Auckland Weather 27/01/23 and Cyclone Gabrielle

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#3029042 29-Jan-2023 20:05

tweake:
i think the intensity and speed caught them out. there was nothing all that bad on the rain radar. a bit of flooding in heavy rain is expected, no one expected that amount in such a short time period.

Actually competent weather services didn't seem to have this problem, WU was reporting 40mm a day or two in advance, then it began to creep worryingly up and up the closer it got. Metservice dropped the ball on this one almost as badly as Mayor Brown did.

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#3029044 29-Jan-2023 20:10

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Cellphone Emergency alert for Auckland tonight just received on my phone.
Metservice making up for being absent yesterday ?

I'm expecting Wayne Brown to call an emergency press conference next month to tell us to stay safe.

After he finishes his tennis match.

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#3029055 29-Jan-2023 20:47

Gotta do the important mayoral stuff first!

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I just got that too, wonder why that didn't happen on Friday when there was (obviously) an issue?

i think the intensity and speed caught them out. there was nothing all that bad on the rain radar. a bit of flooding in heavy rain is expected, no one expected that amount in such a short time period.

As to the alerts not coming through on Friday? Sorry I don't buy that as an excuse. As Senecio points out, we're meant to get 6mm of rain and got an alert - where was the one for 300mm? Going your definition of alert levels there, we should have received one on Friday stating 40mm was on the way - but there was nothing, and 4 people lost their lives as a result, whereas if they had been alerted, they could have moved to higher ground or gotten out of harm's way, at least.

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#3029062 29-Jan-2023 21:14

The Emergency Alert this evening talks about thunderstorms.

Right now, Blitzortung - although notoriously unreliable - is showing a grand total of four lightning events in the last two hours for the whole of NZ and its surrounding oceans.

https://www.blitzortung.org/en/live_lightning_maps.php?map=21

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#3029063 29-Jan-2023 21:34

quickymart:

Gotta do the important mayoral stuff first!

tweake:

i think the intensity and speed caught them out. there was nothing all that bad on the rain radar. a bit of flooding in heavy rain is expected, no one expected that amount in such a short time period.

As to the alerts not coming through on Friday? Sorry I don't buy that as an excuse. As Senecio points out, we're meant to get 6mm of rain and got an alert - where was the one for 300mm? Going your definition of alert levels there, we should have received one on Friday stating 40mm was on the way - but there was nothing, and 4 people lost their lives as a result, whereas if they had been alerted, they could have moved to higher ground or gotten out of harm's way, at least.

i think parts of auck are getting more than 6mm at the moment. looks like they are getting a bit of a hiding, poor buggers :(

at the moment there is more heavy rain on the radar than i saw on friday.

those downpours are very localised. i had almost no flooding near home where it always floods and flooding where it normally doesn't. like us at work a few weeks months back, we got pounded by the heavist rain i've ever seen that flooded the shed, over flowed all the gutters and drains. drive a few km's down the road and there is nothing. very localised.

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#3029071 29-Jan-2023 21:59

eracode:
The Emergency Alert this evening talks about thunderstorms.

Right now, Blitzortung - although notoriously unreliable - is showing a grand total of four lightning events in the last two hours for the whole of NZ and its surrounding oceans.

https://www.blitzortung.org/en/live_lightning_maps.php?map=21

Yeah, there's very little activity, been keeping an eye on the raw data (I run a feeder) and there's not much happening. Now Australia OTOH...

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#3029077 29-Jan-2023 22:19

eracode:

The Emergency Alert this evening talks about thunderstorms.

Right now, Blitzortung - although notoriously unreliable - is showing a grand total of four lightning events in the last two hours for the whole of NZ and its surrounding oceans.

https://www.blitzortung.org/en/live_lightning_maps.php?map=21

Plenty of thunder and lightning west of Hamilton for the last 20-30mins none shows up on any of the lightening trackers as they're not ground strikes...

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#3029078 29-Jan-2023 22:29

North Waikato, plenty of lightning activity visible, but only two actually detected by the weather station in the last three hours, I guess due to the above reason.

Still 180 strikes detected since midnight, though.

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#3029098 29-Jan-2023 23:30

eracode:

The Emergency Alert this evening talks about thunderstorms.

Right now, Blitzortung - although notoriously unreliable - is showing a grand total of four lightning events in the last two hours for the whole of NZ and its surrounding oceans.

https://www.blitzortung.org/en/live_lightning_maps.php?map=21

There's a difference between predicting and reporting though. Blitzortung can't be used for prediction.

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#3029099 29-Jan-2023 23:32

ezbee:

Cellphone Emergency alert for Auckland tonight just received on my phone.
Metservice making up for being absent yesterday ?

Do they send the texts? I thought they came via the city councils.

https://www.civildefence.govt.nz/get-ready/civil-defence-emergency-management-alerts-and-warnings/#:~:text=CDEM%20uses%20multiple%20channels%20to,receive%20the%20information%20they%20need.

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#3029112 30-Jan-2023 01:17

elpenguino:

eracode:

The Emergency Alert this evening talks about thunderstorms.

Right now, Blitzortung - although notoriously unreliable - is showing a grand total of four lightning events in the last two hours for the whole of NZ and its surrounding oceans.

https://www.blitzortung.org/en/live_lightning_maps.php?map=21

There's a difference between predicting and reporting though. Blitzortung can't be used for prediction.

I never implied anything about prediction. Obviously it only reports historical strikes - but is effectively a waste of time for the reason others have given - it only reports ground strikes and hundreds or thousands of air-to-air strikes go unreported.

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#3029150 30-Jan-2023 08:26

What is the most important thing in Auckland realestate....

Floatation, Floatation, Floatation

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#3029165 30-Jan-2023 09:20

Does anyone know if the Auckland Airport car park was flooded? I know the international terminal side was flooded but I am trying to find out if the long-term car parks were flooded. We are flying out this coming Sunday and will be leaving our car in secure non covered area and I see another Auckland Deluge is possible later this week, so I did not want to come back after 9 days with a toddler and baby to a possible flooded car 10PM out of the airport.

Do whatever you want to do man.

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#3029167 30-Jan-2023 09:24

get a park on the top story of the carpark

most of the car parks are well removed from the terminals due to the construction

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#3029169 30-Jan-2023 09:35

Thanks. We are using their Valet car park service so unsure where they normally park the car on our behalf. I am going to call them and request them to either park on top story or downgrade from valet to self-parking on top story.

Do whatever you want to do man.

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