Potential thunderstorms east coast SI 7th January 2013

[Powermad]

I see MS have got the east coast at a moderate risk today. Day off, so I thought I'd chase.

[Lacertae]

Woohoo, and today I got out of work at 11am with 4 days off ahead ! I think I'll have a quick sleep and get ready to rumble.

[Karliosis]

Severe thunderstorm watch just issued for the moderate risk area! Big hail and strong wind gusts.
http://www.metservice.com/national/warn ... torm-watch

[Orion]

Fresh to strong southerly wind-change has just bustled through;
various layers of cloud going in various directions;
26.3 degrees.

[Richard]

Strong NW wind here but them my area is in the low risk,i see a red dot within a shower moving off to the east already so things are building quickly

[Chris Raine]

Thunderstorm in Oamaru at midday

[Manukau heads obs]

Could see the glaciated tops from mt cook village

[Chris Raine]

Another thunderstorm as I type this in Oamaru

[Chris Raine]

Continuous lightening & thunder now

[Chris Raine]

Now easing off. Heavy hail wind switched around from NE to SW

[Razor]

Certainly looking conducive around ChCh at present. next hour or so may be worth watching, who knows though could just as easliy fizzle, the clouds are very confused right now

[mikestormchaser]

there is a strong upper level NW or shear up there today as the storms are getting flung off the coast offshore and at pace aswel..

[Powermad]

At Dunsandel. Very dark clouds around, wind S temp 17.. doesn't seem to be firing up..

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[Razor]

Yea show looks to be over folks

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Thunderstorm chances for today look very low, except for the Oamaru ones, well, actually non exisitent for Canterbury today despite the forecasts but you have to be prepared just in case

[Storm Struck]

It never really looked too threatning today the CU clouds that did develope quickly peeled over at a certain capping level, the southerly got abit gusty though.
Wind has gone back to the NE here now so there is a slight chance something could flare up in a few hours with that wave of cold upper air moving through and another southerly change say 8-9pm.

[Chris Raine]

Just been talking to my wife in Thornbury Southland says she has had a number of thunderstorms today the last five minutes ago . Also a very strong westerly is blowing

[Lacertae]

I tried my luck near Rakaia for some time, waiting to see if any offshore development would come near the coast for some shots ... but no, not at all. I still took some shots out of boredom ...

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[tich]

Looked dark to southwest of Lake Ellesmere late afternoon coming back from the peninsula with some rain around there and BP, but nothing seems to have reached Chch city.

[Powermad]

Me too! I went to the Rakaia mouth for the same reason, I went to the end of Smiths road.

Then headed to Dunsandel when I heard a cell was forming in Darfield. Saw some promising convection on the way, but it came to nothing.

[spwill]

The colder upper level air was back over North Otago this afternoon hence the thunder there.

[Powermad]

Looking west at Rakaia mouth

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Looking east

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