General October Weather

[NZstorm]

It has been a good first 3 days of October. Looks like some polar troughing in the mix over NZ this coming week and next. By polar troughing I refer to little precipitation making troughs rather then any particular weather type.

[melja]

Relentless very strong NWer over night and this morning in Rangiora, overnight low of 18C.

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[Orion]

Temperature falling as a stiffish south-easterly bustles through, currently 22.3°C.

[Orion]

Temperature now 17.3°C

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Yes, it was a rather warm night until the southerly went through mid-morning, also drop in temperature and overcast skies rolling in the with southerly.

[Chris W]

Did the half that wasn't from yesterday at Hagley this morning, so when it rose from 20c to 27C halfway through that was tough! Wonder if I've offended the weather . Stunning day in Chch, 25C at the airport and 24 in Addington, that cooler change seems to be coming through.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Dull day eventuating from when that southerly went through, with overcast conditions.
I blame that high to the NE of us, being up to 1035 hPa
Back to a NE breeze this afternoon. Nice for a walk through Talbot Forest, though, listening to the Tui's and Bellbirds.
Shame about those houses lost in the fire at Lake Ohau.

[Richard]

That wind change came so close but ran out of puff as it come up against the NW which has been very strong around the middle of the day, pleasant enough temps today with a top of 20deg.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

What's this, on the media, about thunderstorms and flooding today in Southland?
Nothing on the lightning strikes on Blitz?

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[Flutterbye]

What's this, on the media, about thunderstorms and flooding today in Southland?
Nothing on the lightning strikes on Blitz?
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The thunderstorms were late last night even though Southland wasn't even under a 'low risk' on the MS thunderstorm outlook. The rain caused some problems as the ground was saturated from the melted snow from earlier in the week.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

A dull day eventuated after being warm and NW overnight and this morning, with the boring Sc moving in.
Some wind gusts prior to the boring southerly change.
Today's maximum was 25C before the dry southerly moved from late morning, then remained around the 15C figure,for the rest of the day.
Cleared up this evening.

[jamie]

Pea soup fog arrived on a light southerly wind this morning. Real weird.


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[Razor]

Violent winds and sideways rain all through last night at Aoraki Mt Cook. My tent was destroyed, we bailed into the shelter which was incredibly noisy in the wind costing us most of the night's sleep, and the half marathon was called off this morning for the first time in 11 years because they couldn't keep the road signage upright and it was going to be brutal running back up the road. Great trip!

Sorry to hear this, it can be a sight to behold when a norwest storm roars out of the Hooker, was super windy when we were there a month back too I know Adrian Bailey a bit, nice guy and event organizers have had little to no luck this year. I also had a few mates running Aoraki this year. Hopefully things are better Sunday week for the crater Rim ultra which I'm in.

[cbm]

Pea soup fog arrived on a light southerly wind this morning. Real weird.


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Nothing unusual here. Lowish cloud cleared by 10am to a stunning clear sky and visibility. My sensor on 20.4 already.

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[Cyclone Tracy]

Calm and spiking up to 21.9c here, warmest day locally since 29 April.

[Achten]

Just hit 28.9 here at home, might be a 30 for early Oct?

[David]

Calm and spiking up to 21.9c here, warmest day locally since 29 April.

Made it up to 22.1C here. Clear blue skies

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Calm here with thick high cloud and a NW Arch in the distance.
Warmer outside that inside at the moment

[Achten]

Maxed out at 31.6 at 3:50pm

[Awhituobs]

Gale NW winds this afternoon made for hard going on the Otago Rail Trail

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Gale NW winds this afternoon made for hard going on the Otago Rail Trail

Depending which way you were going, Brian.
We did it many years ago and went from Clyde to Middlemarch in strong NW winds which were behind us which made cycling along it, 'a breeze' excuse the pun.
We did notice people cycling the other way were making hard work of it cycling into the wind.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Today it was a calm day with high cloud and a NW Arch.
The forecast said Gale NW in exposed areas, so if today's maximum gust was 4k/hr from the north, we must be in an un-exposed area. ?
Today's maximum was 21.1C.

[mattyj46]

Still sitting at 17.5c at nearly midnight in Invercargill.

[Awhituobs]

It was a head wind or cross wind.a lot of riders had to walk
A bit of rain now.

[Orion]

South-facing window just blew shut.
Temp. falling, 17.4°C at the moment