Local Weather Chat July 2014 Week 3

[Wolfie33]

Opotiki

Not a bad day, mostly warm & mild, got to 17.7, increasing cloud & S'ly breeze in the avo cooled things off a bit. Pinkish sunset happening.

[Derek]

Waitakere:

Cooling down quite nicely here, clear night -

Currently 5.7°C, todays high was 13.3°C.

Cold conditions expected all over the north island tonight

[Derek]

Apparently snow falling on the Desert Rd too

[JennyLeez]

Rain now pretty much set in. Not heavy more nuisance value.
Todays miserable high was 10.4. Dropped slightly now to 8.0°C
The SW is to blame for that.

[Derek]

Waitakere :

It's another cold morning,  nice day forecast too. Temperature is a bit up and down at the moment, currently on a downward trend and at 3.6°C - may get a tad lower.

[Phil]

Belmont, Lower Hutt

5.1 degrees
98% Humidity
Calm ( have had gusts up to 33kph from the South)
6.8mm of rain
barometer on 1019.9
Solar 5

Overcast and cool with passing showers

[TonyC]

Port Robinson, North Canterbury - Current weather conditions at 10:15 AM on the 17/07/14

Current conditions are mainly cloudy with patches of sunlight.

The overnight temperature low was 3.8°C timed at 6:27 AM
The outside temperature presently is 6.3°C
The windchill temperature is 6.3°C
The wind is currently blowing from SSE at a speed of 2 km/h
The strongest wind gust in the LAST HOUR was at 14.5 kmh WSW and the average windspeed in the last hour was 4.1 km/h
The strongest wind gust TODAY so far was at 20.9 km/h at 8:45 AM
The barometer reading is at 1019.9 hpa and Steady at the rate of -0.3hPa/hr
Since midnight there has been 1.0 mm of precipitation.
So far this month there have been 8 days when it has rained at some time during the 24hr period with amount totalling 29.8 mm

The solar reading is 40 % with an energy ready of 111W/M2.
00:13 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]

Wairoa at 10:20
Rain with Cold Southerly Winds.
The Over Night Temp Low was  6.4 °C
Rainfall of  22.8 mm since midnight.
Rainfall last 24 hours 36.3 mm
Current Temp Outside is  8.2 °C
Latest Wind Gust  36.7 km/h with speed of  33.1 km/h  from the NW

0.1 sunshine hours so far today
UV is 1

[Rex]

mahia beach

rain stopped.
40% cloud cover
mild 14C

[JennyLeez]

Another cold wet night on the coast.
27.3mm so far today.
Gusting around 40km/h from the SW.

Meant to be clearing tomorrow and back on Saturday.

[Phil]

Belmont, Lower Hutt

5.4 degrees
98% Humidity
Calm
1.8mm of rain
Barometer on 1013
Solar 0

Overcast and have had passing showers, a lot brighter than previous days

[ato2]

Lovely clear morning in New Plymouth, 5 degrees, little wind.

[TonyC]

Port Robinson, North Canterbury - Current weather conditions at 08:50 AM on the 18/07/14

Current conditions are Sunny/Dry

The overnight temperature low was 3.1°C timed at 1:46 AM
The outside temperature presently is 3.8°C
The windchill temperature is 2.0°C
The wind is currently blowing from WSW at a speed of 10 km/h
The strongest wind gust in the LAST HOUR was at 19.3 kmh SW and the average windspeed in the last hour was 7.3 km/h
The strongest wind gust TODAY so far was at 20.4 km/h at 12:10 AM
The barometer reading is at 1012.6 hpa and Steady at the rate of -0.2hPa/hr
Since midnight there has been 3.8 mm of precipitation.
So far this month there have been 9 days when it has rained at some time during the 24hr period with amount totalling 43.6 mm

The solar reading is 95 % with an energy ready of 95W/M2.
00:19 hours of sunshine recorded so far today and overall conditions based on the solar sensor described as Sunny/Dry

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

[David]

Frosty morning in Howick with a low of 0.1°C at 6.24am. Clear sunny skies again though, up to 6 degrees currently

[JennyLeez]

Wairoa

Overcast and dreary with a cold Southerly wind.
Over night low 8°C currently 9°C
Average Wind Speed of 30km/h and gusting around 40km/h
Low Wind chill of 3.9°C

[Derek]

Beautiful morning in Waitakere, heavy dew.

Overnight low of 2.4°C, warming up to 9.0°C now, no wind.  Waiting for dew to reduce to mow lawns

[Wolfie33]

Opotiki

Absolute gorgeous day after a chilly start, light vespas, clouding now, just had sun showers, smoke at neighbours heading N, w/cock on garage between E&S so somewhat flukey.

Currently 13.3 c, high today 21.9, cheapie min/max on the deck facing west says high 24+
Baro 1003.9 hPa steadyish - rel. humidity 62% - no rain

[ato2]

New Plymouth: sunny, 5 degrees, no wind

[TonyC]

Port Robinson, North Canterbury - Current weather conditions at 09:35 AM on the 19/07/14

Current conditions are Cloudy/Dry

The overnight temperature low was 4.9°C timed at 7:29 AM
The outside temperature presently is 5.7°C
The windchill temperature is 5.7°C
The wind is currently blowing from SW at a speed of 8 km/h
The strongest wind gust in the LAST HOUR was at 9.7 kmh WSW and the average windspeed in the last hour was 1.0 km/h
The strongest wind gust TODAY so far was at 18.5 km/h at 12:44 AM
The barometer reading is at 1007.5 hpa and Steady at the rate of +0.2hPa/hr
Since midnight there has been 0.0 mm of precipitation.
So far this month there have been 9 days when it has rained at some time during the 24hr period with amount totalling 43.6 mm

The solar reading is 42 % with an energy ready of 83W/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

[Phil]

Belmont, Lower Hutt

7.9 degrees
98% Humidity
2kph Southerly
.4mm of rain
barometer on 1007.7
Solar 95

Overcast with passing drizzle