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Blitzortung picking up lighting activity nicely on that front that just crossed Norhtland

Stuff headline going all out:

150kmh wind picked to lift roofs, make travel unsafe
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/7 ... vel-unsafe

Will try to get out tomorrow to film anything if it happens.

Looking like a windy week ahead. There is another potent trough to cross Wednesday with the potential for high winds.

Auckland missing the wind events and staying dry and hopefully not too much anticyclonic gloom. Stratocumulus.

I see the strong SW'er is producing "hogs back" type clouds over the BOP. Does this often happen there?

its a wave pattern in the altocumulus setup by the ranges up wind
common occurence there

Often above the Kaimais in these conditions. Looks like we have a month or 2 of this now "salty".Interesting weather of last few months just a memory now. Like the lenticular cloud on the other topic. They are the ones that can produce lightning and light rain [big drops]. Have seen it only once in Canterbury so probably a rare occurance.

Nice afternoon in central Auckland, seems a little hazy though. Anyone else noticed this?

Yes very hazy here today. Has made me sneeze a lot

The gales returned over night but have eased now the sun in coming up.

Have split the temps chat out, worthy of its own thread now I reckon!

2.3 degrees here at present, and one of the most beautiful dawn skies I've seen, with the crescent Moon and Venus close together and the sunrise-colours just beginning to show on the horizon.

Orion wrote:2.3 degrees here at present, and one of the most beautiful dawn skies I've seen, with the crescent Moon and Venus close together and the sunrise-colours just beginning to show on the horizon.

Very stunning morning here with the star and moon. The Stars were stunning at 3am too.

Good chance to spot Venus in daylight this morning. It will also pass behind the moon as seen from NZ (D Disappearance, R Reappearance).
Apologies for OT but the "occultation" doesn't happen very often.

Article from The Star. Turned out ok, never at too sure with theses things. 40min interview later they ended up with this: http://thestarepaper.newspaperdirect.co ... iewer.aspx page 6.

Well done Stephen,

A mild westerly blowing here this morning and 9 deg

Its been two weeks since the last rain here, looking at the models there is little to none forcasted. El Nino start to show her signs of what is coming up.

I can't see any meaningful convection over the South Island tomorrow (apart from Alps) as the shortwave comes in too late late in the day and even then upper levels are not very cold. But there is a decent cold system in the pipe line a week from now.

Top of the country is well and truly stuck in an upper ridge which I don't mind if we can get some sun! Anticyclonic stratocumulus this weekend and possibly a lot of that weather to come between now and Xmas.

Good story Steve!

Yep looks like the dry has arrived early this year

Yep this weather sucks. Cloudy windy and dry. Typical El Niño crap!!!!

Lovely sunny weekend in Wellington.

Cloud broke here about 10am, mostly sunny since.

Sunny and very windy here today

Just stunning in Rangiora today, up to 24C and no wind. Got very sunburnt infact.

Silly thing to do to get sunburnt.
Had a great day here on the ride-on, mind you I had my hat on.
Good day here for photosynthesising

Lol this early in October I don't tend to think about sunburn but this year the sun seems very strong and bright.