Archive for June, 2010


  • Predictability and popcorn - June 30th, 2010 , Written By: Chris Webster | No Comments

    • Among the most spectacular of meteorological phenomena are those associated with convection, particularly thunderstorms. Convection is all about the vertical motions that I mentioned in an earlier blog post, but confined to pockets or cells of strong up and down motion. These motions transfer heat through layers of the atmosphere on a local scale; this is [...]

  • Rain or Showers - June 17th, 2010 , Written By: Chris Webster | No Comments

    • We had an enquiry recently from an astute member of the public asking about the comings and goings of rain.   They had noticed that in southerly weather the rain has a tendency to “come in bands (e.g., 20 minutes rain, 20 mins dry, 20 mins rain etc.) rather than as a more constant rain that comes with northerlies”. [...]

  • School Weather Assignments - June 4th, 2010 , Written By: Bob McDavitt | No Comments

    • All the best for researching your school assignment about weather and climate during the school holidays :)

  • A Lot of Rain - June 3rd, 2010 , Written By: Chris Webster | No Comments

    • There has been a lot of rain in many parts of New Zealand over the past two weeks. One of the few places to escape this was the sunny West Coast of South Island – the days are clear and stunning there when the flow is southeasterly. If you’ve been following the surface weather maps during May you would have [...]

   

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