General November Weather

[Razor]

Some actual not cold would be nice. What a rubbish spring it is.

Warm week this week

[Richard]

Some actual not cold would be nice. What a rubbish spring it is.

Warm week this week

Long time coming but at least we had some warmth today with 26deg today, the NW wind clearly coming off the Australian landmass

[harleyb]

A lovely weekend on Mt Taranaki. I almost pulled the planned trip based on the forecast of a cool SWly and showers on Saturday, but the forecast for Sunday was consistently good so we decided to go. It was fairly claggy with a strong westerly through to sunset at Syme Hut, but when I got up in the small hours for a pee it had cleared completely to the most amazing starry sky with a very light easterly. Lots of meteors too. What a treat!

20241124_034159.jpg

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Low cloud overnight cleared away this morning to become a fine sunny day with light winds turning more southerly from early afternoon. Some low stratus developing with the southerly but rather scattered and clearing away late this afternoon/early evening to become a fine clear sky through to evening. Today's maximum was 23.3C..

[Razor]

Very dull drizzly day here in Lincoln. Enough to water things, so thats a bonus

[David]

Just back from a few days up north. Quite a lot of cloud at times, but at least no rain. Couple of scenic shots

[dogmelon]

Very dull drizzly day here in Lincoln. Enough to water things, so thats a bonus

That's interesting, here in the middle of town there hasn't been any drizzle. Any moisture is welcome.

[tornado]

Just back from a few days up north. Quite a lot of cloud at times, but at least no rain. Couple of scenic shots

has been cloudy in auckland lately. its dry apart from a couple of fridays ago but still a few light showers here and there. a few sunny spells mixed in too. the summer ridging over upper north island has arrived early.

[spwill]

Just back from a few days up north. Quite a lot of cloud at times, but at least no rain. Couple of scenic shots

Looks like Whangaroa harbour and Urupukapuka Island

[David]

Just back from a few days up north. Quite a lot of cloud at times, but at least no rain. Couple of scenic shots

Looks like Whangaroa harbour and Urupukapuka Island

You know the north well

[Cherie]

Just back from a few days up north. Quite a lot of cloud at times, but at least no rain. Couple of scenic shots

has been cloudy in auckland lately. its dry apart from a couple of fridays ago but still a few light showers here and there. a few sunny spells mixed in too. the summer ridging over upper north island has arrived early.

Gloomy, coolish , cloudy days on repeat at the mo. Looking forward to seeing the sun a bit more regularly soon!

[Dean.]

Very dull drizzly day here in Lincoln. Enough to water things, so thats a bonus

A cracker day interior Canterbury mid 20s in the Mackenzie

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

A cracker day interior Canterbury mid 20s in the Mackenzie

You usually get days like that in the McKenzie when clagg and drizzle persists over the Canterbury Plains like today. I have been to Tekapo many times when it has been claggy here and once you got through Burkes Pass the skies have cleared and it is a fine and fantastic day.
...anway it was a claggy day here, grey dome day with a light NE and the odd drizzle patch contributing to today's grand total of 0.1mm in the rain gauge. Mild though, with today's maximum being 17.9C.

[Storm Struck]

About 1.5mm of drizzle overnight, probably all evaporated by now with this warm humid day.
Very warm temperatures tomorrow across much of the country, also quite strong and gusty winds.
Particularly the high country but also out on the plains too.
The SW change in the evening will also be gale force when it arrives, pitty there's hardly any moisture with it.

Keep thinking how boring the weather is currently, but should really be enjoying the sunshine as I'm not sure how much we will get over summer.

[spwill]

The BOM ENSO outlook,
http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/enso/outlook/ maybe a weak La Nina.

Sunny conditions here this afternoon, dewpoint 17C, 23C.

[Orion]

Is it being rather a dry month?
Just put out water for the birds for the first time in ages.

Feeble sunshine at last today.
21.7°C here at the moment; 61% humidity; 1017.2hPa.

[TonyT]

The BOM ENSO outlook,
http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/enso/outlook/ maybe a weak La Nina.

Sunny conditions here this afternoon, dewpoint 17C, 23C.

There has been a burst of positive SOI in the last few weeks, and that should (all things being equal) bring some of the colder water which is lurking beneath the surface up, and drop the equatorial SSTs into weak Nina territory. MJO looks be squarely locked into phase 4/5 all through December, which are the anticyclonic phases for NZ. (High pressure west in phase 4, east in phase 5).

[Nev]

The BOM ENSO outlook,
http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/enso/outlook/ maybe a weak La Nina.

ENSO more likely to remain in the neutral range according to the BoM's own model.
And of the six other models it surveys, only GFS and UKMO show a slight chance of meeting or exceeding La Nina thresholds this summer.

BoM - Nino3.4 SST Oulooks - 26 Nov 2024.png

(source)

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Another rather cloudy day but not as dull and overcast or claggy as yesterday and a bit brighter as well and milder with 20.3C being the maximum for today. Light winds from between SE and east.

[Richard]

Is it being rather a dry month?

yes, going to end the month with 7.8 mm here

[Razor]

Is it being rather a dry month?

Certainly has in our part of Christchurch. Soils painfully dry and the total rain is sitting on 11.3mm for November.

[Orion]

Observing dust around the foothills at the moment.
Am on road nearing Rangitata River, southbound to Dunedin

[Orion]

Observed at Pukeuri: mammatus cloud aloft in southern quarter.

[Storm Struck]

31.3C west Christchurch at the moment still rising, strong gusty NW kicked in half an hour ago.

[Razor]

Very hot in Lincoln, nudging 32 degrees at lunchtime.

Wouldn't want to be an England bowler at Hagley Oval today