Local Weather – Friday 2nd August

[JennyLeez]

Report current or recent weather conditions at your location or elsewhere for Friday 2nd August 2013 below.
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[Hank13]

Ashburton @ 09:32 AM
Cloud Cover
 Currant Temp.=6.8°C
 Rain = 0.0 mm
 Current wind = 1.9 km/h,ESE   

[bob in dunedin]

Dunedin 2nd August 2013 09:44

Current Conditions:  low cloud       
Over Night Low Temp:  6.6         
Rain since Midnight:         
Current Temp Outside: 6.7   
Dew Point:   5.8                   
Wind Speed:  5.1 m/s                 
Wind Direction:   ne           
Max Gust:  6.5 m/s                     
Humidity:  94                       
Pressure:  1021 

[TonyC]

Central Auckland 9.45am

Very windy with overcast sky. Temperature around 14°, but feels colder when trying to trudge up the hilly streets!

Port Robinson, North Canterbury 9.45am

Heavy cloud  with a SW wind averaging 3-5kmh. Max gust in the last hour @ 11kmh. Temperature 7.8° which is just above the minimum. 0.6mm of rain recorded since midnight. Intermittent rain expected for most of the day.

[JennyLeez]

Wairoa at 10:15
Overcast, Calm and Cool.
The Over Night Temp Low was  6.7 °C
Rainfall of  0.3 mm since midnight.
Rainfall last 24 hours 0.3 mm
Current Temp Outside is  11.9 °C
Latest Wind Gust  5.0 km/h from W
Wind Chill is  11.9 °C
Barometer 1021.3 hPa
Solar is  423 W/m^2
UV is 1 with Light Level at 18399.6 Lux

[Deano]

Kaipara                  at 11:40
Current Conditions:         Low Cloud, Swirling misty Rain Showers
Over Night Temp:            12.0°C at 0:08
Rain since Midnight:         5.2mm
Current Temp Outside:    13.7°C
Dew Point:                       13.4°C
Wind Speed:                    19.3km/h
Wind Direction:                NNE
Max Gust:                        50.0km/h at 0:13
Humidity:                         98%
Pressure:                        1010.6hPa

[Rex]

Mahia Beach

cloud cover ------ 100%
wind ------ lite  E
rain --------  odd  shower
temp ------ 16.5  in  / 13.9  out

[Phil]

Belmont, Lower Hutt

13.7 degrees
79% Humidity
Calm
Nil Rain
barometer on 1021.2
Solar 290

A fine day with a high grey cloud cover, still fairly mild though.

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Longitude:      E 176° 10' 11"
Elevation:       125 m

Friday 2nd August 2013
Dawn: 06:46
Sunrise: 07:14
Moonrise: 03:19
Dusk: 17:57
Sunset:  17:29
Moonset: 13:24
Daylight: 11:11
Day length: 10:15
Moon Phase: Waning Crescent

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The tropical Low/Storm that we were supposed to take the full brunt of today has turned out to be a bit of a damp squib.  By lunchtime today we had only received a total of 5mm of rainfall for the whole event.  The wind has not been as strong here as was predicted and has been felt in some other places not that far away from us as the crow flies.  Max gust of only 38 km/hr at midnight, currently only 9.0 km/hr from the ESE.  Wind direction has swung between NE & SE all day but has mainly been an Easterly, reasonably steady in intensity all day, maybe a little more intense towards the end of the day but dropped quite suddenly just after 18:00 this evening.  Max temperature was 16.2c at 21:53 which is very late in the day and not the norm, still currently 13.1c and rising, can't remember when I have seen this before but no doubt it has happened.  Barometer has fallen steadily if not spectacularly all day from 1022.8 hPa at Midnight to 1010.8 hPa now, however I think it is still higher than you would expect from a Sub Tropical Low/Storm, usually in the 998 hPa to 995 hPa range.  Maybe it is losing intensity and not deepening as they usually do when they approach New Zealand from the north Tasman.