Author Topic: Local Weather Chat July 2014 Week 2 (Read 20003 times)

David · « **Reply #40 on:** July 10, 2014, 09:33:27 AM »

Overcast, grey, blustery day again here. Third such day in a row. A few brief light drizzle patches blowing through as well.

Derek · « **Reply #41 on:** July 10, 2014, 10:13:31 AM »

Pretty much the same all around I think, David.
Excellent school holiday weekend - not.

JennyLeez · « **Reply #42 on:** July 10, 2014, 10:36:54 AM »

Bit warmer this morning, currently 14.1°C
Broken cloud but certainly not sunny.

We have been spared the rain so far with 8 straight dry days.

Derek · « **Reply #43 on:** July 10, 2014, 10:45:08 AM »

Swap?

My 30 day rain graph...

JennyLeez · « **Reply #44 on:** July 10, 2014, 10:52:51 AM »

and on the contrast, mine

However this does not depict the sunshine levels which are low. Our days have mainly been under heavy cloud.

David · « **Reply #45 on:** July 10, 2014, 11:33:17 AM »

Here's a new graph I've developed for my (coming soon) future weather site.
Weather for the last 30 days. No wonder the ground is sodden!

Derek · « **Reply #46 on:** July 10, 2014, 11:40:12 AM »

Yes, 30 day rainfall total here is 184 mm - but the ground isn't that sodden, yet.
I estimate we're around 200 mm behind average YTD total, still....

Rex · « **Reply #47 on:** July 10, 2014, 11:55:33 AM »

mahia beach

overcast
cloud cover ------ 80%
wind ------ lite NE
rain -------- showers
temp ------ 15.4 in / 13.6 out

ato2 · « **Reply #48 on:** July 10, 2014, 07:32:33 PM »

Turned out a nice afternoon in New Plymouth- sunny and 17 degrees

Phil · « **Reply #49 on:** July 11, 2014, 07:37:54 AM »

Belmont, Lower Hutt

8.6 degrees
84% Humidity
Calm
Nil Rain
Barometer on 1021,9
Solar 0

A fine clear calm Morning

Derek · « **Reply #50 on:** July 11, 2014, 08:03:49 AM »

Waitakere
It's still windy, but more NE today. There's a lot of blue sky to the south, but otherwise its partly to mainly cloudy, no rain yet today but expecting a lot later on!
Currently 12.7°C and 89% RH, baro 1019.9 hPa steady.

ato2 · « **Reply #51 on:** July 11, 2014, 08:07:42 AM »

Mostly cloudy, 13 degrees, moderate wind in New Plymouth.

TonyC · « **Reply #52 on:** July 11, 2014, 09:31:46 AM »

Port Robinson, North Canterbury - Current weather conditions at 09:25 AM on the 11/07/14

Current conditions are Partly cloudy with thin sunlight filtering through

The overnight temperature low was 10.6°C timed at 2:11 AM
The outside temperature presently is 10.9°C
The windchill temperature is 9.0°C
The wind is currently blowing from W at a speed of 11 km/h
The strongest wind gust in the LAST HOUR was at 20.9 kmh W and the average windspeed in the last hour was 6.1 km/h
The strongest wind gust TODAY so far was at 27.8 km/h at 12:30 AM
The barometer reading is at 1014.0 hpa and Steady at the rate of -0.1hPa/hr
Since midnight there has been 0.4 mm of precipitation.
So far this month there have been 5 days when it has rained at some time during the 24hr period with amount totalling 9.8 mm

The solar reading is 38 % with an energy ready of 63W/M2.
00:00 hours of sunshine recorded so far today and overall conditions based on the solar sensor described as Cloudy/Dry

An updated version of this report produced every 15 minutes can be viewed at:- http://www.portrobinson.net/Weatherfiles/wx3.html

JennyLeez · « **Reply #53 on:** July 11, 2014, 09:32:26 AM »

Bit chilly but the sun shines, so a warmer day will surely eventuate.
Another warmer night with the low 5.6°C
Currently 14.1°C

David · « **Reply #54 on:** July 11, 2014, 09:58:32 AM »

Over the last 4.5 years, my highest daily windrun was 477km. But over the last 3 days, the windrun has exceeded 500km each day! It must be rare to get such consistently windy conditions here.

Arnie · « **Reply #55 on:** July 11, 2014, 10:43:22 AM »

Sunny currently 12.8C
Light Easterly Breeze out here on the Peninsula.

Rex · « **Reply #56 on:** July 11, 2014, 11:55:41 AM »

mahia beach

sunny
cloud cover ------ 50%
wind ------ calm
rain -------- nil
temp ------ 15.4 in / 13,6

Derek · « **Reply #57 on:** July 11, 2014, 12:57:44 PM »

Yes I agree, its basically the same here - I'll have a look through my data shortly and see what the comparison is

Valerie · « **Reply #58 on:** July 11, 2014, 12:59:54 PM »

Waipukurau

Beautiful sunny day. Blue sky and wind from the north.
16° outside

Derek · « **Reply #59 on:** July 11, 2014, 07:23:45 PM »

Over the last 4.5 years, my highest daily windrun was 477km. But over the last 3 days, the windrun has exceeded 500km each day! It must be rare to get such consistently windy conditions here.
Yes I agree, its basically the same here - I'll have a look through my data shortly and see what the comparison is
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I've had a look through my data back to 2010, quite interesting - I did an approximate count and there are only around 30 days where we have had a windrun higher than 100 km.

Now, lets qualify things a bit, with our location and the level of shelter it has, normal 24 hr windrun is somewhere around 10 km to 20 km (and often below 10 km even) - to get a windrun of 50 km means it has been very windy, 100 km and above is exceptional.

So here's the windruns this week

6th; 3.9 km
7th; 58.9 km (system approaching)
8th; 186.7 km (just 0.2 km below previous record)
9th; 214.0 km (new record)
10th; 179.8 km
11th; 128.1 km (5 hours remaining)

So this is now the 4th day on the trot - and possibly another tomorrow too.

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