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Where analysis has been associated
with prognosis, eg NWP these observations can be found on that part of this page.
MetVUW (www.geo.vuw.ac.nz) obs at NZ weather stations at the following times (NZ time): 12am, 3am, 6am, 9am, 12pm, 3pm, 6pm, and 9pm. Note: precipitation data is only available every six hours. The images should be available on these pages about 35 minutes after those times. They also archive some of this. Precipitation, Pressure, Wind, Temperature & Relative Humidity
Radiosonde tephigrams
MetVUW radiosonde tephigrams (alternative soundings Aus & NZ) UCSD How to read skewt upper air charts NOAA About radiosonde charts
Rain Radar
Met Service Radar images Auckland 00 | 03 | 06 | 09 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 Wellington 00 | 03 | 06 | 09 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 Canterbury 00 | 03 | 06 | 09 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 MetVUW Rain Radar: 12 hour rain radar panels all three New Zealand stations Combo for last two issues 36 hour rain radar panels Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch
Meteograms & other things from Wyoming (uwyo.edu)
From Wyoming: Excellent Meteograms Auckland, Wellington & Christchurch or latest 3 hourly observations Auckland, Wellington & Christchurch or METARS Auckland, Wellington, & Christchurch or Upper air charts, etc. (Pacific or Southern Hemisphere), or NZ profiles
University of Canterbury, NZ
Geography Dept weather & satellite pages having rooftop weather data & archived BOM analysis Physics Dept Adrian McDonald's projects CUSTAR Canterbury University Stratosphere-Troposphere Atmospheric Radar |
Home based observations
Trevor McGavin's site Lower Hutt (WN) includes a webcam image and extensive links to NZ DIY observations - including the following selection I use most often view Brian's inspiring site (Awhitu, AK) with lots of goodies Brian's MetService 3 hourly obs NZ Weather Forum - replacing Brian's original one - this is moderated by Steven Graham Chris Noble's links to observations & more Ilam - UC Dept of Geography - good range of measurements Christchurch - CCC Bldg roof-top readings Birdlings Flat - UC Dept of Physics Prebbleton (CH) Westlake (CH) excellent obs from Simon - webcam Hillmorton & Hoon Hay (CH) Templeton (CH) with great camera work by Steven Graham Mike's Rangiora Airfield Dunedin webcams, current weather & forecast Nelson - Warren.Co with webcam
Fire weather
The NZ Fire Service site for rural fire hazard assessments with daily meteorological observations from across NZ plus climate models Weather - past, present and forecast updated at 2pm daily and excellent with maps, tables and archives
Global observations (NZ coverage)
South Pacific Marine Observations MSLP from Oceanweather.com Surface obs(temp+wind+cloud over+sig) from Universitat zu Koln or ditto [Which to keep?] A key to most of the codes / symbols. A more detailed list of codes more complete table of symbols. Georg Mullar's Wetterzentral (great and chance to use that Deutsch-English dictionary) NWS maps with synoptic symbols and MSLP - Sth Africa to NZ - 00z and 12z Smaller and Larger gif SH ice-sheeting and snowfall analysis Aus / NZ maps plotting: Temperature Dew point Weather Wind and Precipitation. From OceanWeather ... AVN MSLP, ocean wind & temp., wave height & period Surface plots from floating buoy data
Historical observations
NOAA Historical daily obs data for stations worldwide For good, easy to use historical observations - wunderground.com (standard stations only) |