South Island Thunderstorms 30th December

Orion · Unread post by **Orion** » Sun 30/12/2012 12:42

Raining well;
15.9 degrees.

Weetbicks · Unread post by **Weetbicks** » Sun 30/12/2012 13:24

Some good claps of thunder down in Invers.

Chris Raine · Unread post by **Chris Raine** » Sun 30/12/2012 13:36

Heavy showers out at Thornbury. No thunder here

Orion · Unread post by **Orion** » Sun 30/12/2012 15:06

Temperature up to 21.9 degrees, sun coming out occasionally, still the odd spot of light rain.
Clouds at different levels rushing in conflicting directions....

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Sun 30/12/2012 18:07

Tracker picked up thunderstorms over east Otago this afternoon.

Chris Raine · Unread post by **Chris Raine** » Sun 30/12/2012 18:25

Friend has just texted me to say thunderstorms in Oamaru at 5.45pm

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Sun 30/12/2012 18:37

A couple of "Fists" going up now in TC

Orion · Unread post by **Orion** » Sun 30/12/2012 18:48

Think I just heard a brief rumble of thunder from that direction

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Sun 30/12/2012 18:51

Sadly the 'fists' are weakoning out and drifting away

No pregnancy

BeaconHill · Unread post by **BeaconHill** » Sun 30/12/2012 18:54

In Timaru on holiday and looking to the north and the sky is black as. Can hear regular rumbles of thunder but looks like it will slide out to sea to the north of us.

BeaconHill · Unread post by **BeaconHill** » Sun 30/12/2012 20:25

Southerly has just kicked thru Timaru in last 2 mins. Strong wind, and significant temperature drop. Brrrrrr!! No rain associated with the wind change though.

Orion · Unread post by **Orion** » Sun 30/12/2012 21:48

Southerly just arrived.
15 degrees at the moment...

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Mon 31/12/2012 00:11

Still chasing its been a long day!

At Birdlings Flat waiting for a storm that is currently active around the Rakaia River Mouth to move closer!

Janos · Unread post by **Janos** » Mon 31/12/2012 08:37

Mosgiel got hit again..spectacular downpours creating some flooding.

Storm Struck · Unread post by **Storm Struck** » Mon 31/12/2012 12:21

Yes that is dedication when you spend 13 hours on the road and not too much to show for it, we hit close to those storms near Waimate around 3pm but the terrain of hillsides made it impossible to get a good view point.
So we were forever trying to find the right spot

, we did spot a funnel cloud though in a valley.
We were quite greatful as we headed back towards Christchurch we caught the Timaru storm, drove through it with very heavy rain and some overhead IC,CC strikes, but had decided to get on the other side of the storm to stop and get photos etc there.
However the majority by this stage had moved offshore.
Apon arrival in Rolleston we did note the TCU near Birdlings Flat so decided to head out there for abit, and met up with Aaron and Steven Graham as well.
The southerly went through with nothing so all hopes were lost for abit, until we decided to check the radars just outside of Birdlings where cellphone reception was and noted an area of cells moving up the coast.
It did turn into a thunderstorm for awhile but we couldnt see the lightning this was about midnight, the cell would have been on the coast between Ashburton and Rakaia and was quite intense.
The main core which was quite odd seemed to push south away from us but oh well a nice day out see some country side etc, i have a few photos ill put up later.

Ive only got one good photo really, the others have a few good ones.

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Skywatcher · Unread post by **Skywatcher** » Mon 31/12/2012 14:13

I drove out to near Rakaia Huts at about 7:30 hoping to see some offshore lightning... As Jase said, met up with the others at Birdlings about 11. Some decent rain at about 1:30 but that was all.

Tornado Tim · Unread post by **Tornado Tim** » Mon 31/12/2012 14:26

Very nice photo's everyone, well done

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Mon 31/12/2012 22:11

Three Stooges plus Steven Graham ponder over the radar, thinking of chases bygone....

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L to R: Aaron, Jason, Mikey and Steven

Watching the decaying Timaru storm move offshore.

Skywatcher · Unread post by **Skywatcher** » Tue 01/01/2013 10:41

A timelapse I shot of the cloud development at sunset.

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Tue 01/01/2013 10:43

Nice, there was great colours that evening with the setting sun!

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Tue 01/01/2013 11:26

neat alright,love those time lapses

mikestormchaser · Unread post by **mikestormchaser** » Wed 02/01/2013 01:02

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here are some of my photos of the storm chase on monday.. two of the best ones taken.
Enjoy

mikestormchaser · Unread post by **mikestormchaser** » Wed 02/01/2013 01:06

heres a couple more

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Wed 02/01/2013 05:37

Neat shots Mike

Orion · Unread post by **Orion** » Wed 02/01/2013 08:29

Thanks, everyone, for all the photos and video. Well done!

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