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- Layers and streets of cloud - July 5th, 2010 , Written By: Chris Noble | No Comments
- Thunderstorms! - January 29th, 2010 , Written By: Chris Noble | 4 Comments
- Wellington Rainbow - November 2nd, 2009 , Written By: Chris Noble | No Comments
- Mt Taranaki Kármán Vortex street - June 22nd, 2009 , Written By: Chris Noble | 3 Comments
- Canterbury Snow, 10 May 2009 - May 13th, 2009 , Written By: Chris Noble | No Comments
Clouds come in many different types and are characterised and named according to both their shape and height in the atmosphere. While a single snapshot in time at a given location may only contain one type of cloud, there are many days when multiple cloud types can be observed in the sky at once. On [...]
The last week in January 2010 will be remembered by many over the central North Island for the frequent thunderstorms that developed in the afternoon, often lasting well into the evening. Conditions changed little during the week with a slack pressure gradient over the North Island allowing afternoon sea breezes to combine with abundant low [...]
With a superb view over Wellington and the harbour from the MetService building in Kelburn, we’re often (and quite appropriately) treated to some fantastic weather related vistas. Here’s a little sample, snapped on Monday 26 October as a few light showers passed over the city in a northerly flow late afternoon. The view here is [...]
MetService weather forecasters naturally spend a lot of time looking at satellite imagery and every so often are treated to some fascinating cloud patterns in the airflows around New Zealand. One pattern I’ve always liked seeing is the Kármán Vortex street, most frequently observed near our shores to the west of the North Island, generated [...]
With clear skies over most of Canterbury on Monday, we got a good look at the fresh snow that fell on Sunday (10th May). Here’s the view late Monday morning (around 10:30am) from NASA’s Earth Observing System Terra Satellite, Based on the coverage in that image and reports from snow observers, the bulk of the [...]