington, bringing powerlines down and causing a car to crash into it, but the driver escaped unscathed, police said.
The Fire Service as been called to reports of flooding at Fernlea School in Wainuiomata.
There is surface flooding around several streets in Wainuiomata.
A tree has also fallen in Ngaio Gorge Road and a yacht has broken its mooring at the Clyde Quay Marina in Wellington.
The exit to Block Road from State Highway 2 is closed due to flooding.
Passengers flying in and out of Wellington could also face delays after several flights were cancelled this morning.
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Damage seems to be mainly out east. Didn't notice anything very unusual so far in city or in the west.
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Conditions for South Hill, Oamaru
3 Mar 2012 12:13 PM
Observations: Cloudy, Pressure Rising Slowly
Temperature: 12.2°C (0.1)
Humidity: 71% (0)
Dew Point: 7.0°C (0.0)
Wind Chill: 12.2°C (1.1)
Wind: 5.3 km/h (-5.5) S
Wind Gust: 6.1 km/h (-4.7)
Pressure: 1008.3 hPa (0.3)
Hourly Rain: 0.00 mm/h (0.00)
Rain Today: 3.62 mm
(Figures in brackets indicate 1 hour change)
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Latest: The centre of the storm is now offshore and is quickly moving east away from NZ. Warnings still in force. Winds will ease for most tonight.
Weatherwatch
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13.3 degrees, light SW/W wind, cloudy, spot of drizzle, miserable winter's day. have lit fire! :D ;D
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Had to light fire. Perhaps :) this will help us warm up in this unseasonable season! :)
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Still mainly blue sky up here, but have just had high gust for year of 69kmh, and high average of 52kmh
edit - forgot to mention the 21 degree temp ;)
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Napier 1300: Overcast, with continuous rain driven by a gusty near-gale wind, which is beginning to back sou'westerly and is still freshening. Current 10min wind speed is 33.8kph, and our highest gust so far is now 62.2kph. Temp is 13.6C, and pressure 984.7hPa and rising slowly.
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The Stuff page has been updated with some pictures as well:
A weather bomb wreaked havoc in the North Island this morning, sparking evacuations, ripping trees from their roots and roofs off houses.
Have you been affected by the weather bomb? Send your comments and photos to newstips@stuff.co.nz
Taranaki has taken the full brunt of the storm, with one farmer estimating the damage on his property alone to be in the millions.
Patea residents said the weather bomb felt like a twister, with one adding that it was "50 times worse" than Cyclone Bola, which caused wide-spread destruction when it ripped through the East Coast in 1988.
The extent of damage in Hawera, in Taranaki, is so severe that police said it looked like a bomb site.
The weather bomb tore through Taranaki early this morning and is now making its way to Hawkes Bay and Gisborne, MetService forecaster Allister Gorman said.
"Severe weather warnings are in place from Auckland down to Marlborough but the winds in most places will begin to ease in the next few hours," he said.
"But some of the winds will remain at warning levels until at least this evening, especially around Wellington."
Despite the wild weather, emergency services have only heard of one injury.
A female firefighter from the Wainuiomata Volunteer Fire Brigade injured her back after a branch fell and hit her on the shoulder.
Wainuiomata resident Paul Collins said a fireman was cutting branches off a tree that had ``split'' and was leaning on his house when the incident happened about 10am.
Meanwhile, five teenagers who spent a miserable night in the bush near Tauranga after becoming lost yesterday evening were found this morning.
Power is out to about 30,000 properties in South Taranaki and Whanganui and more power outages are expected as the storm moves across the country, a Powerco spokesperson said.
It could take up to five days before all power has been restored.
In Patea, about 30 roofs had been damaged and powerlines littered the roads, Patea community board member David Honeyfield said.
One Taranaki resident said trampolines had been picked up and thrown "like giant Frisbees".
Some people in Patea were forced to leave their homes, and have been offered shelter at the Patea fire station.
There are also reports of extensive damage in Waverley.
...continues - refer stuff.co.nz
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Howick - Cloudy areas and sunny periods. Occasional brief showers. Gusty W has just turned SW, max gust so far 60 km/h.
Max temp 19°C, feels very autumnal...
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Tokoroa
Overnight low of 11.3ºC, High today of just 14.9ºC with a thin layer of cloud.
Now cloud has thickened, wind is changing to Sou-West and temp has dropped to 13.4ºC.
Rainfall - 23.4mm from 5pm yesterday to 7am this morning. Nothing today since.
Sudden wind increase this morning at 3:20am. A max gust of 59.2km/hr recorded at 3:26am.
Baro low of 991.8hPa, now rising slowly, 994.5hPa currently.
Average wind about 25km/hr SW.
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Wairoa at 13:39
Mainly Cloudy, Strong Winds and Mild.
The Over Night Temp Low was 12.5 °C
Rainfall of 3.3 mm since midnight.
Current Temp Outside is 12.6 °C with Humidity 94% and Dew Point 11.7 °C
Latest Wind Gust 34.2 km/h with speed of 13.3 km/h NW
Wind Chill is 11.3 °C
Baro 986.3 hPa and Solar: 982
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NZ conditions this afternoon
Posted by wwadmin on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 13:42
As the worst of the weather slowly leaves our shores, we've recieved numerous comments, updates and reports up and down the country on our facebook page and this is how it's shaping up.
Barb De Long posted "Wasn't too bad here in Motueka, suns out now but Mt Arther and Richmond Ranges covered in Snow!!".
In Tauranga, Nikki Retuhai commented "Sunshine wind. .showers every now and then. . cool day thou."
Auckland has had a bit of everything and Leanne Mehi posted this afternoon with "A fair bit of sunshine in West Auckland - in between squally showers and sudden gusts of wind, that is"
Further south and Cantabrians have felt the cold stuff today... " Black, blowing and rain in Christchurch. Temperature a balmy 12 degrees" wrote Ellen Hoy.
The wind has obviously been a talking point overnight and today and Michelle commented with"Blowing a gale in Stratford... wet and very very cold.... so not nice!"
Windy conditions are expected to ease for those who are currently affected but in some cases it may take some time yet.
Written by WeatherWatch.con.nz weather analyst Richard Green
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Napier 1500: Overcast, with continuous light rain driven by a near-gale SW wind, which is backing SSW and currently easing just a little. Current 10min wind speed is 29.0kph, and our highest gust so far is now 72.7kph. Temp is 13.1C, and pressure 990.5hPa and rising slowly.
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Napier 1700: Overcast, with continuous light rain driven by a strong wind, which continues to back SSW to S, and is easing slowly. Current 10min wind speed is 23.5kph, and our highest gust remains at 72.7kph. Temp is still sitting on 13.1C, and pressure 995.5hPa and rising slowly.
Looks like the worst is now over..... :-\
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Belmont, Lower Hutt
10.9 degrees
96% Humidity
13kph Southerly Biggest wind gust 49.9kph)
62mm of rain
Barometer on 1003.3
Solar 32
Wild and wet, what more can I say