barometer dropping like a rock

[Manukau heads obs]

this taman low must be deepining quickly
high cloud and ominious looking altocumulus on the western sky now...
could get nasty 2 nite here in the NI
barometer dropping at nearly 2hpa an hour...

[Michael]

Its not very windy here today(N-NW) and is quite mild today
Imagine if it was "the same isobars" and the same low to the east of us-it would be 80 knots from the southwest!

[Manukau heads obs]

if you come out this way michael on a good NW/W or SW windy day, I will show you what 40 or 50 or 60+ knots is actualy like.
60 knots is where your eyeballs are starting to get forced into your eye sockets, and the noise in your ears is so loud you cant hear much else, and you start to find it hard to breath becuase of the pressure in your mouth

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

I noticed a "Big Blob" out to the east of Auckland that shows up nicely on the 3pm sattellite picture, also the edge of it is on the 3pm radar for Auckland. Looks like a jolly good thunderstorm happening there. I wish it was over or better still still near Christchurch!!!

JohnGaul
NZTS

[Michael]

We should swap places I never experienced a Canterbury NWer (as I only really been there in Winter time)but I guess a NWer in Hawkes Bay (Which I have been in is similar)

[Manukau heads obs]

the front apprioaching from the west is a fizzerr....there is some nice cloud formations....
yea, a new cb line popped up just to the east of northland and coromendel and down into the eastern BOP i see....that happens quite alot there

[GraemeWi]

It is a very solid drop indeed - my barometer has lost the scale (digital barograph) beyond 6 hours.

1019 on Saturday
1009 on Sunday
998 right now

Going by what was written on the Aussie forum some of their media called this system a weather bomb due to the drop in pressure for a location rather than a drop of pressure in the system.

Lets hope for some tasty weather (not wishing property or life threatning on anyone)

G

[TonyT]

Hughie's firing up the bbq right now - how do you like your storms: rare, medium, or well done?

[NZstorm]

Yes, the front out to our west does look weak. It looked weak this morning too, apart from isolated cbs within. But given the moist air (dewpoint currently 15C), falling barometer and NE breeze, some life may yet come back into this front.

Some nice cb's observed to the distant east today.

[Manukau heads obs]

see my barometer drop here the last 3 days:

[GraemeWi]

Medium rare, hot grill, a little olive oil, a shake of cajin...

like this:




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[NZstorm]

not wanting to be greedy...just one of these will do me!

[CbFan]

Since we're drooling....

Can I ask for a small one of these (Preferably just after work)
With a dash of


...And how do you upload your own pics without having to setup a URL for them? For instance, if someone had a NZ FC pic to upload?

...Hypothetically.

Cheers
Pete
(AM band Sfx busy this evening, but nothing visible on the horizons.)

[Thunder]

Pete

Where are those Pics from, am I right when thinking Oz?

Cheers
Aaron Wilkinson

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

How about this


JohnGaul
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[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Sorry it didn't work but it's a copy of a picture from page 64 of the book from the TV Series 'Wild Weather".
I'd love a storm like that ...and then lie back and have a cigarette afterwards !!!!!!!

JohnGaul
NZTS

[CbFan]

Hi Aaron,

Those images are from the States. To get the URL, right-click on the pic and select properties. You can then copy and paste the URL into your browser address bar and moan quietly at the other nice piccies

Well, the expected show last night, didn't. We did have one strike somewhere locally that pinged the power out at about 20:20Hrs but otherwise very quiet. I must have words with my mate in Aus about them sucking all the good weather out of these systems before shoving the remains out into the Tasman for us

Getting a good blow up here though. Currently averaging 51km/Hr with a 62km/Hr gust just gone through.

Cheers
Pete

[Thunder]

Thanks Pete.