General October Weather

[jamie]

Suprisingly warm out there. we dont often get days like this. It looks like one of those days where its skolding hot outside but it isnt.
I think the stange thing is how dry the air is... not humid at all and not a cloud in the sky yet its warm. Hamilton doesnt often get like this.

[spwill]

22C in Grey Lynn. An early start to summer.

Why is Grey Lynn 2.5C warmer than Howick?

I have noticed SE Auckland and South Auckland catch the SW flow more, I think it will have something to do with the Bombay Hills/ Waitakeres.

I see 25C at 3pm for some NI locations today

[Michael]

Nowhere 22c let alone 20 here inspite of the sunshine and haze,looks it in the car as soon as you step out get windblasted,Metservice has 18.4 currently,seems realistic for here.

[Vertigo]

i see quite an intense isolated downpour off the west coast of northland this afternoon

[jamie]

I worked out why it's looks hot. It's the haze! Why is it so hazy? It's incurably hazy here!

[CHCH Weather Chaser]

Paddocks around the area still in flood, not drained much at all due to a higher water table since the quake. Have dodged the forecasted drizzly rain for here, although it looks like we might get some brief rain soon as some development is working its way north.

[spwill]

i see quite an intense isolated downpour off the west coast of northland this afternoon

looks like a heavy shower on the radar , satellite confirms clear stable weather.
http://www.weatherzone.co.nz/satellite/ ... ye=1&lyf=1

[Richard]

I worked out why it's looks hot. It's the haze! Why is it so hazy? It's incurably hazy here!

Same here too,but i recon it was more of a smoke haze about this morning,its the time of year that they do controlled burn off's over in Auzze and given the airstream was coming directly from there i presumed thats what it was.

[tich]

Light rain in Merivale, Chch now.

[Richard]

same here and the wind has changed to the south also

[Storm Struck]

I noticed the haze today too not quite even a cloud form very thin but enough to take just affect the sun.
Wind has stayed NE all day even some CU popping up here and there, looked good your way Richard for awhile.
No southerly as yet here infact no wind at all, but lightly raining.

[CHCH Weather Chaser]

Light rain here last hour and no wind to speak of and 14 degrees at the moment. Fast moving rain band going through.

[snowstormwatcher]

Steady rain here most of the afternoon, 5mm so far.
gone from quite dry to wet in less than a week.

[NZstorm]

i see quite an intense isolated downpour off the west coast of northland this afternoon

The ghost echoes often show up when there is a very strong low level inversion.

[Manukau heads obs]

i thought the haze was salt spray, maybe not?

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Southerly came through here from 5:40pm with some substantial rain. Not much drop in temperature but from it being hazy today, it was much more of a weak convergence effect to the rain droppage.
Lots of already moisture in the air.

JohnGaul
NZThS

[Richard]

I noticed the haze today too not quite even a cloud form very thin but enough to take just affect the sun.
Wind has stayed NE all day even some CU popping up here and there, looked good your way Richard for awhile.
No southerly as yet here infact no wind at all, but lightly raining.

Was lovely and warm here today with 22.5deg till it started to change to the south about 5.00

[Tornado Tim]

Yes was fairly hazy today, I see Whakatane got to 26°C today!

[CHCH Weather Chaser]

Steady rain still falling. Went for a drive out the back of Cashmere and Halswell and so much water on the paddocks. This will just be adding to the fields. Another 6mm to date.

[Michael]

Looks as could be convergence far east tomorrow probably inland from rotarua and far eastern bay of plenty(waioweka sp? gorge area) tomorrow.

[Richard]

Some more rain overnight and looks like a fair bit too,problem is i don't know how much,dam having the rain gauge cracking,going to buy a new one next week

Well looks like a few dry days coming up now before the NW gales arrive.

[NZstorm]

Low cloud and 15C to start the day here, low clouds should burn back this morning.

Looks like a trough line (SE change) will be over the central NI today with a few showers there but dry for Auckland.

Tomorrow Sunday, surface convergence inland and some cooling aloft (12Zgfs) suggests the possibility of isolated late afternoon thunderstorms over the central North Island. But weather will be fine for Auckland.

[Manukau heads obs]

a bit more dull and gloomy /hazy here this morning..I see there is a front moving up though on the sat picture..
but at least dry....for the annual awhitu wild food and wine festival on today....I am cooking huhu grubs, LOL

[NZstorm]

Whats the wine, karaka berry wine!

[Richard]

a bit more dull and gloomy /hazy here this morning..I see there is a front moving up though on the sat picture..
but at least dry....for the annual awhitu wild food and wine festival on today.... I am cooking huhu grubs, LOL

Hope they are not of pine logs,ive made that mistake hey,tastes like a pine needle salad