Gladstone Weather, near Carterton, Wairarapa, NZ -41 02 36 S, 175 35 43 E

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Regional Mesomap Solar Detail

Record high temperature 39.9 °C Record low temperature -5.1 °C Record high gust 91.4 kmh Record high average 77.0 kmh Record daily rain 109.3 mm Record low windchill -8.7 °C Record high barometer 1040.0 hPa Record low barometer 976.0 hPa Daily high pressure 1022.0 hPa Daily low pressure 1017.0 hPa Daily low windchill 24.1°C Daily high heat index 24.1°C°C Daily high gust speed 22.3 kmh NW Daily high average speed 18.7 kmh WNW

Gladstone Weather, near Carterton, Wairarapa, NZ -41 02 37 S, 175 35 43 E
LAST READING AT TIME: 5:15 PM DATE: 09 February 2010
Current Weather	Dry	Current Temperature	26.7°C (80.1°F) (Heat Index 26.7°C ), Apparent temp 25.5 °C , Apparent temp solar 28.5 °C
Maximum Temperature (since 9am)	28.4 °C at: 2:37 PM	Minimum Temperature (since 9am)	24.1 °C at: 9:03 AM
Average windspeed (ten minute)	14.6 kmh (7.9 kts)	Wind Direction (ten minute)	NW (308°)
Heat Index	26.8°C	Maximum Gust (last hour)	22.3 kmh (12.0 kts) at: 4:49 PM
Maximum Gust (since 9am)	22.3 kmh (12.0 kts) at: 4:49 PM	Maximum 1 minute average (since 9am)	18.7 kmh (10.1 kts) at: 4:50 PM
Rainfall (last hour)	0.0 mm	Rainfall (since 9am)	0.0 mm (0.00 in.)---
Rainfall This month	0.0 mm (0.00 in.)	Rainfall To date this year	159.8 mm (6.29 in.)
Maximum rain per minute (last hour)	0.0 mm/min	Maximum rain per hour (last 6 hours)	0.0 mm/hour
Yesterdays rainfall	0.0 mm	DewPoint	13.4°C (Wet Bulb :18.8°C )
Humidity	44 %, Humidex 29.7 °C	Barometer corrected to msl	1017 hPa
Pressure change	0 hPa (last hour)	Trend	STEADY
Pressure change (last 12 hours)	-5 hPa	Pressure change (last 6 hours)	-3 hPa
Current Solar temperature 28.7 °C
Maximum Solar temperature (since 9am)	45.8 °C	Minimum Solar temperature (since 9am)	25.6 °C
Current 6.4 hours of sunshine today, current sky:
Sunshine hours for the year:	234.2 hrs	Sunshine hours for the month:	58.1 hrs
Current evapotranspiration rate 9.7 mm per day. Yesterday's reading 9.7

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The data is logged at two minute intervals, but there is data recorded every minute. Best viewed in 800 x 600 and True colour. On the graph, the Blue line represents the average windspeed, the Red line is the maximum gust for that interval, and the Green line is what the wind has dropped off to in the same interval. Fuschsa is the barometer & dew point,Blue is humidity.

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This station uses NZ Meterological Standards, a "day" is from 9am to 9am of the following day. So if you want to see the overnight low temp after 9am you will need to look in yesterday's extreme conditions. For the same reason the daily report for the current month is not available until 9:15am on the following day.

Status report:The blurred webcam images are caused by a faulty camera which will take some time to fix .

Farmcam pix: Field & Sky Conditions, Looking SSE, Look Angle Approx 10°, with the Maungaraki Hills in background

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Weather report/warning/Metars


Wellington Airport, New Zealand (NZWN) 41-20S 174-48E 8M
Feb 08, 2010 - 10:00 PM EST / 2010.02.09 0300 UTC
Wind: from the N (010 degrees) at 15 MPH (13 KT):0
Visibility: greater than 7 mile(s):0
Sky conditions: mostly cloudy
Temperature: 68 F (20 C)
Dew Point: 59 F (15 C)
Relative Humidity: 72%
Pressure (altimeter): 30.06 in. Hg (1018 hPa)
ob: NZWN 090300Z 01013KT 9999 FEW020 BKN023 20/15 Q1018 NOSIG RMK KAUKAU 35017KT
cycle: 3

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