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    What's the weather doing?

    Does anyone have a good website for a 24 hour forecast. Right now pissing down in Hamilton and trying to figure out whether to go tomorrow to the Kaimais early doors or stay in bed.
    Better yet anyone up there just now fancy popping their head out the window and letting me know what it looks like.

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    I use Metvuw.com and I select North Island 7 day view
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    These are the websites i use...
    just search for your location, town or rural, and look at the rain radar when you are a day or so out, shows a bit of detail of the fronts etc...

    Tauranga Weather - NZ Weather Forecast Tauranga from MetService.com
    Tauranga Weather From NZCity

    ...search for Waikato as well and that should give you a good guess of what the conditions should be like.
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    Cloud is at 500 metres asl and has been all day and would expect the same tomorrow...I have just sent a couple of guys up to see if they can spotlite the edge of it.
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    Which is worse, ignorance or apathy...I don't know and don't care.

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    Lowest cloud in Whiti right now is at 2300 ft. Wind 245 degs (mag) 03 knots gusting to 8
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rushy View Post
    I use Metvuw.com and I select North Island 7 day view
    That's handy! Shouldn't get wet tomorrow
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    Quote Originally Posted by Groundskeeper Willie View Post
    That's handy! Shouldn't get wet tomorrow
    I have planned many a hunt trip around it. The thing is to go prepared for the worst though as the weather can change quick in the hills and bush.
    It takes 43 muscle's to frown and 17 to smile, but only 3 for proper trigger pull.
    What more do we need? If we are above ground and breathing the rest is up to us!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rushy View Post
    I have planned many a hunt trip around it. The thing is to go prepared for the worst though as the weather can change quick in the hills and bush.
    Yeah growing up in rural Scotland it never ceased to amaze me how many "tourists" went for a walk and ended up being airlifted out. Short and t-shirt brigade v's northerlies only one that will win that argument.
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    For our horse trekking over the Kaimai's I use YR.NO...tap in Manawaru for Waikato and Katikati for Bay of Plenty...not too bad for accuracy but wind is usually wrong as the wind in the hills is way more than the flatland.
    I have a couple of hunters who get me to do a visual at 3 am and text them and they decide as to whether they get out of bed or not.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Spook View Post
    I have a couple of hunters who get me to do a visual at 3 am and text them and they decide as to whether they get out of bed or not.
    So let me get this straight Spook, they get you to get out of bed and check the weather so they can decide whether to stay in bed? Mighty kind and hospitable of you but ....... are you bloody nuts man?
    It takes 43 muscle's to frown and 17 to smile, but only 3 for proper trigger pull.
    What more do we need? If we are above ground and breathing the rest is up to us!
    Rule 1: Treat every firearm as loaded
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    Rule 3: Load a firearm only when ready to fire
    Rule 4: Identify your target beyond all doubt
    Rule 5: Check your firing zone
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    Rule 7: Avoid alcohol and drugs when handling firearms

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    Go mate its all good. Im going kingi hunting

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rushy View Post
    So let me get this straight Spook, they get you to get out of bed and check the weather so they can decide whether to stay in bed? Mighty kind and hospitable of you but ....... are you bloody nuts man?
    Spook doesn't sleep Rushy. Just like The Stig
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pengy View Post
    Spook doesn't sleep Rushy. Just like The Stig
    If he does sleep it is with both eyes open and you can't tell he is sleeping . 3am....very generous of you Spook, only reason i am up a 3 is casue the missus allowed me to annoy her enough
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    High Altitude Wind Forecast

    +1 for MetVUW. Worth resurrecting this thread as I'm always keen to promote (specifically) the MetVUW High Altitude Wind forecast pages. The more hits the less chance of this service being scrapped when the next round of cost-saving bites at Vic. For finding out when it is going to be dead calm up on the tops the wind predicted on the surface (sea-level) forecast is not necessarily going to be close to what will be happening up at say 1500m.

    New Zealand Weather Forecast

    Forecast choices in MilliBars, equivalent mean altitude to the nearest 50 metres.
    800mB = 1950m
    850mB = 1450m
    800mB = 1000m
    925mB = 750m
    950mB = 550m

    Always checked closely when planning a trip. I'd spend a lot more time out in less than ideal conditions without this.
    Last edited by Puffin; 12-09-2015 at 07:09 PM.

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    900mB = 1000m. Typo

 

 

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