General March Weather
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Re: General March Weather
Whenuapai sounding for 00Z.
200j/kg CAPE there.
200j/kg CAPE there.
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Re: General March Weather
Apparently there was a tornado in Hokitika city at 12:30pm, today, according to media reports?
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Re: General March Weather
Heavy showers across West Auckland last couple of hrs. Some thunderstorm activity over Northland. Dewpoint here is 19.6C, temp 23C
Photo of Cb over north Auckland
Photo of Cb over north Auckland
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Re: General March Weather
Easter greetings, all - "Christos anesti"
Another mild day here;
rain obscuring the foothills to my north, from Mt Somers to Mt Hutt, a brief sprinkle of light rain falling here now and the air very fragrant with that 'rain coming' smell.
Observed Surrey Hills and the folds of terrain thereon - the south-facing slopes green and the rest all golden-brown, a noticeable contrast.
22.5 degrees.
Another mild day here;
rain obscuring the foothills to my north, from Mt Somers to Mt Hutt, a brief sprinkle of light rain falling here now and the air very fragrant with that 'rain coming' smell.
Observed Surrey Hills and the folds of terrain thereon - the south-facing slopes green and the rest all golden-brown, a noticeable contrast.
22.5 degrees.
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Re: General March Weather
Yes. Looking a bit bleak towards TC at the moment from here.
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General March Weather
Looking south from the north shore just now
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Re: General March Weather
Sure is a wild day on the coast, staying at the batch and big squally showers have been coming in off the ocean since about midnight, would say it was a water spout that came in off the sea in hoki.
Did think to myself that today looks like good tornado weather so turned our wind turbine off to avoid any damage as they seem common over here in this weather setup, had one flatten a pine forest a few hundred meters from here a while back.
Sky clearing a little now but the gusty NWer is really picking up, 18deg and 49mm from midnight.
Did think to myself that today looks like good tornado weather so turned our wind turbine off to avoid any damage as they seem common over here in this weather setup, had one flatten a pine forest a few hundred meters from here a while back.
Sky clearing a little now but the gusty NWer is really picking up, 18deg and 49mm from midnight.
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Trough has passed over us. We got 3 spits. It's really developed heaps since moving over us.
By far the best convection we have had all summer.
By far the best convection we have had all summer.
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Re: General March Weather
TVNZ have some footage of a waterspout apparently from around Hokitika at about 12:30pm this arvo...
'Tornado rips through West Coast town'
And a few more details of the damage in the town of Hokitika from Stuff...
'Tornado rips through Hokitika'
'Tornado rips through West Coast town'
And a few more details of the damage in the town of Hokitika from Stuff...
'Tornado rips through Hokitika'
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thunder to my east now. dam! this is really blowing up and dropping rain but we missed it all.
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Lots of thunder now and a big funnel cloud. Didn't have my phone and race to get it to get a photo but it was mostly gone by then.
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Re: General March Weather
Perfect setup today for spouts & tornados.. yep, one went through Hoki, near dodged another on just here before also. Was always on the cards from first light this morning.
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I think this has a decent Hail core looking at right now. Big light shaft in the middle of the darkest part.
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Re: General March Weather
Some interesting weather about the country for a change,neat photo Ben&spwill
Warm day here with 25deg,may it last a bit longer.
Warm day here with 25deg,may it last a bit longer.
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Awesome. Just watched a pulsating CG directly to my east with a 11 second wait for thunder.
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Looks like a good storm there Jamie why are you not chasing it?
Interesting to note the belt of showers that crossed near Mt Sommers and headed SE towards the Peninnsula before, the clouds were not too exciting but certainly some weak CU tops there for awhile.
There must be lighter winds or a wee southerly that snuck in further south while this fresh gusty N-NW continues here, although it has dropped abit now that will change overnight as another strengthening NW gets going.
Top of 25C today cant complain at all.
Interesting to note the belt of showers that crossed near Mt Sommers and headed SE towards the Peninnsula before, the clouds were not too exciting but certainly some weak CU tops there for awhile.
There must be lighter winds or a wee southerly that snuck in further south while this fresh gusty N-NW continues here, although it has dropped abit now that will change overnight as another strengthening NW gets going.
Top of 25C today cant complain at all.
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have visitors for Easter so stuck at home sadly.Storm Struck wrote:Looks like a good storm there Jamie why are you not chasing it?
really blowing out some cold core air which is a sign of a decaying storm.
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Yes, the lightning also is very weak according to Blitzortung and that isnt a good sign either.jamie wrote:really blowing out some cold core air which is a sign of a decaying storm.Storm Struck wrote:Looks like a good storm there Jamie why are you not chasing it?
Visually there is some good saturated inflow, but atm nothing fantastic.
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Re: General March Weather
Good to see that waterspout footage from the West Coast.
Photo shower line over West Ak early afternoon
Photo shower line over West Ak early afternoon
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Re: General March Weather
I don't know if it's correct to measure rain fall amounts like this, but I just measured the water height in our flat bottomed, leaf, wheel barrow (which was empty before it rained) and it has been filled by 20cm of rain. I'm not sure what that would translate too in mm per hour? The rain was torrential though for about 50 mins and it rained all up for about 2 hours.
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Wikid hit had 10mm from that. Was pretty heavy. Would have run off the hills but soaked into the flats. Awesome!
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General March Weather
Brief heavy shower in Glenfield but now just spotty drizzle. The ground beneath my parent's house is so dry that the front wall has subsided leaving large cracks around several window frames and wallpaper ripped where the join in the gib has moved.
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Re: General March Weather
I see a number of spots in west Auckland got 25mm!
A lack of upper flow plus a lack of upper level forcing meant thunder was very isolated.
Pic cb north of Auckland this afternoon.
A lack of upper flow plus a lack of upper level forcing meant thunder was very isolated.
Pic cb north of Auckland this afternoon.
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Here is a few shots of the inflow structure to the thundershowers on the trough.
One of note has a rather large inflow tail.
One of note has a rather large inflow tail.
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