Weather Forecast for Whangamata

G'day there

7th of December is quite a we way away but currently it's looking like just a light westerly, so hopefully yes conditions will be good for you then.

Cheers
Aaron

Thanks for the nice comment! :)

Auckland will always / often have breezy southwesterly winds, much like Christchurch can get a fresh easterly to spoil a nice summers day.

Only thing is Christchurch has the Southern Alps to the west giving warm days when the wind comes from that direction.

Hopefully a nice still day coming your way soon :)

Cheers
Aaron

Hi there, we had a bit of sou'west change this week which did pull in some colder air. Hard to notice it during the day with all the sunshine, but at night with clear skies and light winds the colder air is sinking. The South Island has already had this colder air flushed away by warm nor'westers, the North Island will see the overnight lows lift up this weekend.

Here's tonight's map for you - and thanks for the support, we look forward to growing our forecasting services in 2020 starting with seasonal/climate updates which we will put our for the first time next week. It's designed to be quite simplistic and we look forward to feedback on it as we progress through 2020 :)

Cheers
WW

Hi there,

They are basically all forecasting for a very similar location but the best one is probably the first one that comes up as Waitomo Caves, Otorohanga. Looks great for Nov 30 at this very early stage :)

Cheers
WW

Keep an eye on our Chch forecast as it's being live updated every 30 to 60 mins this afternoon. But yes most likely.

- WW

No worries at all, we've removed that station so within an hour it should have gone for you. Let us know how you get on. And yes incredible hail storms today, the damage has been significant around Timaru, now it's moving into Ashburton and towards Christchurch.

- WW

Lower level cloud may have cleared but there may be some high cloud about, hopefully it's thin enough in your case that you'll see what your looking for.

Cheers
Aaron

Keep an eye on our detailed Chch forecast and the MetService thunderstorm outlook.

Cheers

WW

Hi Ian, thanks for this. We are making a big upgrade to our website this summer, but it's mostly to do with making the website work faster, work smarter and be more secure. Our upcoming upgrade is the biggest in 10 years and is needed to keep the website working (it will seriously crash under the weight of data if we keep it this way). Hopefully most people can see why we needed to upgrade and will still find everything they need.

We are a bit surprised so many millions of dollars went into the MetService site for such little change. It's also the third major change to the MetService website this decade so far! This is the number one issue WW has with the two Government forecasters though - so much wasted money for no real return on the tax payer who owns them. And still they won't freely share data we have all already paid for.

Cheers

Phil D

It wasn't overly strong compared to tornadoes you hear about in the USA but for us in NZ it would have been a bit of a jolt to the system. It would have been an EF0 or EF1 at best.

WW

One day of rain doesn't reverse a year of below normal rainfall. Hopefully some downpours bring relief to those that need it most but it's hit and miss.

Cheers

WW

From the 22nd looks fairly dry barring the potential for a few spits on the 23rd. There's some potential for a little bit of wet weather till then :(

Cheers
Aaron

New Zealand is a windy country for the most part, but we have our good days now and then :)

Aaron

Morning Allen, it's looking mainly dry but rain and showers south of Auckland might come up as far north as the Auckland region for a time - so we can't say a totally dry day (even though it does look mainly dry). Based on the rain maps right now it looks like you should be able to play but it's a little borderline as to how far north these showers might go. It's on your side for now though!

Cheers
Phil D

Hi there

Probably best to ask them about their thunderstorm outlook I would think?

There may be a risk about Auckland, looking higher for Northland. Either way that front is starting to weaken a little as it approaches. We'll have to wait and see!

Cheers
Aaron

Hi there

Looks like a mostly sunny morning then some cloud at times from afternoon. There may be a brief shower or two from afternoon but these look to be mainly staying south of Auckland so hopefully a dry day for you guys.

Winds moderate from the northwest and a high of 21 to 22 degrees.

Cheers
Aaron

The isolated thunderstorms have now mostly passed (around 7 to 8amam). Hopefully no more thunderstorms for them and only increasing sunny spells today :)

Cheers
WW