General October Weather

[NZstorm]

Extended charts looking more settled. Hopefully a sunny October.

Eu chart for Oct 5th.

[Chris W]

That's following a strong cold front on the 4th, going by the BOM output. Haven't looked at other models for that day yet.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Yes, sadly some intense anticyclones coming our way, making for uninteresting weather and copious amounts of fine settled weather in places that don't need it. , especially at this time of year.

[Thunder]

Thank goodness for that, need a break from the constant ongoing weather. lol. But a surprise thunderstorm is always welcome

[Richard]

Three days of continual west to nw winds has meant warmer nights but drys the countryside though, could do with some rain soon hopefully.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Well the media have been telling us that we have had too much rain so far this year and a dry break will be most welcome. Well I hope it is in places that have received allot of rain so far.
I see that Te Puke has had more rain than Westport so far this year.

[Orion]

Sounds like the southerly wind change is bustling through here right now.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Yes gone through here.
Nothing much but I see some drizzle around the foothills and some heavy isolated showers around the Motokurara area?

[tich]

Very gusty change in Chch, but still dry. (lots of leaves and other small stuff blowing about)

[RWood]

Yes, sadly some intense anticyclones coming our way, making for uninteresting weather and copious amounts of fine settled weather in places that don't need it. , especially at this time of year.

Really???? rain-sodden Wellington in particular, plus many other spots, could do with several months of stable conditions. The past 12-13 months here are easily the worst I have experienced and the numbers back that up. I want anticyclonic conditions for months now, not "interesting" ones. Nothing interesting about an endless succession of Tasman lows.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Nothing interesting about an endless succession of Tasman lows.

....or anticyclones Rupert.
It's nice to get fine sunny days, like we have been experiencing here lately in Geraldine lately, despite surface barometric pressures being low, makes up for the deluge we got in July. I know that parts of the country have been experiencing weather that you and other people don't like, but being a thunderstorm enthusiast when interesting weather happens elsewhere it can be frustrating for a person, like me, who is interested in that sort of thing, not occurring near of close to their locality.

[spwill]

Looks like rain for Auckland Saturday night/early Sunday, a couple of showers Sunday with our weather a little humid on Sunday.

[Cyclone Tracy]

Here is my 2 cents worth on the current Tasman set up. A lovely 30 to 40mm Precip water running down the atmospheric river around the frontal trough at the moment.

[Richard]

Yes some more rain will be very welcome around here, maybe not so in other areas though. An extra top up of rain will mean one of the best spring set ups for many years, Oct is one of the best months to get 30+mm

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Coming onto rain here.

[NZstorm]

Looking like the place to be this weekend for weather is Southland. Lumsden could top 20C and sunny skies.

[Richard]

Lovely steady rain this morning and hardly a breath of wind.

[David]

As we are already at 1409 mm for the year, I would quite like a couple of dry months. Not something I normally would say, but there's only so much rain I can take

[Richard]

Sounds like you need a months holiday in the Atacama David

[Razor]

A sodden weekend well amd truly underway here. Just when things had dried out too

[Richard]

11mm so far, lot more to come by the looks of it too,

[spwill]

Some moist air( dps around 15C ) and brighter spells ( heating) tomorrow afternoon should help pep the showers up around Auckland, South Auckland probably more in line for some heavy showers.

[03Stormchaser]

Rain should be sticking round here till about Tuesdsy morning. tbh we, it at least I don't really need it. Grass growth has been amazing

[Orion]

Persistent light rain in Kaikoura today.

[Richard]

36mm so far from this system