Your Local Weather Monday 25th June 2012

[Rwood]

It's not coming from his direction Jenny ...
LOL, my main thrust was that we are at the same latitude

Those east coast types need some geography refreshers ... 

[JennyLeez]

Now come on boys. I am looking at the Map. I would need to down down down and over to get to ato2.
Nothing wrong with my down 

[ato2]

You must have a special map?

[JennyLeez]

Its up top of here, cool petty blue map

[OhauitiWeather]

Ok so the weekend is over and done with and the last full week  of June has got underway and what a way for it to begin.

Western Coasts and central and upper parts of the North Island are set for a fairly eventful 24 hours.
It might start off a little lame but as the day continues to unfold and as night approaches rain is likely to settle in and exposed areas could see very blustery conditions with some heavy downpours and isolated thunderstorms tonight,  overnight ot tomorrow.

Eastern areas of the nation should largely duck the incoming belt of severe weather but still some showers could come and go from time to time however coastal Canterbury should remain mostly dry.

Westerly winds are expected to get quite wild later today or tonight over western and southern parts with potential for peak gusts to cause possible problems on the roads for towing and high sided vehicles.

We'll be updating the story a little later this morning.

WeatherWatch.co.nz weather analyst Richard Green
http://www.weatherwatch.co.nz/content/mondays-national-forecast-19

[OhauitiWeather]

It was a bit of a brief and violent outburst for some in Auckland this morning as rain, hail, lightning and thunder swept parts of the city.

Not all of the city copped the show but a majority did and some of our Facebook readers were quick to comment when we put the word out."Just had a thunder-induced near heart attack here, lol... gave me such a fright!! Amazing weather" said Erin.

Marlena mentioned "Crazy weather and right at school drop off time. Made me glad my wee one is still a baby. Back garden now resembles a marsh and the driveway a small waterfall".

The rain tumbled down in some areas and Dane had the rainfall guage out "‎10 mm of rain in 10 mins. Was heavy but just light rain now".

Others also mentioned the thunder and lightning display"Heavy heavy rain and amazingly loud thunder as we were walking into school in Massey Auckland!" according to Kirsty and Nicola added "Thunder, lightning & hail just as my boy about to go to the gate to catch the bus this morning at Te Kohanga".

We believed that the area of showers approaching the city would break up as it often does but this time it gathered momentum and packed a bit of a punch. The thunder caught us on the hop!

The rest of the day doesn't appear quite so eventful but thanks for all your comments into WeatherWatch.co.nz

WeatherWatch.co.nz
http://www.weatherwatch.co.nz/content/auckland-rattled-thunder

[einzack]

we had some snow in Reefton this afternoon.
Had some at work (@600m elevation). not sure about at town.
also 20mm of rain. pretty miserable and cold.
temp hovered round 5°C for most of the day before dropping to 4°C with the snow. but once the snow cleared, the sun came out briefly, and we climbed to 8.8°C, but we've now dropped to 6.6°C

[David]

Some showers this morning for Howick, one very heavy at 7.10am with a max rain rate of 72 mm/hr. Partly cloudy from late morning. Gusty WSW winds too. Low temperature was 6.6°C, high 15.8°C, and 5.6mm of rain.

[Derek]

Some heavy showers about this morning in Waitakere, but became mainly fine through the rest of the day.
Heaviest fall was 117.6 mm/hr around 8.30 am, 4.6 mm total for the day so far.
Our high today was 14.1°C, down to 10.6°C now.

[Brooklynweather]

the wind has been stolen!!

[Rwood]

Heading more to the SW would kill it off.

[ato2]

New Plymouth: Very quiet, clear, little wind, 8 degrees

[Te Puke Weather]

from The Metservice.
Today's high of 17 degrees was recorded in 3 places - Paihia, Russell, Whangarei.

Today's lowest maximum temperature was 10 degrees and was recorded in 1 place - Milford Sound.
 

Town/City   Temp Kaitaia   16° Paihia   17° Russell   17° Dargaville   16° Whangarei   17° Auckland   15° Whitianga   15° Thames   15° Tauranga   15° Whakatane   15° Hamilton   14° Te Kuiti   14° Taumarunui   12° Rotorua   12° Tokoroa   12° Taupo   11° New Plymouth   14° Gisborne   16° Napier   15° Hastings   15° Napier Hastings   15° Dannevirke   11° Masterton   13° Wanganui   14° Palmerston North   14° Levin   13° Paraparaumu   13° Wellington   14° Motueka   12° Nelson   11° Blenheim   13° Kaikoura   14°

Reefton   9° Westport   11° Greymouth   11° Hokitika   10° Milford Sound   5° Christchurch   11° Ashburton   10° Oamaru   11° Timaru   11° Mount Cook   6° Alexandra   11° Queenstown   8° Wanaka   9° Dunedin   10° Gore   9° Invercargill   9° Hanmer Springs   10° Tuatapere   8° Riverton   8° Wyndham   8° Nightcaps   8° Winton   8° Te Anau   9°