Unstable Jan 9th - North Central North Island

tgsnoopy · Unread post by **tgsnoopy** » Thu 09/01/2014 17:21

You wouldn't want it any closer. Hope the car road cam got something. Looks tame at the mo. Am at Maketu turnoff about to get radar updates.

tgsnoopy · Unread post by **tgsnoopy** » Thu 09/01/2014 17:25

Darn, what I thought had promise has evaporated. Time to continue North. Maybe that Waikato stuff will make it over the Kaimai Forcefield.

tgsnoopy · Unread post by **tgsnoopy** » Thu 09/01/2014 18:10

The next line has gone. Maybe that one back down by Taupo might make it up?

tgsnoopy · Unread post by **tgsnoopy** » Thu 09/01/2014 18:17

At least the 70D is now christened.

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GraemeWi · Unread post by **GraemeWi** » Thu 09/01/2014 18:46

Awesome pic Neill!

treetop · Unread post by **treetop** » Thu 09/01/2014 19:18

observed some 20 cgs at Waihi Beach, no hail though,CBs looked quite low topped for the time of the year and unlikely to get the severe tick.Not alot of precipitation either.Some good punchy updrafts aroud Do you have curly hair now tgsnoopy ? cant get closer than that and survive ! the joys of storm chasing.

GreggWard · Unread post by **GreggWard** » Thu 09/01/2014 19:30

Yes great shot tgsnoopy.

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Thu 09/01/2014 20:03

Excellent photo tgsnoopy!

The storms today were very electrified but a lot of the lightning was IC from what we saw.

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Thu 09/01/2014 21:16

A long drive today but the reward was several good storms between Tokaroa and Matamata. Plenty of lightning observed today also hail atleast pea size. I think we turned our back on some good storms this evening in order to get back to Auckland for 7pm. Had problems with my camera today but managed some photos

tgsnoopy · Unread post by **tgsnoopy** » Thu 09/01/2014 21:17

That one took me by surprise. There was no rain at the time. Landing as close as it did was a shock literally as I felt the leader try to get away from me. You can't tell in the low res photo posted, but it was post the strike, just a string of dots.

Watching the storm in Tauranga at present. Otumoetai just lost power. If car cam is recording ok will have video.

tgsnoopy · Unread post by **tgsnoopy** » Thu 09/01/2014 21:20

Apparently 33kV feed to Otumoetai and Matua was hit. May have affected areas further North too.

Tornado Tim · Unread post by **Tornado Tim** » Thu 09/01/2014 21:25

Thunder here with an approaching shower, nice!

treetop · Unread post by **treetop** » Thu 09/01/2014 21:30

storm now over omokoroa just had the last flash for the night me thinks

tgsnoopy · Unread post by **tgsnoopy** » Thu 09/01/2014 22:06

I do have video of the close to me strike. The car is pointing a little too the left, but with what you do see & with simultaneous noise, there is no mistaking how close that strike was. It actually stopped the car camera from recording, there is a gap until the camera is reset by me starting up the car over an hour later which is disappointing cause you miss a lot of lightning & hail shower etc.

Just waiting for the card to copy off so I can look properly, but may take a day or two to get it up where it can be watched.

Thunder · Unread post by **Thunder** » Thu 09/01/2014 22:08

Cool stuff guys and great lightning pic Neil!

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Thu 09/01/2014 22:44

Looks like I missed yet more rain. Seem to be missing out on a lot compared to you Tim.

Tornado Tim · Unread post by **Tornado Tim** » Thu 09/01/2014 23:03

jamie wrote:Looks like I missed yet more rain. Seem to be missing out on a lot compared to you Tim.

Yes, quite unfortunate.....
Have you checked inside your Rain cone recently? Spiders nesting I have found to be quite bad this season.
If they get in they love to tie down the tipping bucket....

spwill wrote:I think we turned our back on some good storms this evening in order to get back to Auckland for 7pm.

I wouldnt be so sure about that, unless you were all prepared to stay out there till mid evening, there would have been hardly anything. I went back north a little bit later than you guys did. But going by Radar I didnt miss anything too special. Core punched the Karipiro/Cambridge cell going through SH1 from Tirau. Very heavy rain and plenty of CG's from that storm, quite a few clear airs too

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Fri 10/01/2014 07:33

Tornado Tim wrote:
jamie wrote:Looks like I missed yet more rain. Seem to be missing out on a lot compared to you Tim.
Yes, quite unfortunate.....
Have you checked inside your Rain cone recently? Spiders nesting I have found to be quite bad this season.
If they get in they love to tie down the tipping bucket....

Definitely not spiders. Checked that the other day. It's simply been the rain hasn't got to us. You have had 25mm this month. I've had 10mm.

ben g · Unread post by **ben g** » Fri 10/01/2014 18:02

Lots of good lightening photographers in tauranga!
http://www.sunlive.co.nz/news/61792-thu ... amera.html

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Fri 10/01/2014 18:41

An MCS type structure developed during the early evening and moved across western BOP giving that lightning show.

Manukau heads obs · Sat 11/01/2014 10:29

was some great hail we got on the core bust
and was great working out where to be next...i.e a real chase

thanks for the lift spwill and nzstorm

tgsnoopy · Unread post by **tgsnoopy** » Sat 11/01/2014 10:36

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Best viewed in 720p.

Manukau heads obs · Sat 11/01/2014 11:05

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Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Sat 11/01/2014 11:16

Haha great stuff Neil!

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