Local Weather Waitangi Day – Wednesday 6th February 2013

[JennyLeez]

Report current or recent weather conditions at your location or elsewhere for Wednesday the 6th February below.

You do not need a weather station, just look out your window and tell us what is going on above you.


If your conditions change, let us know. We will keep our Twitter, Google + and Facebook followers informed throughout the day during extreme conditions.

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[Hank13]

Ashburton @  08:00 AM
Clear Skies
Currant Temp.  7.4°C   
Rain  0.0 mm
Current wind. 0.0 km/h,SE

[ato2]

New Plymouth: fine and blue skies, 13.5 degrees, moderate SE wind

[TonyC]

Port Robinson, North canterbury 9.10am

Overcast and cool. Temperature 13.3° heading for a predicted high of 18°. Wind from the west to SW at around 3-5kph with the max gust in the last hour of 14.5°. No rain overnight.

[Phil]

Belmont, Lower Hutt

13 degrees
86% Humidity
5kph Southerly
Nil rain
barometer on 1023.5
Solar 171

A dull grey start to the day, meant to improve later in the day

[David]

A rather chilly start, low of 8.5°C here.  Currently 16°C with blue skies

[ato2]

17.5 degrees, blue skies, SE wind

[Bobby]

Frasertown, 8km north of Wairoa

Cloudy, with strong gusty wind.  Temp 15.9 at 10.47am.

[JennyLeez]

Wairoa at 12:20
Overcast, Windy and Mild.
Rainfall of  0.0 mm since midnight.
Current Temp Outside is  16.9 °C with Humidity  63 % and Dew Point  9.8 °C
Latest Wind Gust  36.7 km/h with speed of  34.2 km/h  from the SW
Wind Chill is  15.8 °C
Barometer is currently sitting on 1021.4 hPa
Solar is  1055 W/m^2
UV is 7 with Light Level at 62749.5 Lux

[Suezy]

West Melton

Rather coolish here at the moment with full cloud and sun has poked through just once for a short period.

Temp 14.9
Wind gust 20.9
Baro 1023.3
No further rain since midnight
Rain MTD 27.4

[JennyLeez]

Summary from Weatherwatch.co.nz

The southerly wind is lurking a little longer than forecast over eastern areas from Christchurch to Gisborne with cloud remaining in many places plus a few showers here and there.
Conditions are expected to improve with more sunshine than cloud this afternoon across the Capital and the Garden City but still remaining rather chilly with southerlies easing further,
Temperatures have been lowest in Queenstown, Timaru and Oamaru this morning and dipped below five degrees whereas Hamilton has shivered with the thermometer plunging to five degrees.
The North Island saw temperatures vary from five to eleven degrees earler this morning which is up to eight degrees below average in places.There has been one exception and that was Wellington with 14 degrees,
Another night of low temperatures are forecast again tonight however a gradual warming is likely from tomorrow night onwards as the weekend approaches.

Wairoa through to the Gisborne Region :
Clouds broken on the East Coast NI. Sun spasmodically making an appearance. Warming up.