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Weather Forecast for Oamaru12m above sea level

Light Rain. Fairly breezy South to Sou'West winds.

Now

8°
Oamaru
Observed at 5:27am from:
South Hill (IOAMAR43)
Rain (today)WindHumidexHumidityPressure
-mmS 2km/h7°72%1015.71hPa

Today

16°
Oamaru
Mainly sunny. Breezy Northerly winds.
Rain (chance)Rain (amount)WindUV IndexSunriseSunset
0%traceN 17km/h3 (Moderate)6:46pm6:19am

Tonight

8°
Oamaru
Skies clearing late. Breezy North to Nor'West winds.
Rain (chance)Rain (amount)WindMoonriseMoonsetMoon Phase
0%traceNNW 16km/h10:01pm1:48pmFirst Quarter

Next 24 Hours in Oamaru

Next 9 Days in Oamaru

Wed 11 Sep
Wed 11 Sep
17°
Day
5°
Night
Afternoon showers. Fairly breezy West to Nor'West winds.
WNW
26km/h
50%
chance
of rain

11.8mm
Afternoon showers. Fairly breezy West to Nor'West winds.
View hourly forecast
Thu 12 Sep
Thu 12 Sep
9°
Day
5°
Night
Showers. Light Southerly winds.
S
13km/h
40%
chance
of rain

2.5mm
Showers. Light Southerly winds.
View hourly forecast
Fri 13 Sep
Fri 13 Sep
9°
Day
5°
Night
Showers. Breezy East to Nor'East winds.
ENE
14km/h
50%
chance
of rain

7.1mm
Showers. Breezy East to Nor'East winds.
View hourly forecast
Sat 14 Sep
Sat 14 Sep
8°
Day
2°
Night
Showers. Fairly breezy South to Sou'West winds.
SSW
22km/h
50%
chance
of rain

2.1mm
Showers. Fairly breezy South to Sou'West winds.
View hourly forecast
Sun 15 Sep
Sun 15 Sep
11°
Day
3°
Night
Afternoon showers. Fairly breezy West to Nor'West winds.
WNW
22km/h
40%
chance
of rain

0.9mm
Afternoon showers. Fairly breezy West to Nor'West winds.
View hourly forecast
Mon 16 Sep
Mon 16 Sep
10°
Day
4°
Night
Partly cloudy. Fairly breezy West to Sou'West winds.
WSW
22km/h
10%
chance
of rain

trace
Partly cloudy. Fairly breezy West to Sou'West winds.
View hourly forecast
Tue 17 Sep
Tue 17 Sep
13°
Day
5°
Night
Partly cloudy. Light North to Nor'West winds.
NNW
13km/h
0%
chance
of rain

trace
Partly cloudy. Light North to Nor'West winds.
View hourly forecast
Wed 18 Sep
Wed 18 Sep
14°
Day
7°
Night
Partly cloudy. Fairly breezy Northerly winds.
N
21km/h
10%
chance
of rain

trace
Partly cloudy. Fairly breezy Northerly winds.
View hourly forecast
Thu 19 Sep
Thu 19 Sep
12°
Day
7°
Night
Showers. Breezy North to Nor'East winds.
NNE
17km/h
40%
chance
of rain

2.4mm
Showers. Breezy North to Nor'East winds.
View hourly forecast

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Christopher Randal on 10/09/2024 4:19am

Waharoa forecast for today is “mostly sunny” but just fyi we’ve just had 7.5mm of rain in 5 mins

Hannah on 9/09/2024 8:38am

Please help. I see this all the time “rainfall may approach warning criteria 15km east of the main divide”. I have googled, I have asked, I have searched what is considered the ‘main divide’. I understand it is the mountain range up the South Island, but how do I use this for predicting weather with something so specific as 15km east of a landmark that goes all the way up the island? Thank you a million times over for explaining this to me.

WW Forecast Team on 9/09/2024 7:18pm

Hi Hannah – thanks for the question but you’d need to ask MetService about that for more specifics. To us it means the highest main ridge of the Southern Alps which runs north-east to south-west and leans more towards the West Coast. At WeatherWatch we simply refer to this as “Spillover from the west” and this can vary along the Southern Alps as to how far east it goes. As the air rises over the Southern Alps that process strips most of the moisture, so once the air drops down on the eastern side it warms up and loses the rest of that moisture.
Chees
WW

josh on 10/09/2024 1:21am

is that what they call a “Fohn wind”? i read something like that in that metservice book that came out a few years back.

Josh on 2/09/2024 9:15pm

hey ww . are we expected to see more active fronts move into auckland like thursday night – early sunday morning this month? lots of thudner/lightning last few days.

WW Forecast Team on 3/09/2024 12:07am

Hi Josh, hard to know sorry – spring is very changeable but the mix of warm and cool air is a good recipe for thunderstorms, especially when there is a westerly for northern NZ but a southerly over the Tasman Sea.
– WW

josh on 3/09/2024 12:44am

cheers team. september already. spring already. where is 2024 going?

WW Forecast Team on 5/09/2024 1:26am

Almost a quarter way through this century already!
PD

Josh on 9/09/2024 9:44pm

and this century weather records have been broken with some in the past year or so. aucklands wettest day was last year on the deadly january 27 flood event. followed by deadly cyclone gabrielle. quite a few damaging tornado events 4 deadly ones and big thunderstorm events and droughts.

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