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Friday Sep 3
Brisk sou'westerlies and showers becoming more frequent after mid afternoon and into the evening, 60% chance of precipitation. Humidity 72% 14 °C
Showers, some may have hail. 40% chance of precipitation. Winds 22.5 kph from SW. Humidity 74% 7 °C
Saturday Sep 4
Brisk sou'westers, a few showers, mainly near the west coast.  Sunny spells increasing and winds easing later in the day. Humidity lower on 70% Sunrise: 6:37 AM 15 °C
Partly Cloudy, 0 chance of precipitation. Winds 11.3 kph from WSW. Humidity 78% 8 °C
Sunday Sep 5
Mostly sunny, 10% chance of precipitation. Warmer winds from the North West developing again. Humidity 78% Sunrise: 6:35 AM 17 °C
Mostly cloudy, 30% chance of precipitation. Winds 16.1 kph from NW. Humidity 86% 11 °C
Monday Sep 6
A period of Rain, 60% chance of precipitation. Winds 29.0 kph from WNW. Humidity 87% Sunrise: 6:34 AM 16 °C
Rain or showers, 60 chance of precipitation. Winds 14.5 kph from WSW. Humidity 85% 10 °
Tuesday Sep 7
Showers, 60% chance of precipitation. Winds 19.3 kph from NW. Humidity 89% Sunrise: 6:32 AM 16 °C
Showers, 40% chance of precipitation. Winds 9.7 kph from WNW. Humidity 89% 11°C

Comments

During the rugby this morning...

Damn I was up watching the Aus V SA Rugby match this morning, and at around 4.30am saw a large thunderstorm developing over auck city - with a couple of bolts of thunder with lightning.
Unfortunately it drifted south fast, I was really hoping it was gonna be a goodie!!!

You guys have been way more

You guys have been way more accurate than anyone else today!

Hi, hows next week looking?

Hi, hows next week looking? Specifically thursday.
Cheers guys.

Hi there, still a long way

Hi there, still a long way out but our long range data shows sunny and cloud periods with light west to north west winds and a high of around 16 or 17.

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warriors game

any idea what the weather will be like on friday night for the game. I am on uncovered seating so want to know if im going to drenched or not! thanks.

You asked my question! Looks

You asked my question! Looks like it might be clear and warmish for the last home game of the season. That would be nice.

At this stage it looks like

At this stage it looks like showers clearing - risk of a heavy downpour though, but showers should clear during the day.  We're currently hedging out bets on clear skies... it's a very slow moving system though so sorry we can't be more specific.

- WeatherWatch team

Showers have completely

Showers have completely established here now.

Forecast Friday

Fine start to the day this morning. Rain increasing from light this morning to heavy patches & light this afternoon. The ENE wind is blowing strongly in New Lynn. West Auckland.
Not often wrong with forecast Phil- or didn't you do Friday's forecast?

Our forecast said showers

Our forecast said showers turning to patchy rain then easing by evening.  Rain got a little heavier than expected (made a clear mistake using "light").

Winds are light for most areas though.

Phil

Showers

If in doubt when forecasting Auckland weather, predicting showers would seem like a pretty safe bet, with near 100% accuracy on any given day somewhere in the Auckland region!

Having the rugby cup in

Having the rugby cup in spring next year will showup Auckland as the laughing stock around the world as for the unsettled weather,think it could have been held in autumn as its not too hot then with much better weather.

Timeframe

Note that the world cup is now generally held near Sept/Oct, after the general rugby seasons in the southern hemisphere have finished, so NZ wouldn't have had much of an option to change any preset dates from the IRB.
Anyway, Rugby is a winter sport, so who cares?!

Blowing NE wind

NE wind blowing well in New Lynn tonight.

You mean moon shine spells

You mean moon shine spells tonight again as aint been any sun today.
"Sunny spells increasing"

There were certainly sunny

There were certainly sunny spells in the city and eastern areas on Monday!

Will there be nice weather next week?

Hi,
Will there be a reprieve from the rain and gloom next week? :)

Should be telling 'em it be

Should be telling 'em it be wet and windy much the way the next three months give or take a day here and there.

I am just curious, what does

I am just curious, what does the humidity % actually mean?
How is it measured?
Cheers.

Hi

Humidity is the amount of moisture or water vapour is the air and on a very wet day it can register 100%.

A hygrometer is a way of measuring humidity and this helps forecasters to see how much fog or cloud formations are going to take place over a certain area.

Hope that's useful and thanks for your question!

Cheers

WW

 

Will the weather Monday

Will the weather Monday onwards be any better?
Cheers.

We have another front at the

We have another front at the start of the week... then perhaps some more settled weather., but doesn't look completely settled.

- WeatherWatch

Moon set

Fantastic moonset tonight over the ranges. The crescent plus the whole moon was visible.

Tons of cloud here,cold as

Tons of cloud here,cold as well.Typical Auckland weather.

cooooolllllllllllllddddd

looks like it is going to be cold in Auckland!

what is sunday 15th going to

what is sunday 15th going to be like

At this stage it looks like

At this stage it looks like westerlies and a moderate chance of showers.

- WW

We have a "low" risk for

We have a "low" risk for thunderstorms in Auckland today.

- WeatherWatch weekend team

11:15pm Edit - we have a "Moderate risk" of thunderstorms or lightning for Auckland tomorrow (Tuesday) in the west from midnight to about 6am

maybe some thunder for

maybe some thunder for tuesday! (hopefully it wont be like one flash!)

Have just seen this -

Have just seen this - my apologies, that should have read "tomorrow, Monday".

Absolutely no chance of thunder tomorrow in Auckland I'm afraid - a southerly coming through will clear the skies.  Some heavy showers just moving into the city right now though (4:40pm)

- Philip Duncan

wind direction

I notice that another main weather site says Auckland has westerly winds.
How come you can be more accurate with your predictions.
E wind blowing well in New Lynn.
Big difference between W & E :)

No idea!  Seems obvious to

No idea!  Seems obvious to us!

Phil

Wow its going to rain into

Wow its going to rain into the weekend and even until next week?
When are we going to get a break from all this ?

We have a break on Friday,

We have a break on Friday, then Tuesday and Wednesday both look dry too.  That's it for now though.

- Weatherwatch

"Heavy rain Auckland"

Where's the heavy rain?? I have seen none of it today (maybe because of the fog!)
What are the chances of a thunderstorm on Wednesday or Thursday?

Hi, we ammended our forecast

Hi, we ammended our forecast early this morning to remove heavy rain, predicting drizzly rain with heavier rain setting in either Tuesday night or after midnight/early Wednesday.

We still have a "low" risk of an isolated thunderstorm for Auckland over the next 24 hours but our confidence continues to drop in this area.

 

- WW

Great weather page!

East to understand and with helpful comments....pity its only Auckland though! I live in Christchurch!

Sunrise times

Nice to see these on here - how about adding sunset time as well?

Scattered T-Storms predicted on Tuesday evening

Oooo I see you have predicted Scattered Thunderstorms for Tuesday evening.
Everytime I see this prediction, I get all excited, and 95% of the time I am disapointed (I think we have had one thunderstorm this year in Auckland, back in like February/March when it was building over St Heliers way, and fizzled out over to the coromandel)...
There was another t/storm out nw auckland, but didn't hit near the city.
What confidence do you have of storms actually hitting?
Every time I now see the prediction, I give it about a 5% chance of actually happening, considering Metservice can predict thunderstorms up to 50 times a year for Auckland, which eventuate about 2-3 times in total over that period!!!

Hi there, We're all similar

Hi there,

We're all similar to you at WeatherWatch - we all love a good thunderstorm!  We are more conservative with our thunderstorm forecasts - at this stage we have fairly low confidence of thunderstorms (about a 30% chance) but that may increase as we get closer to Tuesday.  We are confident of thunderstorms in the area and heavy showers - but specific details are still a bit sketchy.

- WeatherWatch weekend team

Do you think the weather will

Do you think the weather will improve nearing next weekend?
Thanks :)

Hi there, Yes we're currently

Hi there,

Yes we're currently expecting a sunny or settled weekend next weekend.

- WeatherWatch weekend team

Next week?

Is the weather next week going to be rainless and showerless ?
(some wishful thinking here :) )

Usually a big ask if from

Usually a big ask if from Auckland!

At this early stage next week

At this early stage next week looks mostly sunny and settled!

- WeatherWatch

Lashing rain and strong winds

Have pale sunshine and bits of blue sky with light rain in West Auckland following lashing rain & strong winds for past 20 mins.
Weather clearing across N & NW horizon. Blue skies showing amongst stray rain clouds.

Weather Friday July 16

Great accurate weather reporting philip! light rain patches. Quite bright though.Fairly strong NE wind blowing in New Lynn. Great day for soup,have got homemade turkey soup cooking.

North Shore temperatures VS Grey Lynn

Is it my thermometer or is there a 4 degree difference between the temperatures on the North Shore compared to Grey Lynn? The Grey Lynn website has the temperature at 12.5 deg but it's 16.5 deg on my thermometer on the North Shore.

That "Grey lynn" site has

That "Grey lynn" site has professional measuring equipment,also depends where the thermometer is placed too.

Bumbles and butterflies

Must be a little warmer as the v.large bumbles and monarchs are flying in New Lynn this morning.