General November Weather

[TonyT]

that's a good sign of its not going to be a drawn out solar minimum (this time)?

Its already been a rather long minimum period - certainly longer than the last 4 or 5 cycles at least. And its not over yet, we probably have another 12 months of very low sunspot activity before it ramps up significantly. Which is why the major Nino might come in 21/22, not 20/21.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Hot day here in Geraldine with temperatures touching the 30C mark.
Light westerly blowing.
i wonder whats it like in other parts of the country ?

[Andy]

31 here at the moment

[Orion]

29.5°C in my garden at the moment, and I've brought the electric fan out for the first time since last summer.
Sky rather hazy, some thin light cloud aloft.

[Awhituobs]

crazy hot temperatures across the south island looking at the readings for the time of year

[NZstorm]

From the airport data
Ashburton currently on 32C, Pukaki 30C, Alexandra 31C, and Oamaru got to 30C today as well. Dunedin and Timaru 29C.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

From the airport data
Ashburton currently on 32C, Pukaki 30C, Alexandra 31C, and Oamaru got to 30C today as well. Dunedin and Timaru 29C.

Got to 33C here today. Really sweltering when we went for a walk up town this afternoon.
Cooling down now, still 28C.
Sitting in front of the fridge now, with a cool beer

[03Stormchaser]

In Oxford today, nudged 31C

[TonyT]

In Oxford today, nudged 31C

30deg in Amberley also.

[tornado]

nice evening here in auckland it only got to 19 degrees here. hearing the sound of distant fireworks now that they gone on sale.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

nice evening here in auckland it only got to 19 degrees here. Hearing the sound of distant fireworks now that they gone on sale.

Don't want to have that around here. Inconsiderate people letting off fireworks when it's so hot and dry.

[Richard]

In Oxford today, nudged 31C

30deg in Amberley also.

I was at the show till 3.00 where it was only 19 in the town then but when heading home it was only a few k's from town the temps really rocketed up

[tornado]

looks like some rain after guy fawkes day for the north island.

[NZstorm]

looks like some rain after guy fawkes day for the north island.

Models have been hinting at thunder potential around Sunday. Friday too but Fridays chances look weak.

[tornado]

looks like some rain after guy fawkes day for the north island.

Models have been hinting at thunder potential around Sunday. Friday too but Fridays chances look weak.

yes looking good for thunder and a good rain after this so called "heatwave"

[spwill]

Some humid weather moving onto the upper NI later in the week, looking unsettled at the weekend into early next week.

[Orion]

Foggy here at present and 11.0°C, quite welcome after the heat of the past few days.

[Awhituobs]

another big low swirling away to the east us again I see

[David]

Humidity sensor looks to have gone bung, dropped 12% in one hit last night and remains lower. Not particularly impressed by the reliability of these Davis sensors, this is my third temp/hum sensor in nearly 10 years and now it also appears to be on the fritz

[Chris W]

looks like some rain after guy fawkes day for the north island.

Models have been hinting at thunder potential around Sunday. Friday too but Fridays chances look weak.

Not in the evening around Mt Smart please

[Awhituobs]

all weather station hardware suffers problems with the humidity sensor
you could try cleaning it and then drying it (google how others have done that)

[Willoughby]

all weather station hardware suffers problems with the humidity sensor
you could try cleaning it and then drying it (google how others have done that)

Yes on a lot of the AWSs over here at least, it seems the wet bulb wick of the psychrometer dries out once every two years or so, leading to erroneous 100% humidity readings (that then take weeks to rectify for a tech to get to the sites).

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Foggy here at present and 11.0°C, quite welcome after the heat of the past few days.

Same here this morning, misty with an orange tinge from the sunrise just before 6am.
Much cooler today and it looks likely back to the clagg tomorrow

[Richard]

Foggy here at present and 11.0°C, quite welcome after the heat of the past few days.

Same here this morning, misty with an orange tinge from the sunrise just before 6am.
Much cooler today and it looks likely back to the clagg tomorrow

no dew here this morning thanks to a NW wind

[NZstorm]

Not in the evening around Mt Smart please

Friday evening looking OK for the u2 concert. Saturday might be wet!