Local Weather Chat August 2014 Week 1

[Valerie]

Waipukurau

Bright blue sky, plenty of sun but a cold, cold south wind.
13°. Brrrrrrrrr

[ato2]

Also blue skies, light SW breeze, 15 degrees in New Plymouth

[Phil]

Belmont, Lower Hutt

11.4 degrees
83% humidity
Calm
Nil Rain
barometer on 1010.4
Solar 9

Fine and Calm

[TonyC]

Port Robinson, North Canterbury - Current weather conditions at 08:50 AM on the 06/08/14

Current conditions are chilly and overcast. Rain is clearing.

The overnight temperature low was 5.2°C timed at 8:39 AM
The outside temperature presently is 5.3°C
The windchill temperature is 3.9°C
The wind is currently blowing from WNW at a speed of 14 km/h
The strongest wind gust in the LAST HOUR was at 20.9 kmh SW and the average windspeed in the last hour was 6.5 km/h
The strongest wind gust TODAY so far was at 37.0 km/h at 12:16 AM
The barometer reading is at 1012.2 hpa and Rising slowly at the rate of +0.7hPa/hr
Since midnight there has been 5.4 mm of precipitation.
So far this month there have been 3 days when it has rained at some time during the 24hr period with amount totalling 9.8 mm

The solar reading is 48 % with an energy ready of 74W/M2.
00:00 hours of sunshine recorded so far today and overall conditions based on the solar sensor described as Mainly cloudy/Dry

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

[Hank13]

Ashburton @ 09:32 AM
 Currant Temp.is now 6.4°C after a good shower during the night, 8.8 mm  skies clearing with sunshine.
Current wind is now 11.4 km/h,W
 Baro is 1014.5 hpa (Rising slowly)
 Max Gust. was 58.8 km/h@2:04 AM, SE
 

[Phil]

Belmont, Lower Hutt

Weather has turned to the south and temperature has dropped to 7 degrees and we have showers, supposed to clear fairly quickly.

[Valerie]

Waipukurau

13° Overcast. Black clouds off to the south. Rain "spitting".

[Rex]

mahia beach

cloud cover ------ 70%
wind ------ calm
rain -------- nil
temp ------ 14.4 in  / 13.9 out

[Phil]

Belmont, Lower Hutt

9.4 degrees
79% humidity
3 kph NW wind gusting to 42 kph
Nil Rain
Barometer on 1010.7
Solar 16

Fine with  scattered clouds, moderate NW wind

[ato2]

New Plymouth: a bit of sun, mostly cloudy, 11 degrees

[TonyC]

Port Robinson, North Canterbury - Current weather conditions at 09:25 AM on the 07/08/14

Current conditions are very windy and overcast

The overnight temperature low was 8.9°C timed at 12:05 AM
The outside temperature presently is 15.7°C
The windchill temperature is 14.4°C
The wind is currently blowing from NW at a speed of 26 km/h
The strongest wind gust in the LAST HOUR was at 48.3 kmh W and the average windspeed in the last hour was 13.5 km/h
The strongest wind gust TODAY so far was at 48.3 km/h at 9:24 AM
The barometer reading is at 998.7 hpa and Falling slowly at the rate of -0.8hPa/hr
Since midnight there has been 0.0 mm of precipitation.
So far this month there have been 3 days when it has rained at some time during the 24hr period with amount totalling 9.8 mm

The solar reading is 43 % with an energy ready of 104W/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]

Wairoa at 10:05
Sunny, Calm and Cold.
The Over Night Temp Low was  2.7 °C

Rainfall last 24 hours 0.6 mm
Current Temp Outside is  11.1 °C
Latest Wind Gust  18.4 km/h with speed of  9.7 km/h  from the NW

Barometer is currently sitting on 1011.4 hPa
Solar is  362 W/m^2 with 2.5 sunshine hours so far today.

[Valerie]

Waipukurau.

Big frost this morning. The sun cleared away the frost then the blooming clouds came over so the temperature is sitting on 11° Maybe with luck the sun will come back. No rain or wind.

[Hank13]

Ashburton @ 14:02 PM
 Currant Temp.is now 8.1°C After a windy night , 72.1 km/h@6:48 AM,   
The  wind is now 13.3 km/h,SSE
 Baro is 999.4 hpa (Steady)
 

[Phil]

Belmont, Lower Hutt

9.1 degrees
80% Humidity
10 kph NW wind
Nil Rain
Barometer on 1005.6
Solar 14

Fine and calm

[TonyC]

Port Robinson, North Canterbury - Current weather conditions at 08:40 AM on the 08/08/14

Current conditions are light snow falling

The overnight temperature low was 2.6°C timed at 8:38 AM
The outside temperature presently is 2.6°C
The windchill temperature is 2.1°C
The wind is currently blowing from W at a speed of 6 km/h
The strongest wind gust in the LAST HOUR was at 22.5 kmh S and the average windspeed in the last hour was 6.0 km/h
The strongest wind gust TODAY so far was at 40.7 km/h at 6:01 AM
The barometer reading is at 1005.4 hpa and Rising at the rate of +1.7hPa/hr
Since midnight there has been 3.4 mm of precipitation.
So far this month there have been 4 days when it has rained at some time during the 24hr period with amount totalling 13.2 mm

The solar reading is 14 % with an energy ready of 19W/M2.
00:00 hours of sunshine recorded so far today and overall conditions based on the solar sensor described as Cloudy/Sleet fall

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

[Hank13]

Ashburton @ 08:47 AM
 Currant Temp.is now 3.4°C with a cool wind of 15.2 km/h,W
Clear skies;  Baro is 1004.5 hpa (Rising slowly)
 

[JennyLeez]

Wairoa at 09:05
Sunny, Light Breeze and Warm.
The Over Night Temp Low was  10.6 °C

Current Temp Outside is  13.0 °C
Latest Wind Speed 18.4 km/h from the N

Barometer is currently sitting on 1007.2 hPa
Solar is  220 W/m^2 with 1.9 sunshine hours so far today.
UV is 0 with Light Level at 30774.9 Lux

[Rex]

mahia beach

cloud cover ------ 5%
wind ------ lite  S W
rain -------- nil
temp ------ 14.7 in  / 12.9 out

[Valerie]

Waipukurau.

Howling North West gale all night and still today. Blue sky, little cloud and 8 °. The plastic bottle broom handle wind vane was in a tizzy. Could not decide which way to point. Hope the wind dies away soon. The bird feeder fell from the tree.