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Re: General October Weather

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MS's Dunedin City site currently on 28.5C… :cool:

Edit: Make that 29.0C just after 2pm.
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30 here in Westmorland, Christchurch
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Razor wrote: Sun 25/10/2020 14:43 30 here in Westmorland, Christchurch
Yup same here in HoonHay. Things starting to get quite concerning around here now. Still only about 270mm of rain for the year to date and tomorrow's front as you say Razor may give us 5mm if we are lucky. Warmer temperatures back again in the lead up and through next weekend
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Chch Aero also hit 29.0C (its 3rd highest ever Oct temp).
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Nev wrote: Sun 25/10/2020 14:49 Chch Aero also hit 29.0C (its 3rd highest ever Oct temp).
What's the highest October reading at the airport Nev?
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Cantab03 wrote: Sun 25/10/2020 14:55
Nev wrote: Sun 25/10/2020 14:49 Chch Aero also hit 29.0C (its 3rd highest ever Oct temp).
What's the highest October reading at the airport Nev?
30.1C in 1980, followed by 29.7C in 1977... :smile:
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I swear this is like a spring heatwave kinda. 23c south Auckland. Not as warm as South Island but I'm enjoying the warm days with cumulus clouds. Hope next week we get a better rain/thunder chance.
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Also 2nd highest ever Oct temps for Dunedin (Musselburgh) and Rangiora today…

https://twitter.com/NiwaWeather/status/ ... 8316872704

https://twitter.com/MetService/status/1 ... 2008139777
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Edit: I think Musselburgh's 29.1C today should have been its '3rd' highest Oct temp (after 31.0C in 1977 and 30.2C in 2006). :-s
Unlike Rangiora's 28.9C today, which was a mere 0.1C shy of its 1980 Oct record… 8)
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My 2nd highest October temperature I've recorded at 24.1c today (24.9c my record). Easily the warmest 7 day period I've recorded in October.
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Metservice well out with their forecast temp for Timaru today. Only got to 19c rather than the forecast 28.
Thick high cloud all day with no wind at all. Warmest it's been here all day now with 19c currently.
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Port Hills on the northern aspects are now largely brown, but it was wonderful at New Brighton Beach this arvo.

Could we crack 10mm for the month? I moved my bike ride from Monday to today anticipating rain tomorrow...
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A rather cloudy day here with not much wind and slow moving NW Arch from the west,
Today's maximum was 23.3C
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Rain keeps disappearing from forecasts here. Looks like we won't reach 40mm for the month.
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Chris W wrote: Sun 25/10/2020 21:47

Could we crack 10mm for the month? I moved my bike ride from Monday to today anticipating rain tomorrow...
We've been lucky to have had 25mm so far the month. Notice how dry it is once you drive further than Waipara. Still quite green around here after the wet September.
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Just 25mm in Grey Lynn this month and prospects look low for precip before the end of the month. Aucklands October average is around 100mm.
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Still no rain. 2mm month to date. Local farmers are telling me they need to think back to the 1960s for a year this dry. Over 50 years
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Very pleasant sound of rain on the roof here. 10.9°C
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Absolute scenes, the drizzle here in Lyttelton is furious. We'll be pushing the 1mm threshold for an 'actual rain' warning 😉.
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I see the high at Dunedin today was just 11C, Milford Sound 19C.
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Chris W wrote: Mon 26/10/2020 16:47 Absolute scenes, the drizzle here in Lyttelton is furious. We'll be pushing the 1mm threshold for an 'actual rain' warning 😉.
This is what I call the "Violent Drizzle Scenario" :eek:
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***Update***

It’s been raining for an hour, do not adjust your set, it really is raining! Dare I say it’s getting heavy 0_o :eek:
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Chris W wrote: Mon 26/10/2020 19:12 ***Update***

It’s been raining for an hour, do not adjust your set, it really is raining! Dare I say it’s getting heavy 0_o :eek:
Yup we have had 0.8mm here now. Amazing rainfall! The best part yet is we may see up to 3 times as much by morning!
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Some kind of convergence maybe getting help from BP rather than the usual shadow, not really sure. Either way it's really nice to watch it come down. No garden watering required for a day or two 🙂
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Got 39mm out of the front.At least Metservice issued a weather watch for Southland yesterday so farmers got a heads up
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Grey overcast day with drizzle/light rain. 8.1mm the total for today.
Today's maximum was 12.9C recorded overnight but today's daytime temperature was around the 10C or 11C mark, a difference from yesterday's warmth of 26C. Had the fire going tonight.Light variable winds and mostly calm this evening.
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