Heavy rain, NI, 19-21st Dec

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Front was fairly weak compared to what was forecast. Still, we got 15mm here which is useful for the garden. Its time to batten down the hatches now for a several days of wintry southerly quarter weather!
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we missed that tail end all together....another 0.5mm only :(
but i think the coast side of the peninsular would have goten more yesterday
the next tasman front might give us some rain...and back to the SWer....been a nice break from it last few days!
i see kaimai kid got 25mm
(good to see the graph on your web site kaimaikid (but you have lost the summary image?)
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Most of the heavy stuff passed to our E/NE.
Good to 15mm for the garden, we are on volcanic rock here.
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The SW are back and Rising :(
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Still mainly nor-westers here, dewpoint is 18° and hopefully them sou-westers kick in here mid to late afternoon to give things time to really warm up as the current temp is only 20° but has been higher...

bring on the thunder :twisted:
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rain just passed thru havelock north with some thunder and very heavy rain.
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No thunder at my place, but very heavy rain 2mm per minute rate. What total did you get at Havelock James?
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i do have some photo's but they are on my phone and i have no idea how to get them onto my computer. it was cool to watch the 'wall of rain' move across the plains
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My rain gauge no longer in operation, but we had a decent heavy shower (12mm in Hastings) and I had to make a rapid gutter-clearing dash up the ladder!
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Hate to say it but another dissapointing day :(
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If you are on Telecom 027, set up an on-line gallery on the PC, then download photos from the phone. They can then be easily accessed to your PC files.
(You may have to be with Xtra)
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Some heavy showers from Taranaki to Cape Farewell at the moment, poor day time heating probably wont lead to much over the upper north.

Some cold nights on the way.. should drop to 5C tonight!! :)
Few mornings of frost look set for Waiouru.
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just having some hail here now...very small stuff.... :shock: ...14.0°C now, 1:50pm...and its summer...?
big beefy cb's showing up to my SW now ;)
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miserable day here in Turakina... Been trying to do 40 metres of fencing (atleast its light rain and no wind) but a tad chilly at 12 °C. decided to come inside to have a hot drink and now cant be buggered going back out..
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we have SW winds gusting to 35knots here today
its spring again!
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some pictures from at coast this afternoon ;)
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Still some pretty big Cu's forming over the Kaimais...

Crawled over the Kaimais around 2ish this arvo, felt like it was only around 8° - 10° up there at the time, we had an edge of a very heavy squall come through the mount around 4ish, man did it pelt down but no sign of any electrical activity around Tauranga though...
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poor day time heating probably wont lead to much over the upper north.
Fresh to strong Westerlies reduced heating and convection, any heavy showers were short lived.
Did a drive down to the Bombay hills mid afternoon, drove through 3 hail showers. Cb cloud in the photo below produced hail up to 1cm size, around 2pm.
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nice spwill....yes, the best of the showers went south of the bombays....
there was some good ones out to sea, but they kept on weakening as they approached the auckland area
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my sister just phoned , heavy hail shower, just SW of whakatane...white on the ground...
it shows up well on the sat map
and right in the area of the met services greatest risk...again, well done met service 8)
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Nice footage tonight on TV one weather of lightning caught on camera in Wellington last night by a young boy perhaps a fellow storm chaser ;) .
Did you see or hear anything last night Rwood?.
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Canterbury, home of good rugby and severe storms
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Just shot this looking due south rom my driveway...
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Jasestrm wrote:Nice footage tonight on TV one weather of lightning caught on camera in Wellington last night by a young boy perhaps a fellow storm chaser ;) .
Did you see or hear anything last night Rwood?.
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No - either I was distracted, or asleep... :? :oops:
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Again things are looking hopeful tomorrow afternoon for more thunder in the Bop region - fingers crossed... :twisted:

anyone up for a chase if it goes off?
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from out of nowwhere there is a nice little squall line/font moving over us now...from the WSW...heading towards the big smoke...
now only 11.9°C at 9am, after that shower....looks like winter is setting in
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