Thunderstorms 28/12/2012

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Re: Thunderstorms 28/12/2012

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Looks like there has been quite a bit of lightning in the north of the South Island.
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Re: Thunderstorms 28/12/2012

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Upper South Island is where the overlap between cool upper air and surface moisture occured.
Also the very high terrain there favours convection.

The upper air looked too warm over the North Island for thunderstorms but there was enough mid level CAPE for heavy showers. Good for the farmers.

There were showers through west Auckland today but Auckland central (Grey Lynn) was dry with 24C.
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Re: Thunderstorms 28/12/2012

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Must have just missed you guys as we got to Waiau as that storm moved off to the SE,got a photo of the next storm near Mt Lyford which must have been the one that was where Aaron and Steve were

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Then on the way back we (youngest daughter)noticed another one SW of Hamner

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So we drove west on a side road to get closer ,this storm was a real beauty with some close GS's

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The same storm as it pasted Culverden

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Re: Thunderstorms 28/12/2012

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Nice photos Richard.
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Re: Thunderstorms 28/12/2012

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Hamner?
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Rapid development of a convergence line to my NW.
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Re: Thunderstorms 28/12/2012

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RWood wrote:Hamner?
whoops,just stick the m&n the other way round :o
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Re: Thunderstorms 28/12/2012

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Good pic's Richard. This is my best shot of the day. Lightning just north of Waiau late yesterday afternoon.
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Re: Thunderstorms 28/12/2012

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Good photos guys esp yours Aaron. :smile:

Some nice cloud lines here yesterday.
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Re: Thunderstorms 28/12/2012

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Thats a neat shot Aaron _b
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Re: Thunderstorms 28/12/2012

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Great photos everybody;
must have been an exciting afternoon.
Mikestormchaser - hope you feel better soon!
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Re: Thunderstorms 28/12/2012

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Nice lightning photo Aaron _b I like the scenery.
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Re: Thunderstorms 28/12/2012

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Nice photos guys! and Aaron nice shot!! as nzstorm metiond, love the scenery!! :D
Thanks Orion, feeling much better today indeed! will be ready for the chance it gives us tomorrow afternoon with a moderate risk suggested on the metservice maps in south Canterbury and north Otago
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Re: Thunderstorms 28/12/2012

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Cheers guys. Tried my best and that was the best one. The storms seemed to be generating along the same line, about 3 formed in total although the last one was fairly weak and didn't do much in the end.

Might've been interesting to sit north of Kaikoura on the coast and do some night time lightning photography as some storms moved offshore there.
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Re: Thunderstorms 28/12/2012

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Nice photo Aaron.
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Re: Thunderstorms 28/12/2012

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Re: Thunderstorms 28/12/2012

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Thanks WW, good photo's Steve.
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Re: Thunderstorms 28/12/2012

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Thunder wrote:Thanks WW, good photo's Steve.
yer neat shot alright, when i was 18 i used to work on that farm just over the fence
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Re: Thunderstorms 28/12/2012

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Great pic's !!
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