In the high parts of Coatesville, the wind has dried out the land even more than the lack of rain. My paddocks are covered in massive cracks – many of them are at least 20 cm plus  deep and 3- 4 centimetres wide. Interesting that we usually have at least 3 hawks on the ground eating crickets – good season for them! But really need rain now.

defently drier in dargaville area than last year at the same time, hopefully we get a cyclone soon

Ideally we need it to go in the tasman sea,mix some cooler air into it and the resulting depression sits directly over the country for several days with low centres east and west of the main divides.

We have 10 acres of dust at the moment in Rukuhia, south of Hamilton, haven’t had rain for quite some time now and are getting deperate!  Feeding horses hard feed twice a day and a bale of hay per day, no sign of anything green anywhere.  Please let it rain soon!

Hi Guys

Thanks for the heads up about the tropics. It does look likely that a cyclone will form or maybe even two over the next week but it looks like the first one will go east so hopefully the other one may come our way.

I definately need rain here in Hamilton we haven’t had any meaningful rain for weeks. My tank must be getting very low and the gardens need some badly. It is not as bad as last year at this stage though.

Cheers Dave

On the Kapiti Coast and we are desperate for rain. Our paddocks are completely dried out and no grass growth is going on at all. Our pond (takes up a whole paddock) has completely dried.

Please let it rain!!!!

It always tracks just to the northeast of us and ultimately south to the chathams like they all do.