Rangiora Airfield Weather Station

The club has a new weather station, the wind direction should be OK now (thanks go to Mike Kindon)!

Also see the plain english METAR Observations below.

The club runs a weather station on the airfield, the general overview comes from this station, but click through to the full page for more detail.  Last update receieved 11/03/2010 12:01:38 local time.

METAR Observations NZCH

19 minutes ago, at 23:00 UTC, the wind was blowing at a speed of 31 knots from South at NZCH. The temperature was 14 °C (57 °F), and the pressure was 1,012 hPa (29.88 inHg). The relative humidity was 93.7%. There were a few clouds at a height of 1200 feet and broken clouds at a height of 3000 feet. The visibility was 2.0 kilometers (1.2 miles). Current weather is Light Rain .

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Satellite Image

Updates every 3 Hours
Source: tvnz

Analysis Chart

Updates 0600, 1200, 1800 Local Time
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Rain Radar

Updates 0600, 1200, 1800 Local Time
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Sunrise/Sunset

(Not necessarily Morning or Evening Civil Twilight)

Web Cam

The web cam image below shows the view from the clubrooms towards the windsock (that's looking southish), look carefully and you should be able to see the windsock (unless the sun is low... or it's night).


Web Cam (daytime only!)

Time Lapse

NZCH METAR & TAF

Here are the latest METAR and TAF for Christchurch International Airport (NZCH) direct from the NOAA. NZCH is close enough to NZRT that these will be roughly accurate for NZRT. METAR | TAF

Weather Forecast Maps


MetVUW.com has free and easy to read forecast maps for up to 7 days showing wind, pressure and rain (this link goes to the South Island maps for the next 7 days).