Weather reports for 3rd July, 2008

ATO2 · #1 03-Jul-2008, 07:11

New Plymouth: 6.30am : 13 degrees, clear, nice to see Orion rising in the eastern sky.
Light NNW.

TokWW · #2 03-Jul-2008, 08:56

Tokoroa - 8:55am:
Overnight Low: 7.1 @5:31
Current temp: 8.8 @8:50
Dew Point: 8.4ºC
Humidity: 97%
Rain since 9am 2nd: 22.7mm
Wind gust: 29.5kts
Wind 1 min Ave: 23kts
Current wind: 5kts
Wind Dircn: North
Sky Condition - Fully overcast and drizzling, fog lifting slowly, visibility: 1km.
Baro: 1011.7; falling slowly

ATO2 · #3 03-Jul-2008, 14:21

around 15 or 16 degrees all day. Solid rain for around 10 minutes just before noon. 6mm was recorded at the AWS in the hour before 12noon.
Afternoon is sunny atm light Nly.

RWood · #4 03-Jul-2008, 16:04

Overcast am with rain or showers at times, clearing afternoon with strong NW.

ATO2 · #5 03-Jul-2008, 16:25

Hailing, as I write this.
The burst of rain we had b4 noon was quite something. My butcher comes from Christchurch and said to me, "you know, if we had that much rain like that in Christchurch, we would be putting out boats to row!"

TokWW · #6 03-Jul-2008, 17:59

Tokoroa: - from 14:50 to 15:50 we had 12.9mm of rain and it has just started raining again. now up to 14.5mm for the day so far, max wind gust at 29.5kts at 16:22, currently 10,6kts 10min ave from WNW at 10.3ºC.

How come the other fire is not lit already? Hmmm, something for me to do now I'm home!

Thanks received from:
Grant (03-Jul-2008)