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Re: General October Weather
Posted: Thu 31/10/2013 19:23
by NZ Thunderstorm Soc
Storm Struck wrote:Really John.. it was SW this morning but been a breezy fresh NE all afternoon still is even some low cloud for about 10 minutes.
Yes much weaker TCU about this afternoon but with the colder pool of air sitting much further south its been kind of expected for the best action down there, as currently there is a thunderstorm over North Otago.
Will keep an eye on the SW as it moves up this evening to see if it produces something even though its very minimal you never know
Despite this. Not looking very no promising here although I did noted some Cb's out to the SE from here, through the trees that were blown down in the " Big Blow 2013"
Moving offshore
Shouldn't be much except for colder weather tomorrow.
Some weakening Cu with today's pattern but as it is getting towards sunset, the Cu development is slow to non-existent.
Re: General October Weather
Posted: Thu 31/10/2013 19:34
by David
Nev wrote:MS's Akld computer-graph forecasts this morn for this front are interesting: Just 4mm for the North Shore (Whangaparaoa), while the other 3 are between 17mm and 21mm.
And only looking like 1 or 2 mm this evening
Re: General October Weather
Posted: Thu 31/10/2013 22:36
by spwill
Despite the active westerly pattern onto NZ this October we managed a very dry October here.
Anticyclonic southwesterlies (dry) can be a feature of our weather here this time of year however I see a Tasman low in the models for next week.
Re: General October Weather
Posted: Fri 01/11/2013 06:52
by Nev
1.7mm here overnight. I see MS ended up with 3.0mm for Whangaparaoa and a mere 0.6mm for Akld Aero
Re: General October Weather
Posted: Fri 01/11/2013 07:32
by Manukau heads obs
only 1 mm here overnight
Have had to hook up to the farm supply to get water.....
Re: General October Weather
Posted: Fri 01/11/2013 07:50
by Richard
Thats 1mm more than here,i see the Canterbury Plains have had some but its totally missed us
Re: General October Weather
Posted: Fri 01/11/2013 08:16
by jamie
we managed 75 here for the month so still reasonable but dryer than normal. Just under 3/4 of our normal. Some of the trees we transplanted in the winter sprouted leaves but i think now they are lacking moisture.
In the last 6 years or so November has been a very dry month. So if that trend continues it could be a dry start to summer. Hopefully November has plenty of convection.
Re: General October Weather
Posted: Fri 01/11/2013 08:29
by David
October had an average daily max of 19.8°C here. That's easily the warmest I've recorded in an October month so far. Very dry with 24 mm rain total.
Re: General October Weather
Posted: Fri 01/11/2013 09:45
by Manukau heads obs
found the problem..outside toilet cistern was overflowing....so that running drained the water tanks!
Re: General October Weather
Posted: Sat 02/11/2013 15:50
by Nev
I see Tauranga Aero only recorded 15.0mm for this Oct, which I think is its 3rd lowest Oct rainfall in well over 100 years of records. In Contrast, Kelburn, Wgtn had 162mm.
Tauranga Aero and Musselburgh, Dunedin also had average T-maxs that were 2.2C above normal, although both also had T-mins just 0.3C above normal.
Re: General October Weather
Posted: Sat 02/11/2013 15:53
by Manukau heads obs
the 23mm we got makes it one of the driest Octobers here on record
Interestingly for here Novemember has been in the past the driest month for rain total (like only a few mm)
Re: General October Weather
Posted: Sat 02/11/2013 16:03
by Nev
Yes, Mangere recorded 28mm and the airport 34mm, which is probably about their 5th lowest in over 50 years of records.
Re: General October Weather
Posted: Sat 02/11/2013 16:08
by Manukau heads obs
the last time we have had over 6mm here in a day was the 23rd september
the grass is starting to get that summer look to it already around here
Re: General October Weather
Posted: Sat 02/11/2013 18:03
by RWood
Kelburn has already reached its annual average rainfall. Fingers crossed for a dry November and December. I rate the 5-6 weeks here dating from about 18 September as the worst (for the time of year) since 1979.
Re: General October Weather
Posted: Sat 02/11/2013 21:20
by NZ Thunderstorm Soc
87.9mm for October here in West Melton.
Up to 814mm for the year so far.
More here, so far, than my rain gauge in Halswell.
Re: General October Weather
Posted: Tue 05/11/2013 14:13
by Nev
Here's NIWA's '
October 2013 National Climate Summary'.
The national average temp was 0.8C above normal.
Riccarton in Chch recorded the month's highest temp of 28.9C on the 24th.
And for the third consecutive month, Ruakura, Hamilton had its warmest mean-max temp on record. Tauranga Aero also recorded its highest ever Oct mean-max temp.
Re: General October Weather
Posted: Tue 05/11/2013 14:32
by Thunder081
Hey guys here's a satellite time lapse of Octobers weather made by me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv9Xw-qPyVE
Re: General October Weather
Posted: Tue 05/11/2013 15:45
by Manukau heads obs
I love those stitched together sequences over a long time
the SI is like a rock in a river
Re: General October Weather
Posted: Tue 05/11/2013 17:00
by spwill
Great to see that time lapse