Tornado photo

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Mon 27/06/2005 13:42

Photo here of Saturdays tornado over SE Auckland near Ardmore. This was taken by a staff member at Heli-flight based at Ardmore airfield. This sighting is about 8km (as the crow flies) from flat bush were I photographed tornado damage on Saturday afternoon. Hence this could be a different tornado to the flat bush one, but the same thunderstorm.

This storm dumped around 50mm rain/hail in the Remuera/Greenlane area of central Auckland.

edit. Thanks to Heli-Flight (NZ) Ltd-Skiv Devescovi for the photos.

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Mon 27/06/2005 14:59

NZstorm wrote:Photo here of Saturdays tornado...

Very cool.

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Mon 27/06/2005 16:21

Thanks for that photo.

Ardmore would be less than 20km from central Auckland so a big opportunity to observe and photo a Tornado missed by us Steven.

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Mon 27/06/2005 19:56

Ardmore would be less than 20km from central Auckland so a big opportunity to observe and photo a Tornado missed by us Steven

Yes, I was available to chase as well.

I even felt conditions looked good for some significant weather as the surface wind was NE. My only concern at this time of year is the lack of surface heating. But that wasn't an issue as there was convergence to provide good lift.

Thunder · Unread post by **Thunder** » Mon 27/06/2005 20:15

Thanks for the photo Steven! Pretty cool!

This has even got David Simpson from Oz excited so he's coming over!:

http://www.weatherzone.com.au/cgi-bin/u ... 0;t=001670

Nothing mini about these beasts!

Cheers.

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Mon 27/06/2005 20:31

Thanks for that link Aaron. Interesting to see Geoff Mackley rates this an F1. I guess trees being snapped off at ground level and tossed some distance suggests quite a bit of wind strength. I would just loved to have been under that tornado watching all those branches and trees flying.

Thunder · Unread post by **Thunder** » Mon 27/06/2005 21:14

Yeah, would've been cool! Not too close though.

Jason, just scene you've joined the Oz forum, what do you mean when you write:

Hey there fellow weather eyes of Australia iam a former storm chaser of Canterbury andof which Aaron Wilkinson knows me very well.

A former chaser? Why former? You'll still be chasing in future won't you??!!

Cheers.

Storm Struck · Unread post by **Storm Struck** » Mon 27/06/2005 21:20

Yess very true

cheers

Jason

TonyT · Unread post by **TonyT** » Mon 27/06/2005 21:44

Aaron, if you want to chase up some of the TV3 footage drop an email to Joe, I forget his email but its on his site http://www.dvp.co.nz Joe does freelance work for TV3 news as a cameraman as well as chasing storms here and in the US, I think he's done some filming with Mr Mackley and others in the US for tv documentaries.

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Mon 27/06/2005 22:41

Did the funnel touch the ground?
Dosen't look like that from the footage I saw on the TV?

JohnGaul
NZTS

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Tue 28/06/2005 07:45

Did the funnel touch the ground?

Not sure, but the condensation funnel looks near ground level.

A couple of defnitions here.

A tornado is defined as a vortex extending from a cloud to ground level. The condensation funnel may or may not be in contact with the ground. The appearance of the condensation funnel is governed by the amount of moisture and the scale and intenisty of the vortex. This funnel is not the only visual sign of a tornado. Often a debris cloud is observable on the ground.

A funnel cloud is the condensation funnel of a vortex that extends from a cloud but the vortex is not in contact with the ground.

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Tue 28/06/2005 07:56

Latest European prog is pointing to another thundery low over northern NZ early next week. Heres hoping.

ricky · Unread post by **ricky** » Tue 28/06/2005 15:49

The different models are all over the place with this one, though I see they all have some cyclonic vorticity there to varying degrees in differing tracks... certainly be interesting to see

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Tue 28/06/2005 16:29

Give it to the south Island its about time they had stormy weather in Christchurch

NZstorm wrote:Latest European prog is pointing to another thundery low over northern NZ early next week. Heres hoping.

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Tue 28/06/2005 17:06

Michael wrote:Give it to the south Island its about time they had stormy weather in Christchurch

I'm with full agreement on the above statement

JohnGaul
NZTS

Stormplanet.com · Unread post by **Stormplanet.com** » Sun 17/07/2005 15:43

Hi there, I was in NZ recently and took a few photos at Seaview Nurseries and had a look at the tornado track. Pics can be found on my web site as per below. Very luck that not more people were at the site at the time.

Cheers

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Sun 17/07/2005 16:15

Hi David.
Thanks for the link. I like the pics of the Irag dust storm. Melbourne had a similar magnitude dust storm about 1984 I believe.

Manukau heads obs · Sun 17/07/2005 16:46

we were in dubai that morning of that dust storm...
sky looked just like that photo (minus the dust storm), LOL
a spring time front was moving through the area
it was 30oC at 6am!

Stormplanet.com · Unread post by **Stormplanet.com** » Sun 17/07/2005 19:10

Thanks guys, yeh those dust storm images are amazing. Had a few here over the years of course, a lot of our frontal bands and squalls raise a lot of dust from the NW of Victoria, some of the events were captured during my chases listed here http://www.stormplanet.com/specialevents.htm

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Mon 18/07/2005 18:27

A very interesting website there David.
The dust storm I was thinking of occured in Feb 1983 and there was quite a famous photo taken from the top floor of the Melbourne BOM office of surburban Melbourne disappearing under a great wall of dust.

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