Possible Storms Upper North Island - 28th Sep

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Watching the amazing moon rise and have seen two lightning strikes from a towering cu right next to the moon. If only it was frequent enough to photograph. It's a stunning sight.
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spwill wrote:Photo of a cumulus line near the Bombay hills ( produced a brief thunderstorm with pea size hail) and cumulus over east Auckland
Nice pileus there on the first photo!
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Willoughby wrote:
Nice pileus there on the first photo!
There has been some incredible pileus today. I was driving at the time and didn't have time to stop to take a picture. These were the largest caps I have ever seen.
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Nice T Storm near Tepuke the last 2 hours, whole cloud lighting up against the moon, not heard of any hail reports yet though the upper/lower cloud temps would suggest good localised falls.Will check papers tomorrow.
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Google BOP hail storm . Good one at Mt Maunganui. Looks like a few inches on the ground
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Will check date first next time .That was last year.Good storms in Brisbane last few days.
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treetop wrote:Nice T Storm near Tepuke the last 2 hours, whole cloud lighting up against the moon, not heard of any hail reports yet though the upper/lower cloud temps would suggest good localised falls.Will check papers tomorrow.
That will be the storm I was watching as the moon was rising.
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Was still going off White Is at 10 pm. Only one storm with clear skies all around, no wonder you could see it form Hamilton "Jamie.".
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Travelled by bus from Rotorua to Gisborne via eastern BOP yesterday afternoon. Saw plenty of thundery cb clouds about, but no actual thunderstorms. Did get some soft graupel/hail between Tikitere/Hell's Gate and Lake Rotoiti. Looked like sleet as it hit the windscreen, but at only 300-400m I highly doubt it was snowy sleet, even though it was a cold day in Rotorua before I left. (about 10C at midday)
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Plenty of Raglan residents where reporting super bright flashes of Light the west on Monday evening. Wouldnt be surprised if there were a few sprites thrown in the mix as those +CG's that came out from that storm were very strong and noticeable.
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