General November Weather

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Apparently there was a 'terrifying twister' funnel cloud reported near Roxburgh, this afternoon as reported by the ODT.

[jamie]

Supposed to be going on a fishing charter out of Tauranga tomorrow at 7am for a stag do. Going to be wild out there if we get out of the harbour.


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[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

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I would rather send it by Beanstalk as you may get higher reception this depending on how high the beanstalk does grow...but back to the weather.
I wouldn't go out, if I was you, as a lot of people get caught out in situations like this, like today, who would go and climb Aorangi/Mt. Cook this time of year, even though they say they are 'experienced', when the risk of avalanches are quite high?

If it's a 'stag do', I would be cautious.

[snowchaser01]

Mt Hutt is reporting 2m of snow since they closed. A picture is included on their Facebook post of snow deeper than a ute!!

[Richard]

Maybe it was a snow microburst just where that ute was parked

[Dean.]

Mt Hutt is reporting 2m of snow since they closed. A picture is included on their Facebook post of snow deeper than a ute!!

Yep 2 metres since they closed in October...a snow groomer back on the mountain to cut a track through to the summit for summer maintenance

[snowchaser01]

Mt Hutt is reporting 2m of snow since they closed. A picture is included on their Facebook post of snow deeper than a ute!!

Yep 2 metres since they closed in October...a snow groomer back on the mountain to cut a track through to the summit for summer maintenance

Thanks for posting that Dean, was on the go so wasn't able to. Quite incredible scenes for now.. less than 1 hour away from summer!

[03Stormchaser]

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_ ... 5577190674

Funnel cloud from Central Otago today

[Richard]

A funnel would be a very rare sight in the central Otago i would imagine

[Nev]

There's a bit more footage and info in the Otago Daily Times article. Note that the original video was shot by ODT photographer Linda Robertson's son, Bradley Robertson, as the pair drove from Wanaka to Dunedin.

https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/central-o ... ight-skies

A funnel would be a very rare sight in the central Otago i would imagine

There's been a few damaging tornadoes reported in the past in places like Cromwell and Bannockburn. Central Otago also get a few dust-devils, which are often misreported as tornadoes.

Edit: Updated story.

[NZstorm]

Landspout funnel there.

[mattyj46]

Third day in a row there is a Severe Thunderstorm watch for the Southland area , doesn't happen too often particularly with Invercargill included

[Cyclone Tracy]

November stats

Month - Daily mean temp 17.0c (1.3c above normal), Rainfall 85mm (30mm above local average)
Year to date: Mean temp 16.2c (1.3c above normal) 1220mm, (150mm above local normal)

[David]

November stats from my station:

Mean temperature = 15.9C
Mean daily max = 20.4C
Mean daily min = 11.7C
Highest temperature = 24.2C (28th)
Lowest temperature = 6.9C (20th)
Rainfall = 116mm

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Total rainfall for the month was 227.7mm over 17 days. 1135.9mm for year sofa.

[Nev]

A warm start to a fairly unsettled month, with exceptional rainfalls for Otago and south Canterbury.

Nov 2018 Climate Anomaly Maps ℅ NIWA.gif

Some very preliminary Nov 2018 figures for the main centres:

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Nov 2018 Average Temps, Rainfall, Sunshine and departures from 1981-2010 normals ℅ NIWA

Site                     T-max °C      T-min °C      T-mean °C     Rain mm      Sun hrs

Auckland, Mangere       20.6  +1.2    12.7  -0.1    16.7  +0.6     96  147%    200  104%
Auckland Aero           20.2  +0.7    12.7  -0.1    16.4  +0.2     98  137%
Tauranga Aero           20.4  +0.3    12.3  +0.6    16.4  +0.5    113  152%    222   99%
Hamilton Aero           20.4  +0.5     9.7  +0.2    15.0  +0.3     92  103%
Hamilton, Ruakura       21.6  +1.7     9.6  -0.3    15.6  +0.7     79   85%    189  100%
Wellington, Kelburn     17.2  +0.7    11.0  +0.7    14.1  +0.7    132  135%    180   86%
Christchurch Aero       18.4  -0.5     8.4  +0.4    13.4  -0.1    103  223%    213   95%
Dunedin, Musselburgh    15.9  -0.2     9.5  +0.9    12.7  +0.3    155  275%    184  110%
Greymouth Aero          17.3  +0.8    10.0  +0.5    13.7  +0.7    224  114%    218  131%

Edit: Updated final sunshine totals for Wgtn, Chch & Tauranga.

[RWood]

Wellington total sun was 180, well below average. 2018 will be the 3rd consecutive year with sub-par sunshine here. I see NIWA's Spring summary is available but not November…?! -any ideas Nev?

[Nev]

Thanks Rupert. Have updated Wellington and Christchurch's sunshine, which is more than I can say for NWIA's November National Climate Summary out now.

[RWood]

Thanks Rupert. Have updated Wellington and Christchurch's sunshine, which is more than I can say for NWIA's November National Climate Summary out now.

Thanks Nev - looks as if they have updated the CliFlo dailies for those sites now, so the monthly totals will be OK when the stats. summary comes out later.