General November Weather

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Nice fine and clear evening to witness the eclipse which is happening at the moment. When it is totally covered, apparently you may see Uranus around the top of it if you use binoculars or telescope, so I was told.
Anyway today was a fine day with some cloud around. Winds were NE which was quite moderate to fresh here at times to Geraldine standards.
Warm though with today's maximum being 22.3C. despite the easterly.

[Nev]

No eclipse seen here thanks to about 17mm from about midday yesterday.

Whangarei Aero appears to have copped the worst of it with 102mm in the last 24 hours or so, followed by 54mm at Kerikeri Aero.

[spwill]

See how much heating there is today for some heavy shower development along a convergence line SE of here this afternoon.

[Razor]

The eclipse was brilliant last night. The clouds peeled away for superb viewing. I though I'd chip in with this picture

[David]

No eclipse seen here thanks to about 17mm from about midday yesterday.

Whangarei Aero appears to have copped the worst of it with 102mm in the last 24 hours or so, followed by 54mm at Kerikeri Aero.

Couple of PWS at Matapouri recorded over 200mm yesterday
https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/IWHANG103

Just 12mm here

[Orion]

Observed the eclipse until around 11pm, then let it continue unsupervised. Great clear night for viewing.

There is a towering cloud away to the WSW from here, bits of blue and red showing up on rain radar at the moment.

Temp. currently 19.8°C, fresh south-easterly breeze, sunny with varied high clouds.

[Orion]

The eclipse was brilliant last night. The clouds peeled away for superb viewing. I though I'd chip in with this picture

That is a red rascal!

[Nev]

Couple of PWS at Matapouri recorded over 200mm yesterday
https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/IWHANG103

Just 12mm here

Yes, looks to correspond with the small purple blob on MS's 24 hr rainfall accumulation radar graphic posted earlier this morn.

Must've been pretty torrential there yesterday, even for Northland. Herald also reports flooding, trees down and power outages in that area north Whangarei yesterday.

MetService 24 hr rainfall accumulation to 6am Nov 09.jpg

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Fine day after last night's eclipse of the moon.
Warm in the sun this afternoon with one or 2 clouds going up to the west and gradually clouding over later in the afternoon with it coming onto drizzle this evening. 24.5C for today but cooling down after the southerly moved over.

[Richard]

The eclipse was brilliant last night. The clouds peeled away for superb viewing. I though I'd chip in with this picture

That is a red rascal!

Looks to be a clear view of a Red Scarlet to me

[Storm Struck]

Looking good up your way Richard on Saturday afternoon/evening for thunderstorms, a wee trough converging down from the north brings instability following earlier scattered rain.
Sunday has a slight risk maybe low for Canterbury, but some good localised heavy rain Timaru up to Banks Peninsula.
Christchurch hasn't had much rain the last few weeks, most of it including the storm days has passed just west and north.
So a few top ups coming will be welcome.

[Richard]

Yes been looking at Saturday's risk for a few days now.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Rain overnight followed by a day of clagg with it clearing this evening.
Today's maximum was 14.4C with 4.2mm of rain for today.
NE winds this afternoon.

[David]

Whangarei has had 100mm between midnight and 7am.

18mm light to moderate rain here overnight

[Nev]

^ Yes, Whangarei Aero currently at 145mm since late yesterday, including 33mm in the hour to 7am this morn (mtd 256mm).

Gusts in the Gulf have been up to around 130 km/h at Tiritiri and over 100 km/h at Whangaparaoa this morning.

20mm here so far since yesterday arvo.

[spwill]

The front is through here now, 32mm here. The easterly will prevent us from getting a thunderstorm this afternoon. See what convergence can develop over Northland this afternoon. Big CAPE numbers in the GFS for western Northland this afternoon.

[Nev]

Been some lightning around Tauranga and the Kaimai's this arvo.

I see MS also have a Severe Thunderstorm Watch out for Northland and NW Auckland for this arvo.

Also some rainfall and gust stats for this event so far...
https://twitter.com/MetService/status/1 ... yv_JMsAAAA

[spwill]

Whangarei currently on 25C with a dew point of 19C.
Dew point near 19C here now in a fresh cloudy easterly, 21C.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Cloud clearing overnight and becoming a generally fine, a little hazy day with NE breezes.
Cool night down to 3.4C this morning but rising to 20.6C this afternoon.

[Nev]

Wow, the entire Bay of Plenty is lit up like a christmas tree this morning!

[darcyplumb]

Some beautiful towers forming along the Canterbury Foothills this afternoon.

[mikestormchaser]

I'm thinking it's going to be the day that most of the action stays in the foothills aswel. Showers should spread across the plains though later.

See some storms for the north island today too. Esp.eastern north island, napier/ hawksbay should see some action

[Richard]

One shower to my NW looks close to sparking up, plenty of heating here too with 25.5deg and a easterly wind

[Richard]

Quite a few rumbles happening now from a storm to the north

[Richard]

This is a active storm, every 30 sec there's thunder, getting closer also.