Your Local Weather Tuesday 24th July 2012

[JennyLeez]

Report current or recent weather conditions at your location or elsewhere for Tuesday 24th July below.
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[hotcop65]

Broken cloud,  Temp 12.4 4.4 km ESE wind, and passing showers. Overnight low 10.9dg so we are slowly clawing our way into spring.

[David]

Looks a little foggy this morning. Some mostly light rain returned yesterday evening, giving a total of 14mm yesterday and 2mm today. Low of 12.4°C.

[Derek]

Waitakere

Wet and foggy - not much actual rain since midnight, just 0.8 mm, but everything is saturated and dripping at 100% humidity.  A low of 11.6°C recorded at 2 am looks like being surpassed as the current temperature is 11.7°C with a downward trend.

[Phil]

Belmont, Lower Hutt

11.7 degrees
94% Humidity
6kph SSW wind
2mm of rain so far
Barometer on 1015.2
Solar 9

Dull, damp but mild, do not expect to get any better during the day

[Derek]

Auckland CBD

Really foggy in town here around the University - coming down in heavy patches and then lifting to some extent, can hardly see across the road at times.
It's making it even more gloomy than normal here.... 

[ato2]

New Plymouth: sun out, 13 degrees.

[TonyC]

Port Robinson 8.40am
Dull overcast with slight drizzle. Temperature 7.3°. Wind direction from the NW, but very calm. Forecast high only 9°. Rain expected.

[JennyLeez]

Wairoa at 09:00
Drizzle, Calm and Mild.
The Over Night Temp Low was  10.2 °C
Rainfall of  0.6 mm since midnight.
Rainfall last 24 hours 12.9 mm
Current Temp Outside is  14.0 °C with Humidity  42%  and Dew Point  1.3 °C
Latest Wind Gust  3.6 km/h  SE
Wind Chill is  14.0 °C
Baro  1011.9

[Babs]

Damp and ominously calm

[Hank13]

Ashburton @  09:29 AM
High Hazy Cloud and cool
Currant Temp.  -1.6°C   
Current wind. 0.0 km/h,NE
Min Grass -8.5°C @ 7.37am AM

[Sara]

Very cool overnight. Heavy frost. Scruffy loved running over the whiye ground. Must have felt nice on his feet.
Temperature 8.1C
Humidity 75%
Barometer 1020.3hPa
Wind Direction NW
Wind Speed 1.4km/h

No cloud just sun. Warming up nicely.

[TokWW]

Tokoroa - 11:30am

A very mild O/N low of 8.9ºC at 6pm last night but a low of 11.3ºC after midnight as it clouded over more.  The wind has been steadily from SE to ESE quarter for the last 24 hours gusting to 40km/hr at times and now averaging 10km/hr gusting to 20km/hr.   Have had 3.1mm of rain since midnight, 24.6mm yesterday.

The day is brightening and warming up - now at 15.4ºC.  Should be improving as the day goes on.

[Suezy]

West Melton

Cloudy day with a very cool start of  -0.2.

Temp 8.8
Wind gust 9.7 SE
Baro 1017.9
Rain 0.2

[Rex]

Mahia Beach Front

Overcast with wall to wall cloud
Moderate E Wind
Light Continuous rain
Temp 14.5

[Derek]

Waitakere

Still damp and in the clouds up here, has rained a bit but not too much during the day, total so far is 2.4 mm.  Our high today got to 15.1°C now down to 14.2°C.
At some stages of the day, our humidity actually dropped to 99%... where it is now...

[OhauitiWeather]

Sunny areas and some cloud over most of the North Island today, winds will be light. A few brief showers possible at times however for most places. Cloudier along the east coast and about Wellington with periods of rain, heavy at times and east to southeasterly winds. Temperatures quite mild especially north of the Waikato reaching 17 or 18 degrees. In the mid teens elsewhere however low double figures in the Wairarapa and Wellington.

South to southeasterly winds will be strong possibly gale force later in the day about Cook Strait, Wellington and southern areas of Wairarapa.

Sunny for most on the South Island’s West Coast with southeasterly breezes, perhaps a few showers spreading into Buller and western Tasman from the east however with cloudier skies. Rain spreads to most regions north of Christchurch by midday, winds will be cool from the south. In Marlborough rain will be heavy at times with strong to gale force southerly winds developing especially on the coast by evening. Skies will be becoming cloudy by midday from Christchurch south to about Ashburton and there may be some drizzle develop then also, drizzle will be more widespread later in the day. Cool with southerlies.

Mostly sunny about South Canterbury, Otago and Southland after a frosty start however light south to southeasterly winds develop in the evening with some cloud, drizzle at night mainly in the east. Temperatures between 9 and 11 degrees for most today however a degree or two warmer about the top of the South Island. The West Coast should get afternoon temperatures into the mid teens perhaps even up to 16 or 17 degrees in South Westland if your lucky enough to be in the area for the day.

WeatherWatch.co.nz
http://www.weatherwatch.co.nz/content/tuesday%E2%80%99s-national-forecast-2

[OhauitiWeather]

For half of New Zealand (mostly the southern half) the weather has hardly been newsworthy in recent days - and soon the calmer, sunnier and drier weather will spread to all of New Zealand as the threat of severe weather diminishes this week.

WeatherWatch.co.nz forecasters say the large sub-tropical low that brought slips and flooding to Coromandel Peninsula and western Bay of Plenty on Monday will cross the upper North Island over the next day or two as it slowly fizzles out.

Behind it is a large high that will see sunnier and drier weather spread across New Zealand. This weather has already moved in to the West Coast on Monday.

Thursday, Friday and Saturday all look mostly settled for the country at this stage, bar a few remaining showers around East Cape, Gisborne and Hawkes Bay on Thursday - which may linger until Friday around Gisborne.

WeatherWatch.co.nz says most places will see conditions improving on Wednesday and Thursday...and for those who have had mostly sunny weather, well, it's likely to continue for a few days yet. The only exception will be Tuesday and Wednesday along the South Island's east coast as some light rain and showers heads south along the coastline.

Rain is expected to turn to snow above 500m around Christchurch on Wednesday - with the city likely to only reach 8 degrees.

Sunnier weather should return to the eastern South Island across Thursday and Friday although clouds caught up in the nor'easter may continue.

And what about that warm weather in the upper North Island? It will continue for Tuesday and then shift closer to normal temperatures later in the week - however temperatures may well remain above average for the rest of July in the Top Half, which is good news for dairy farmers with grass growth expected to lift.


- WeatherWatch.co.nz
http://www.weatherwatch.co.nz/content/threat-severe-weather-easing

[OhauitiWeather]

Skies are mostly cloudy over the North Island today, there are a few sunny breaks sneaking through at times. Scattered showers are also about the place but many dry areas as well, some of these isolated showers are a little heavy by the looks at times.

Temperatures are very nice north of the Waikato despite the cloud, 17 and 18 degrees looks common and perhaps some areas may crack 19 in Northland today. Cooler about Wellington in the low teens at present.

The South Island’s West Coast as forecast is sunny and has brilliant weather, there is some cloudy areas however north of about Greymouth. Light rain or drizzle has made it to Christchurch this afternoon but not as far as Ashburton for the time being and may stay away from there till tonight.

A weak front approaching the lower South Island at the moment will blanket most eastern areas tonight with cloud and drizzle. Temperatures are cool for most in the south today however it is warmer on the West Coast, will be interesting to see more official temperatures readings this evening from the likes of Milford.


By weather analyst Aaron Wilkinson, WeatherWatch.co.nz
http://www.weatherwatch.co.nz/content/cloudy-unless-your-westland

[Te Puke Weather]

from The Metservice.
Today's high of 19 degrees was recorded in 2 places - Kaitaia, Thames.

Today's lowest maximum temperature was 12 degrees and was recorded in 1 place - Alexandra.
 

Town/City   Temp Kaitaia   19° Paihia   18° Russell   18° Dargaville   17° Whangarei   17° Auckland   17° Whitianga   16° Thames   19° Tauranga   17° Whakatane   16° Hamilton   18° Te Kuiti   18° Taumarunui   18° Rotorua   16° Tokoroa   18° Taupo   16° New Plymouth   18° Gisborne   16° Napier   14° Hastings   14° Napier Hastings   16° Dannevirke   13° Masterton   14° Wanganui   17° Palmerston North   16° Levin   16° Paraparaumu   18° Wellington   15° Motueka   13° Nelson   13° Blenheim   10° Kaikoura   9°

Reefton   10° Westport   14° Greymouth   15° Hokitika   13° Milford Sound   14° Christchurch   9° Ashburton   9° Oamaru   9° Timaru   9° Mount Cook   6° Alexandra   3° Queenstown   8° Wanaka   5° Dunedin   8° Gore   8° Invercargill   9° Hanmer Springs   7° Tuatapere   9° Riverton   10° Wyndham   7° Nightcaps   8° Winton   8° Te Anau   6°