Extreme Weather
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@nzzp one of the trackers I am watching has the worst of the rain on the west side of the cyclone too.
Looks like it will become an extratropical cyclone tonight, which means a wider path of weather
Severe Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle 2023 | Zoom Earth
Satellite images, weather maps and tracks of Category 3 Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle 2023, 6 - 12 February. Max wind speed 165km/h.
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looks like Gabrielle likes the look of NZ and is looking to touch down....shes pretty wild here at moment.
Anyone follow Matt Watson on IG, he's got a house right on the coast just north of the BOI entrance I think it is, he is posting some clips and looks pretty wild there too
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Weird how NZ seems to get more cyclones than us these days
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Schools are starting to cancel attendance tomorrow. Good call.
Superb Owl at home this year - not risking public transport in the teeth of a storm unfortunately. Going to be smoking up some moink balls - beef meatballs wrapped in bacon (moo + oink). My smoking area is pretty sheltered thankfully...
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Is quite odd, sky is fairly bright all things considered.
Wind and rain picked up in last hour or 2, we have had no power for 2 hours now, 65mm in last 24 hours, 30mm in last 5 hours.
she is a huge system
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@taniwharugby said in Extreme Weather:
Is quite odd, sky is fairly bright all things considered.
Wind and rain picked up in last hour or 2, we have had no power for 2 hours now, 65mm in last 24 hours, 30mm in last 5 hours.
she is a huge system
We've deployed up North and it is nowhere near as bad here as forecast, thankfully. Looks like it is worse back down south, power out at my place too.
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@Machpants our power came back on, fully expect it to go off again though
We are having big gusts, the odd heavy downpour and then almost calm for a period...I have a maple I planted which is about 6m and it bends pretty well, the neighbours totara that are probably 15-20 barely seem to move at all with the wind.
It aint looking too flash the next 24+ hours, hope she calms down and doesnt cause too much more carnage
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Power back off...northpower advise likely off all night and possibly days.
Far North power outages are similar I believe
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@Crucial said in Extreme Weather:
This YouTube channel is a good place for detailed discussion and forecasting
Good post Crucial.
And it explains what an extratropical cyclone is.
Was always under the impression that once said cyclone drops below the threshold of being an actual cyclone (i.e., when the pressure isn't low enough) it becomes an "ex" cyclone (like ex-TC Seth earlier this year, or ex-TC Oswald from Australia Day 2013 who kept me employed for quite some time back in the day).
Pretty sure that's still the case. But seems Gabs is retaining the very low pressure so retaining the title "Cyclone".
Kinda makes no difference to the effect of the bitch's wind and rain though ..
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10 years since I was last home. Just touched down at Auckland from LA. Pilot did a first class job. But honestly was not too bumpy. Knew I was on an Air NZ flight when the air hostess said the flight was chocka
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Pretty stoked TBH. 2 youngest kids born in Ireland, first time in NZ.
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@Billy-Tell awesome mate, enjoy!
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@Billy-Tell said in Extreme Weather:
10 years since I was last home. Just touched down at Auckland from LA. Pilot did a first class job. But honestly was not too bumpy. Knew I was on an Air NZ flight when the air hostess said the flight was chocka
Welcome home!
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Apparent temperature is currently ~5° colder than it was at midnight.
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