Spring Westerlies

[carrot]

I think this is as cold as it will get and it'll probably start easing off from now.

[CHCH Weather Chaser]

yeah i agree the front is quick moving. Its probably a good thing due to its intensity. Already delievered 15mm in about 4 and a half hours. Last thing we need is a good rain dump now that everything was looking dry, infact soils have been looking remarkably dry considering with all the NW days . Fine tomorrow. Nice sunny conditions needed to make cricket pitches

[Ryan Thomas]

Temps remained stable for 30 mins, Don't think it will drop any further. Definitely wasn't expecting this tho

[Myself]

Satellite shows skies clearing south of about Dunedin now. Definitely a frost in store for many areas tonight so protect any vulnerable plants.
Something perhaps worth watching: Seems like a trough is hitting down south, an organised line of cumulus on the satellite imagery, it will be worth tracking for some further snow flurries.

[spwill]

. Nice sunny conditions needed to make cricket pitches

Now 3.3C in Chch, Curling weather.

[Manukau heads obs]

ohhhhh Jim Hickey, you said that bad thing!

[Namytnap]

I think this is as cold as it will get and it'll probably start easing off from now.

Hey Carrot are you heading towards a frost tonight in your part of the world.?

[Michael]

Ugly week for the start of october all I can say,looks the same Tues-Fri.

[Myself]

Ugly week for the start of october all I can say,looks the same Tues-Fri.

Looks OK for Wellington.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

What's ugly about that?
I can't see a stationary anticyclone of about 1040hPa sitting over NZ for 2 weeks?

JohnGaul
NZTS

[TonyT]

Already delievered 15mm in about 4 and a half hours.

Only 2mm here.

[RWood]

Ugly week for the start of october all I can say,looks the same Tues-Fri.

Looks OK for Wellington.

It would need to be - sunshine MTD is rather abysmal (and of course rainfall tot. high thanks to first 10 days). May be lowest since 1992.

To be fair however this (sun shortage) was well overdue - since Nov 2006 only a few other months have had a deficit - Jan 2007, July 2007, Dec 2007, July 2008. Many of the remainder have had a substantial surplus.

[Myself]

It would need to be - sunshine MTD is rather abysmal (and of course rainfall tot. high thanks to first 10 days). May be lowest since 1992.

To be fair however this (sun shortage) was well overdue - since Nov 2006 only a few other months have had a deficit - Jan 2007, July 2007, Dec 2007, July 2008. Many of the remainder have had a substantial surplus.

Have we even made it above 100 hours yet this month? Pretty concerning if not.
Tomorrow is the last chance for this month to attain some high sunshine hours. Could be 10 up for grabs.

[Vertigo]

had a fairly active squall line move over auckland at around 12:30-1:00, quite heavy for a while there.

[Michael]

I think we have fared good for September in Auckland,little wind run especially with good sun.Overall I reckon September here is better than October generally.

[Nev]

had a fairly active squall line move over auckland at around 12:30-1:00, quite heavy for a while there.

Yes, one of the most intense dumps here for a while - about 5mm in 2-3 minutes at 1am (total 6.0mm since 9am), 10.4°C at 6:46am and mostly blue skies this morn.

EDIT: Oops, meant 7:46am (dammed DST )

[Manukau heads obs]

this time we missed it mainly, LOL!

[Nev]

ohhhhh Jim Hickey, you said that bad thing!

Yes saw that, although I think Jim said something about 'hurricane-force' (118 km/h) when referring to the 173km/h gust at Castlepoint, so sort of accurate I guess?

[Manukau heads obs]

it was his 6:30pm update...he said, winds gusting to hurricane force, LOL
(which I guess to joe public makes sense (which is what Phillip is alluding too)

[Nev]

Oh - missed that.

[RWood]

It would need to be - sunshine MTD is rather abysmal (and of course rainfall tot. high thanks to first 10 days). May be lowest since 1992.

To be fair however this (sun shortage) was well overdue - since Nov 2006 only a few other months have had a deficit - Jan 2007, July 2007, Dec 2007, July 2008. Many of the remainder have had a substantial surplus.

Have we even made it above 100 hours yet this month? Pretty concerning if not.
Tomorrow is the last chance for this month to attain some high sunshine hours. Could be 10 up for grabs.

Will get past there, but a very poor total for a month that averages over 160, may be lowest since 1988 and close to record low (which I think offhand is 1988's 105 - have been out of the country for a couple of weeks and can't recall some of the numbers). But considering that with the possible exception of Dunedin & Invercargill, Wellington has shown the greatest increase by far in the annual average in the last couple of decades or so, maybe it's just our turn for more bad months. I think Oct. will do fine though.

[1951-80 = 2007, 1971-2000 = 2066, 1978-2007 = 2103 (may be 2097)].

[Willoughby]

Beautiful day here after the last night's short-sharp deluge... 16.5C light SSW breezes and few clouds.

[Manukau heads obs]

my sept average temperature so far is now 0.4oC colder than normal
and I see the tasman sea temperatures a bit below normal too
despite sunshine being up for auckland....

[tich]

Nice sunny day in Chch and BP, after a frost in the city. Alps look beautiful with fresh snow low down, but surprisingly no snow on BP hills - cold snap must've affected the peninsula less than Chch and inland.

[NZstorm]

my sept average temperature so far is now 0.4oC colder than normal

Interesting. Another cooler than normal month! I havn't really been following the temps but I'm sure August was below average as well in AK.