Thunderstorms Upper North Island - April 19th - 22nd
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Re: Thunderstorms Upper North Island - April 19th - 22nd
very heavy downpour at work. Tims station might get this.
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Re: Thunderstorms Upper North Island - April 19th - 22nd
We just got one here, very large rain drops, rain rate hit 118mm/hr for a minute
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Re: Thunderstorms Upper North Island - April 19th - 22nd
I see there was a brief thunder shower near Manakau Heads last hr
Took this photo out near the Airport early afternoon, these clouds produced a thunderstorm over the hills of SE Auckland as the moved southeast
Took this photo out near the Airport early afternoon, these clouds produced a thunderstorm over the hills of SE Auckland as the moved southeast
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Re: Thunderstorms Upper North Island - April 19th - 22nd
just got home, was in Waiuku
we got 5mm or so from that shower
the tops are being blown off from the NW..
we got 5mm or so from that shower
the tops are being blown off from the NW..
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Interesting tale in the Waikato Times yesterday about 1 of 2 men struck by lightning in different parts of the Waikato on Sunday. Fortunately, both were wearing gumboots. Sadly, a nearby horse (no doubt with steel-shoes) wasn't so lucky.
'Two injured by lightning strikes' - Stuff
'Two injured by lightning strikes' - Stuff
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I drove past an equestrian event of some sort, i.e riders on horses , minutes before lightning bolts starting hitting the ground around me ....when I went past I almost felt like stopping and telling them a thunderstorm was about to hit....
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Re: Thunderstorms Upper North Island - April 19th - 22nd
The two men were on Campbell Live last night, funnily enough at the end when he says definatly be abit more weary of storms in the future, i wonder if they were aware that those clouds in the background were developing thunderstorms.Nev wrote:Interesting tale in the Waikato Times yesterday about 1 of 2 men struck by lightning in different parts of the Waikato on Sunday. Fortunately, both were wearing gumboots. Sadly, a nearby horse (no doubt with steel-shoes) wasn't so lucky.
'Two injured by lightning strikes' - Stuff
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Re: Thunderstorms Upper North Island - April 19th - 22nd
It was an exceptional day for lightning. Would be interesting to know the lightning count for Sunday.
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Blitzortung Oceania detected 13389 Strikes in the 24 hour period from Midnight NZDT on the 21st to the 22nd.NZstorm wrote:It was an exceptional day for lightning. Would be interesting to know the lightning count for Sunday.
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Re: Thunderstorms Upper North Island - April 19th - 22nd
Nice Graphic Tim!
Looks similar (if not the same) to what MS recorded on Sunday, going by the graph below posted on their facebook page. It has a total of 22,268 strikes for the 60 hrs from midday Friday to midnight Sunday (don't think either figure includes IC strikes from memory)...
Looks similar (if not the same) to what MS recorded on Sunday, going by the graph below posted on their facebook page. It has a total of 22,268 strikes for the 60 hrs from midday Friday to midnight Sunday (don't think either figure includes IC strikes from memory)...
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Re: Thunderstorms Upper North Island - April 19th - 22nd
the blitzortung graphic shows how the storms died quickly into the south waikato...i.e central NI got nothing