RWC 2011 WeatherWatch

Just thought this might be an added extra piece of info for those wanting to know what conditions their team is likely to be facing in upcoming RWC matches. I'll update this on a regular basis to take into account matches coming up in next ten days within forecast range. Might be a useful sticky.

The match venues split between North Island and South Island (if I've got my geography right) are:

North: Auckland, Whangarei, Hamilton, Napier, Wellington, Rotorua, Palmerston North, New Plymouth
South: Queenstown, Nelson, Invercargill, Dunedin.

Weather Watch

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Venue	Current Temp/Weather/Wind	10-Day Forecast High/Low Sun/Rain/Wind
Auckland	14.4. Showers. Thunderstorms.	(H17/L10. Sunny. Fine. Northerlies.)
Dunedin	8.4 Fine; Northerlies.	H13/L6 Fine. High cloud. Northeasterlies.
Hamilton	8.3 Cloudy; Light winds.	H14/L3 Showers with southwesterlies
Invercargill	8.9. Fine. Northwesterlies.	H13/L3 Cloudy; Northwesterlies. (H13/L5. Rain with N/westesterlies.)
Napier	13. Fine. Light winds.	H14/L4. Dry; Southwesterlies.
Nelson	8. Fine; Light winds	H15/L3. Showers; southwesterlies.
New Plymouth	13.5. Rain Showers. Possible thunder.	H16/L9. Rain showers. Chance of thunder. NW winds(H14/L7. Rain. Westerlies)
Palmerston North	12. Cloudy. NW winds.	H12/L4. Rain. Westerlies.
Rotorua	10. Sunny spells. Light winds	H16/L10. Cloudy. Northeasterlies. (H13/L2. Sunny. Dry. Southwesterlies.)
Wellington	11. Cloudy. Drizzle. Northerly winds	H14/L9. Some rain with northerlies.
Whangarei	12. Cloudy. Sunny spells. Northeast breezes.	H16/L6. Showers. Southwesterlies.

The upcoming batch of matches below have 10-day forecasts are available. Chart above shows forecast weather on day of match or if no match scheduled at venue, forecast on 10th day to show the outlook. NZ times of matches are given - the later in the day, the lower the temperature. Where two matches are at same venue, the weather for later match is in brackets. Click on the venue name in the table and it will link to the weather site for that area.


11 C Australia v Italy - Auckland 15.30
11 C Ireland v USA - New Plymouth 18.00
11 D South Africa v Wales - Wellington 20.30
14 D Samoa v Namibia - Rotorua 14.30
14 A Tonga v Canada - Whangarei 17.00
14 B Scotland v Georgia - Invercargill 19.30
15 C Russia v USA - New Plymouth 19.30
16 A New Zealand v Japan - Hamilton 20.00
17 B Argentina v Romania - Invercargill 15.30
17 D South Africa v Fiji - Wellington 18.00
17 C Australia v Ireland - Auckland 20.30
18 D Wales v Samoa - Hamilton 15.30
18 B England v Georgia - Dunedin 18.00
18 A France v Canada - Napier 20.30

Thanks Pot, looks like fairly similar conditions to back home in Blighty. Maybe a tad colder. Good work fella!

I hope these weather predictions are accurate, here in the good RS of A we get the weather pretty much spot on, its just the dates that don't correspond.

You should know that weather forecasts in NZ are some of the most inaccurate in the world.

You mean NZ cheat on the weather forecasting as well?

Are there no depths the ABs will stoop to win the RWC?

Sheesh!

Pot Hale wrote:You mean NZ cheat on the weather forecasting as well?

Are there no depths the ABs will stoop to win the RWC?

Sheesh!

Cheating? Well it's world cup time, there's a lot of pressure on the forecasters to get it right. And you know what Kiwis are like at RWC time, under pressure...

What else do you expect?

I wonder if the New Zealand weather man chokes?

Just a joke.

Perhaps we could lend them the Met Office never known them to get it wrong

Get a roof it's the only cure

Cymroglan wrote:Get a roof it's the only cure

The MS tried that and forgot to get a pitch.

Dunedin's new forsyth-barr looks like an interesting idea, being enclosed but transparent to fix the grass issue. That's assuming the grass isn't incinerated at high noon on a summers day though.

Added in three matches for the 14th.

The Scotland v Georgia looks like the Scots will feel right at home - freezing temperatures, rain, and winds - in the dark.

Of course, the Georgians mightn't mind that either.

Ireland's game vs USA is looking a little brighter.

But the two superpowers clash of Russia v States looks to be a rain-sodden windy affair.

Could be a new Cold War then ...

TheGreyGhost wrote:

You're just mean.

Harsh but fair.

absolutely pizzing down in Auckland this morning, and we've got uncovered seats for this afternoon.

What about the weather for South Africa Wales tomorrow ? or tonight whatever the case may be.

Cymroglan
I'm in Auckland,but when taylorman gets out of bed he can tell us first hand what the situation is in Wellington,

Cheers mate

Some rain expected and winds in Wellington with max temp of 14c - allegedly.

Presently much the same as this morning. No rain yet. Little windy but nothing much. Good conditions really.

It would have to hit fairly suddenly to make much impact with now 6 hours to go.