General November Weather

melja · Unread post by **melja** » Thu 19/11/2015 05:21

We have cracked 30C all ready in October but struggling to crack 20C this month.

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Thu 19/11/2015 07:32

Storm Struck wrote:It does look very coastal for Friday afternoon now, but I would say Birdlings Flat would be an excellent spo.

UKMET shows a surface southerly sneaking in there later in the day.

Queenstown/Wanaka/Tekapo should catch an elevated storm in the morning.

Orion · Unread post by **Orion** » Thu 19/11/2015 13:04

Some great "mare's tails" in the sky at present; also a faint rainbow halo around the sun.

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Thu 19/11/2015 19:21

Orion wrote:Some great "mare's tails" in the sky at present; also a faint rainbow halo around the sun.

Same thing observed from here, this afternoon, might be indicating something more interesting in the weather in the coming days.

mikestormchaser · Unread post by **mikestormchaser** » Fri 20/11/2015 09:50

Metservice spot on with there outlook today for thunderstorms on the coast.

Razor · Unread post by **Razor** » Fri 20/11/2015 12:15

If theres going to be any action here it looks like it will be soon, although pretty much Banks Peninsula bound looking

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Sat 21/11/2015 07:33

There is a good crop of elevated storms out in the mid Tasman this morning.

Showalter index values will be negative over the north of the country tonight which points to an elevated storm risk. Possibly just a low risk but something to keep an eye on.

Storm Struck · Unread post by **Storm Struck** » Sat 21/11/2015 10:09

There is a narrow area for some low topped CBs to get going this afternoon through more so inland Canterbury, due to wind convergences and a southerly change later on.
The upper level winds through mid canterbury are about 20kts so this should allow for some instability, maybe drifting towards Banks Penninsula this evening.
Wind is currently NE here with low cloud breaking, not the strongest set up days but something none the less.

It certainly is looking very warm next week, Wednesday to Saturday now temperatures could be breaking 30C and very warm overnight lows the farmers should be on high alert.

melja · Unread post by **melja** » Sat 21/11/2015 14:33

In Niue this week, heavy rain today and first in months. Will miss the warm week back home.

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Sat 21/11/2015 21:18

Should be warm later on next week with NW expected to rise up again, sadly.
Hopefully, the wet NW along the divide, will bring lots of rain to keep the aqua-filters fed with lotsa water to keep wells topped up, as surface areas dry out with the lack of rainfall on them.

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Sat 21/11/2015 22:03

Windy here tonight with a few showers, currently 17C with a dewpoint 17C, gusty NW winds
I see some thunderstorm activity is occurring around kaipara north of Auckland, more in the Tasman.

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Sun 22/11/2015 00:06

Getting the odd flash and rumbles of thunder here.

littleheaven · Unread post by **littleheaven** » Sun 22/11/2015 00:17

Just had about 15 minutes of intense thunder and lightning here in Glenfield. It was continuous and very loud at one point.

Nev · Unread post by **Nev** » Sun 22/11/2015 00:18

A bit more than the odd flash here. It's going ballistic!

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Sun 22/11/2015 00:26

Lightning has been flashing away north of here, distant rumbles. Looks like a good show north of here

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Sun 22/11/2015 00:40

Lightning flashes every few seconds as the storm passed just to the north. Rickys tracker clocked 1250 strikes in 30mins!

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Sun 22/11/2015 00:41

Holy **** it's going nuts at cooks beach. It's moving directly this way. I'm in the right place for this one.

Tornado Tim · Unread post by **Tornado Tim** » Sun 22/11/2015 00:59

Yup, quite active alright, and moving at a very fast speed

Amperage on these Lightning strikes being detected at the moment is very high, Thunderstorm activity significantly elevated for this to occur.

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Sun 22/11/2015 01:06

That was an awesome 45 minutes of continuos lightning and thunder.

David · Unread post by **David** » Sun 22/11/2015 02:01

Got woken by a solitary loud roll of thunder around 1.45am... Looks like I missed it all really

Sandi · Unread post by **Sandi** » Sun 22/11/2015 02:55

Heard that as well. It,s been firing off ever since. Multiple cells, all performing beautifully.

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Sun 22/11/2015 03:56

loudest thunder here just now as yet more storms cross Auckland

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Sun 22/11/2015 04:41

Have heard distant thunder all night now periodically but getting another very good storm right now with flashes every 3-5 seconds and almost constant thunder. Now quite as frequent as the earlier one.

David · Unread post by **David** » Sun 22/11/2015 05:43

Lots of thunder and lightning here in the last 2 hours. Great to get an extra 11mm overnight. Gives us a total of 20mm from this event.

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Sun 22/11/2015 07:20

How many strikes were recorded last night? There sure was a lot!

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