General November Weather

[NZstorm]

Cloudy here with a shower about, 13C.

A shortwave is crossing the upper North Island today and Gisborne looks to be the spot for a late day storm with small hail.

[Manukau heads obs]

2mm all we have had here...
9mm to date for the month...half way through November...
need more rain...

[spwill]

From memory the drier than normal pattern for Auckland started mid September, Spring dryness will really show up in the Summer.
Current dewpoint is 12.5C with some upper level cooling today with the trough crossing but perhaps a lack of convergence for thunder risk around here.

[Michael]

We had plenty here,all that convergence last week.Could do with some calm/sunny weathher to spray the covonlias or whatever they are in the garden

[Manukau heads obs]

we missed that convergence line rain here
I see alot of cloud in the tasman at the moment, but not much is rain cloud at this stage
there could be some drizzle with the NWer on saturday

the last week has been 1C colder than normal too

[Michael]

We had it about 3 days in the afternoons.havent needed to water at all.hopefully a pattern change next week whats suggested.

[Razor]

Interesting cloud buildups and lines of showers around Canterbury this mornng

[Chris Raine]

Got some large Cb's around Oamaru at lunchtime . Have had one moderate shower and more to come .

[Richard]

Yes clouds are building nicely to the west at the moment

[Thunder]

Some big clouds building to the north / northwest at the moment. They could be elsewhere down the foothills but cloud is obscuring the view.

[snowstormwatcher]

Just started raining here with some good cloud build ups to the NE. Was a weak Cb way in the distance to the South earlier on but now its clouded over.

[Storm Struck]

Lack in omphh today in most of those clouds though, weak cumulus humulus capping over at a certain level.
There was a shower before midday but apart from that its been fairly dry, it looks like the ranges of North Canterbury got the best activity today judging by the radars.
Thunder and hail chance simular set up to last Sunday actually for this coming Saturday in Canterbury, will be free to chase again.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

I got a text from Mikey alerting me to the situation.Some fists going up to the west of here but other flat cloud hindering observation. In the other direction there looked like a convergence going on with a return to NE but that looks weak with nothing much happening. Interesting with flat cloud and also vertical cloud. Good thunderstorm development if the surface temperatures were warmer?

[David]

the last week has been 1C colder than normal too

Yes I was thinking how it has felt more like Sep-Oct recently, but it was warmer this afternoon with a max of 21 here

[David]

Just had a brief torrential downpour here, a quick 2mm in a few minutes

[03Stormchaser]

Yes Jase, looking like a chase day on Saturday here in Canterbury, should see plenty of us out being the weekend.

[spwill]

Temperatures reaching average for a change today, max 20C.
Photo, Some shower development near Auckland this evening

[spwill]

Just had a brief torrential downpour here, a quick 2mm in a few minutes

Took these photos looking your way.

[03Stormchaser]

Article on Tony in one of the local Papers.

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[Tornado Tim]

Thanks for that Steven, I am not sure the title is exactly flattering for Tony's Business but a good article non the less

[Richard]

Thanks for that Steven, I am not sure the title is exactly flattering for Tony's Business but a good article non the less

Yes he looks tall in the photo but i'm sure he's not tall to have his head in the clouds.

Tipped out 5mm from last evenings showers,and showers again today maybe? just hope it stays ok for the CHCH show which i'm competing in the blade shearing

[TonyT]

I would have worn nicer jeans if I'd known he was going to take a picture like that!

[spwill]

GFS is showing humid weather for the upper NI next week, dewpoints 15 -18C, see if this can stay in the model.
First spell of muggy weather usually arrives about now most years

Cloudy skies here today with temperatures around the average again ,min 12C, max 19-20C,dewpoint 11C.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

I would have worn nicer jeans if I'd known he was going to take a picture like that!

The media don't take very nice pictures of us weather people,like Tony there with his baggy jeans,Aaron with his unshaven look, me with my hair that I got cut between thunderstorms and of course, not forgetting Bob McDavitt's 'Cumulonimbus' hairstyle.

[Tornado Tim]

Overcast and raining at times today, cool conditions despite the rain coming from a warm front.