Belmont, Lower Hutt

14.1 degrees
93% Humidity
20 kph NW wind gusting to 49 kph
13.4 mm of rain
Barometer on 1005.7
Solar 67

A wet, windy wild night, wind and rain arrived about 1-00am

West Melton

Cloudy and warm here - with no sun poking through at this stage.

Temp 24.8
Wind gust 62.8 NW
Baro 994.7
No rain since midnight or for the month.

Mahia Beach Front

cloud cover ------ 35%
wind ------ light SW
rain -------- nil
temp ------ 21.4 in  / 19.1  out

Observation: Well my rain prediction of two days ago almost came true. but in the evening not the morning. Normal recent service this morning, warm, sunny with some high cloud and the SW Wind, cloud got heavier and more menacing during the afternoon as did the wind and the light misty drizzle started falling around 6pm, been off and on since then, the outside carpet feels just damp, but it now seems to have retreated to the kaimai Ranges, not even enough to register on my ststaion or in the manual rain gague. The SW wind, much stronger today eased back for a period when the drizzle came in but it is back up again now. Time will eventually tell but that looks like all she wrote on the rain front.

 Current Recordings: Temp: 16.8c Steady, Humidty 99%, Rain: 0.0 mm, Average Wind Speed (10 Mins) 23km/h SSW, Pressure 1018.2 hPa Faling.
 
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Upper North Island

Expect mostly cloudy skies with windy westerlies, a few sunny areas possible. Later in the evening or overnight showers develop however Gisborne and eastern Bay Of Plenty remaining dry.
 HIGHS: 21-22 for most.

Lower North Island

Mostly cloudy in the west with breezy westerlies and rain, rain easing to showers about Kapiti in the morning and clearing in Wellington. Expect gale force NW winds in Cook Strait and in Wairarapa at times easing in the evening. Rain about Taranaki for most of the day clearing at night. A few showers affecting western parts of the Central North Island during the day also. On the east coast expect high cloud with northwesterlies.
 HIGHS: 16-17 for most. Mid 20’s about Wairarapa and Hawkes Bay however.

Upper South Island

High cloud in Nelson with breezy northwesterlies, chance of the odd shower spreading from the west. Cloudy on the West Coast with westerlies, morning rain easing to a few showers, later at night a few further more widespread showers move in. On the east coast expect mostly fine weather with northwesterlies easing off in the morning. High cloud clears Canterbury in the afternoon and in Marlborough in the evening. In the evening there is a chance of winds tending southerly about Canterbury particularly in the south.
 HIGHS: 18 on the West Coast, 22-23 in Nelson. High 20’s on the east coast.

Lower South Island

Expect westerly breezes with morning showers clearing and a few sunny areas developing, showers remaining about Fiordland however. In the evening winds tend southwest with some cloud and a few further showers for most although there will still be dry spots.
 HIGHS: 17-18 in Southland, low 20’s about North Otago and some inland areas, 15-16 on the West Coast south of the Glaciers.

 
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Christchurch has turned on a fantastic day with temperatures reaching between 30 and 32 degrees across the city this afternoon, additionally winds have been very light. However, and there is always a however to mess with your joy, a southerly breeze has developed on the southern edge of the city recently so it will bring temperatures down a bit.
 
The Santa Parade down Riccarton road must be a real hit today with the warm weather upon us. And my first “Be a mint day for the beach” comment came through today on facebook so a sure sign summer is here, thanks Shannon Dillion.
 
But what else is going on? Well it is certainly windy about the lower North Island, currently Palmerston North is experiencing wind gusts up to 75 km/h. About the Southland coast winds are also fairly breezy with 65 km/h gusts from the west. Southland has had a fair few windy days recently so some calm might be appreciated by the locals at some point soon.
 
Most of the North Island is shrouded under a layer of cloud with some rain in the west south of Auckland, the South Island’s West Coast is mostly cloudy also with a few drizzle patches about.
 

By weather analyst Aaron Wilkinson - WeatherWatch.co.nz
http://www.weatherwatch.co.nz/...its-canterbury-day-2