November ends with sun in Jyväskylä, unsettled weather in Sydney

The sun still exists! It was finally sighted once again in Jyväskylä during the weekend. Yesterday was the first day that the sun shone in just over four weeks. Funnily enough, the first and last days of November were the only days of the month on which Jyväskylä was bathed in sunshine.

If people in Central Finland had been thinking it was a cloudy and grey November, they were right. As this YLE article points out, Jyväskylä saw just under eight hours of sun, less than a third of the average sunlight hours for November. Helsinki was also well below average, but in the north, Sodankylä experienced an above average amount with 23 hours.

The clear skies dropped temperatures in Jyväskylä to -4.0C yesterday morning. That was the coldest temperature seen in a week and interrupted a run of four consecutive days at or above zero. November 27, 28 and 29 all saw very similar maximums; 2.0C, 1.9C and 1.8C respectively. It wasn't until Saturday evening that the temperature dipped closer to zero. The final three days of the month remained dry also.

The start of December doesn't look to be very good weatherwise. Temperatures will hover around zero in Jyväskylä, possibly climbing over 3C on Wednesday and Thursday, and minimums currently aren't expected to drop below -3C for the coming 10 days.

The last day of November saw blue sky in Jyväskylä for the first time since November 1

Frost also accompanied the sun

Unsettled conditions are being experienced in Sydney at the moment. A series of low pressure troughs developed across the country during Thursday and Friday last week and have been moving east over the weekend. As is typical with low pressure troughs, storms and showers have been associated with their eastward movement.

Sydney Airport saw 2.0mm during the evening of November 30 as storms passed through the city. Locations in the west saw more intense falls. Richmond and Camden recorded 18.2mm and 17.6mm respectively.

The last parts of this evening's storm are currently moving through the city. No rain fell before midnight at the Airport, but 4.8mm had been recorded by 4:30am on December 2. Interior parts of Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory are seeing very large storm fronts with lightning and rain also as these troughs head east.

More falls are likely in the coming days in Sydney as warm and moist air crosses New South Wales. Forecasts predict similar conditions to those seen yesterday and today, with daily maximums just below 30C for the next four days. The threat of afternoon and evening storms and rain is also clear. In fact, while the coming weekend looks to be a little cooler, down to 25C, the next seven days each show at least a 60% chance of rain.