Now and Busting: Cold change for NZ

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Mon 25/04/2005 12:44

Thanks for that detailed report snoopy

12c and a strong bending southwesterly here, mostly sunny.
Dipping to 1c overnight.

the Far south is starting to get that warmer nor'west air now...

Thunderstorms possible again for Canterbury on tuesday night according to the MetService

Storm Struck · Unread post by **Storm Struck** » Mon 25/04/2005 13:03

Some intersting stuff in the press this morning about the cold blast big picture on front of CHCH on Hereford St with small lighting in the sky and hail on the streets.

Yes Foggy TS are forecast but iam thinking confidense will not be a high as Saturday still keep your camera's ready NZTS members.
Cold here 9c with Cold SW winds to 35kmh and occaional light showers still falling.
Cheers
JASON

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Mon 25/04/2005 16:59

Aucklands biggest snow dump to date....20 truck loads

21st August 2003

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Mon 25/04/2005 17:38

BAH! Snow! I got some in my bloody undies this afternoon up on the mountain. Bloody snow...!

Fujita Phil · Unread post by **Fujita Phil** » Mon 25/04/2005 18:11

I'm not gonna ask Gary....

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Mon 25/04/2005 18:13

Fujita Phil wrote:I'm not gonna ask Gary....

Hey, it was deeper than it looked, okay? Anybody coulkd have made that mistake!

Yeesh!

Thunder · Unread post by **Thunder** » Mon 25/04/2005 20:42

Thanks Spwill. When you took those photo's of lightning over Auckland there was allready the city lights in the picture, thus (thus, lol

) I'm thinking the auto WB in your DSLR had something to use to adjust correctly. All lightning photo's I've taken to date have been in pitch black areas with no light except when the lightning flashes.

I'm going to use a sunlight setting or daylight next time I'm taking lightning photo's. If there's other light sources allready in frame I feel auto WB may be ok in that instance. I'm thinking that sounds correct, I'll know next time anyway!

Cheers.

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Mon 25/04/2005 21:02

Fine from Auckland to Rotorua, with just some scattered afternoon cloud. (though showers visible to west of Waitakares early pm) But very chilly with a fresh southerly continuing - a frost almost certain in Rotorua tonight if the wind dies down. Apparently the people I'm staying with say that it's been fine and sunny in Rotorua throughout this cold southerly outbreak - good sheltering by the mountains to the south.

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Thu 28/04/2005 21:48

I see now the lightning tracker is back up and running, shows lightning from the other night

Thunder · Unread post by **Thunder** » Thu 28/04/2005 21:53

Cool! You can see the gut's of it started at Oamaru, and it also intensified over Chch.

Thanks.

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Thu 28/04/2005 22:04

03 Stormchaser wrote:I see now the lightning tracker is back up and running, shows lightning from the other night

Good.

I presume this is the MetServive one?

JohnGaul
NZTS

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Thu 28/04/2005 22:10

NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote:
03 Stormchaser wrote:I see now the lightning tracker is back up and running, shows lightning from the other night
Good.
I presume this is the MetServive one?

JohnGaul
NZTS

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If so it didn't seem to work

JohnGaul
NZTS

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Thu 28/04/2005 22:13

yeah the metservice one. hasnt been online for the last week, now up and running, surprised marlbrough got so many strikes, I guess these happened sunday!

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Thu 28/04/2005 22:18

...still can't get MetServices one

..some lightning activity way out to the east of the northern SI tonight according to the Lightning Tracker of Steven's

JohnGaul
NZTS

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Sun 15/05/2005 16:30

Sorry too bring up an old thread but found this short clip of lightning (doesnt really show much) and thunder and lound noise of hail from April 23rd thought some of you may enjoy

http://www.surgepc.co.nz/images/515/omglightning.MPG

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Sun 15/05/2005 20:31

03 Stormchaser wrote:Sorry too bring up an old thread but found this short clip of lightning (doesnt really show much) and thunder and lound noise of hail from April 23rd thought some of you may enjoy

http://www.surgepc.co.nz/images/515/omglightning.MPG

....immmmm interesting

Just a couple of loud bips in the sound, sounded like someone farting shingles

?

JohnGaul
NZTS