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Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Forecast for the Southern Lakes and Central Otago up until Friday 22nd November.

A persistent anticyclone is centred to the east of the South Island and covers much of New Zealand. This high is slow moving and should produce settled weather in many places although with the heat of the day some scattered showers may develop over inland places of both islands. In the Southern Lakes the showers should be mainly confined to the mountains. A depression is centred just off the coast of northern NSW and southern Queensland but is slow moving. A cold front should be lying just off Puysegur Point by Thursday morning and move over the South Island during the day bring a cooler, showery southwesterly airstream. However it will weaken as it moves on up the island. Another high will be spreading in during the early part of the weekend.

Forecast for the Southern Lakes and Central Otago for today is for fine and sunny, although with afternoon heating and somewhat moist air, there may be an isolated shower or two late afternoon or early evening, more likely over the mountains. Temperatures very warm this afternoon. Maximum temperatures recorded yesterday were Queenstown 24.3 degrees. Arrowtown 25.2 degrees. Kinloch 24.2 degrees. Wanaka 24.3 degrees. Alexandra 27.1 degrees. Forecast upper level winds for today at 1000 metres northerly 25 kph developing tonight. At 2000 metres northerly 30 kph developing this evening. Freezing level rising to 3000 metres. Forecast maximum temperatures for today for Queenstown, Wanaka and the Upper Clutha and Glenorchy 26 degrees. For Kingston 27 degrees. For Cromwell and Alexandra 28 degrees.

Tomorrow clear, fine and sunny at first but with increasing and thickening upper level cloud during the day. Freshening northerly winds and warm temperatures.

Thursday a cool southwesterly change is likely during the morning with showers. Some clearance is likely later in the day.

Friday fine, clear and sunny with very little wind.

posted by David Crow # 9:43 AM

Monday, November 18, 2013

Forecast for the Southern Lakes and Central Otago up until Thursday 21st November.

High pressure covers New Zealand with one centre lying to the northeast of the North Island. Other centres lie east and west of the South Island. A stationary front lies east and west of the upper South Island but is weak and not producing much precipitation. High pressure should continue to cover the country through until Thursday with mainly fine weather. However on Thursday a cold front should move up over the South Island bringing a few showers, more particularly in western areas. An anticyclone should be building in the Tasman Sea on Friday.

Forecast for the Southern Lakes and Central Otago for today is for some cloud at times but a mainly fine day is expected with little wind and warm temperatures. Maximum temperatures recorded yesterday were Queenstown 22.3 degrees. Arrowtown 23.3 degrees. Kinloch 23.1 degrees. Wanaka 22.1 degrees. Alexandra 24.8 degrees. Forecast upper level winds for today at both 1000 metres and 2000 metres light and variable. Freezing level rising to 2800 metres. Forecast maximum temperatures for today for Queenstown, Wanaka and the Upper Clutha 23 degrees. For Kingston 22 degrees. For Glenorchy 24 degrees. For Cromwell and Alexandra 25 degrees.

Tomorrow fine and sunny with light variable winds and warm temperatures. There is the possibility of a late afternoon or evening shower, more particularly about the mountains.

Wednesday fine but with increasing upper level cloud during the day; northerlies freshening and still warm.

Thursday cloudy with scattered rain and light northwesterlies dying away. Southwesterlies developing later.

posted by David Crow # 9:33 AM

Sunday, November 3, 2013

Queenstown Weather Summary for October.

A very wet, cloudy and slightly warm month with changeable conditions and a little more wind than normal, mainly between west and south.

The rainfall was more than double the normal value, the normal being 83.2 mm while the total that fell was 172.3 mm. There were 15 days of rain with the heaviest being 26.5 mm on the 21st. There were 4 days when more than 20 mm were recorded. The lake level rose consistently during the month, with the first flood alert being passed on the 26th. Fortunately rainfall ceased after the 27th and the lake fell after this date.

Average temperature was half a degree above normal, which is 10.6 degrees, with 11.1 degrees being the mean for the month. Highest maximum was 23.1 degrees on the 24th, lowest minimum was 0.0 degrees on the 28th and lowest grass minimum was minus 4.2 degrees on the 16th. There were 10 days of frost for the month.

Sunshine was 30 hours below normal, 192.4 hours being normal while 162.4 hours was recorded. During the month there were 2 fairly lengthy thunderstorms and 1 day when snow fell in the town. Actually there was more snow on the mountains for a time than during July.

posted by David Crow # 11:54 AM

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