Local Weather Today - Monday 13th August 2012

[JennyLeez]

Report current or recent weather conditions at your location or elsewhere for Monday 13th August below.
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[OhauitiWeather]

It will be difficult to find a dry slice of Aotearoa tomorrow.

Heavy rain will be likely for Christchurch and the rest of Canterbury.  Eastern Otago will also see some heavy falls tomorrow.  The Mainland’s western sections could see some precipitation tomorrow as well, but that should be mainly during the morning hours.  The deep south could see a few showers in the morning, with a better chance for more widespread rain in the afternoon and evening.

On the North Island, rain will start the day covering the northern half.  Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga and Rotorua are just a few areas that are likely to start the day wet.  Some brief heavy falls are possible early tomorrow too.  The best chance for that will be in areas south of Auckland to around Hamilton and then over to the western Bay of Plenty.  The chance for heavy rain in these areas will end by midday.

The brief heavy rain threat will then shift southeast to Hawkes Bay and Wairarapa for the late morning and early afternoon hours.  Rain will ease to showers about the northern half of the North Island.  A few peeks of sun may even show up.  But that won’t last long as clouds and more showers move back in late in the afternoon and evening.

Homepage image/ Brendan Pratt

By WeatherWatch.co.nz Analyst Howard Joseph
http://www.weatherwatch.co.nz/content/your-monday-outlook

[Phil]

Belmont, Lower Hutt

9.9 degrees
98% Humidity
Calm
1mm of rain
Barometer on 1001.7
Solar 11

Dull and damp, not much else to say, lawns extremely soggy

[Hank13]

Ashburton @  08:00am
Heaps of rain over 50mm for the last 2 days
Currant Temp.  7.4°C   
Rain  16.8 mm
Current wind. 9.5 km/h,SSE
Currant Grass Min. 3.1°C

[Derek]

Waitakere

Currently sunny but some heavy cloud about the region.  Showers likely today - current temperature is 11.1°C and rain so far is 1.6 mm.

Our 7 day rain total is around 46 mm and the 30 day total is now over 220 mm - meaning its pretty jolly wet

[ato2]

New Plymouth: mild and partly cloudy this morning.10.2 degrees, sun is out.

[hotcop65]

Rain, rain  and more rain again to day. Starting to look like a frog 

[JennyLeez]

Another wet miserable day here in Wairoa.
The Over Night Temp Low was  8.1 °C
Rainfall of  6.0 mm since midnight.
Rainfall last 24 hours 11.1 mm
Current Temp Outside is  9.9 °C
No wind to speak of.

A good day for work

[JennyLeez]

Dozens of Canterbury properties were flooded by heavy rain overnight.

A Fire Service spokesman said there were 39 weather-related calls from the region between about 10pm and 2am, mostly for surface flooding.

The incidents were mostly around Lyttelton and Sumner, already sodden after several periods of heavy rain in the past month.

Further reading from the NZ Herald here.

[TonyC]

Port Robinson, Nth Canterbury -9.40am

Overcast with rain. Strong SW wind gusting up to 24kmh. Temperature 7.8° and may limp up a degree or two. Forecast high is 12° , but my estimate yesterday was spot on and we were'nt within cooey of the met prediction.  Another day for stoking up the logfire.

[Tony]

Conditions for Oamaru
13 Aug 2012 11:16

Observations: Overcast, Pressure Steady

Overnight low: 7.9 °C
Current Temperature: 9.4°C (0.3)
Humidity: 90% (-3)
Dew Point: 7.9°C (-0.2)
Wind Chill: 9.0°C (1.3)
Wind: 5 km/h (-4) ESE
Wind Gust: 5 km/h (-4)
Pressure: 1008.2 hPa (-0.1)
Hourly Rain: 0.0 mm/h (0.0)
Rain Today: 1.6 mm

(Figures in brackets indicate 1 hour change)

[Sara]

Overcast, sun peeking through a wee bit.
Temperature 10.5C
Humidity 92%
Barometer 1008.0hPa
Wind Direction S
Wind Speed 11.2km/h

Very wet underfoot.

[einzack]

cracker of a day in Reefton.
a bit cloudy still, but a warm and pleasant 16.3°C and still rising quickly.
a gusty and warm SW breeze.

[TonyC]

Port Robinson 2.50pm

Rain has stopped (32mm since midnight), but strong southerly up to 35kmh and temperatire of 8.6° is curbing the dog walking.

[Suezy]

West Melton

Temp 7.9
Wind chill 4.8
Wind gust 48.3 SW
Baro 1003.3
Rain since midnight 18.2 mm

The rivers Heathcote and Avon have broken their banks and a lot of flooding in Christchurch. Road to Akaroa is closed.  Not too bad out this way though only a lot of huge puddles everywhere.

[JennyLeez]

The sun appeared and disappeared just as quick. Back to overcast and I guess more rain to come.

Hows everyone's wood supplies. We are chewing through 4 loads pretty quick here. Mind the fire is on all day as well.

[Derek]

Waitakere

A better day than expected really, only a couple of very brief light showers, otherwise a partly cloudy day with plenty of sunny periods.  Temperature got to 15.5°C and just 2 mm of rain so far.

[OhauitiWeather]

A mix of cloudy and sunny areas for most in the North Island today, expect the odd shower at times also, west to southwesterly breezes in all regions. About western Taranaki, the Waikato, Central North Island and western Bay of Plenty expect heavy rain in the morning then easing in the afternoon to showers.

Heavy rain develops about Hawkes Bay and Gisborne during late morning then eases to showers in the evening as winds change southwest. High cloud and dry to start in Wellington and Wairarapa however a few showers from afternoon more so in Wairarapa.

Sunny with some cloud about the top of the South Island, light winds. High cloud along the West Coast, it should remain dry with light winds. Cloudy about Kaikoura with westerlies. Rain in Canterbury heavy at times easing from afternoon, gusty southwesterlies ease later in the evening.

Cloudy about Otago with a few drizzle patches this morning, the odd heavier shower from afternoon as southerlies pick up a little mainly in the east. Cloudy in Southland with the odd drizzle patch possible, perhaps a slightly heavier shower mainly in the east in the evening for a time.

Snow above 700m in Canterbury and Otago.

Mild north of Waikato, about Bay of Plenty and Gisborne today with 16 to 17 degree temperatures likely. 14 to 15 in most other regions however some Central North Island areas may only get into the low teens.

13 to 14 degree high’s in most western and northern areas of the South Island today, colder in Southland, Otago and Canterbury however with 10 to 11 degree high’s more likely.

WeatherWatch.co.nz
http://www.weatherwatch.co.nz/content/monday%E2%80%99s-national-forecast-4

[Te Puke Weather]

from The Metservice.
Today's high of 16 degrees was recorded in 10 places - Kaitaia, Paihia, Russell, Whangarei, Thames, Tauranga, Whakatane, Te Kuiti, Gisborne, Wanganui.

Today's lowest maximum temperature was 8 degrees and was recorded in 1 place - Mount Cook.
 

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

Reefton   12° Westport   15° Greymouth   15° Hokitika   15° Milford Sound   11° Christchurch   12° Ashburton   10° Oamaru   11° Timaru   10° Mount Cook   3° Alexandra   9° Queenstown   11° Wanaka   10° Dunedin   10° Gore   10° Invercargill   11° Hanmer Springs   6° Tuatapere   10° Riverton   10° Wyndham   11° Nightcaps   10° Winton   10° Te Anau   10°