Funnel cloud spotted near Feilding

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GreggWard
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Funnel cloud spotted near Feilding

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Just after 4:00PM today, my brother-in-law had left me a message to say that he was watching a funnel cloud descend from a dark raincloud, somewhere between Feilding and Himitangi Beach.

He described a funnel descending towards the ground with a small cloud (what he described as a mushroom cloud) at the base of it. He said that it appeared to move in a motion whereby the funnel lent towards him then lent away from him.

After watching the funnel cloud retreat back into the cloud, he said that he noticed spiky bits of cloud hanging down from another dark cloud over Feilding that were rotating, but this ended up fizzing out.

I heard his call five minutes later, at which time I went to my building's stairwell (which has a good view out towards Feilding), to see if I could see it. By this time it had disappeared, but I could see a line of shower clouds running from probably north of Feilding, SE towards Shannon/Levin. This line of shower clouds appered to mark the sea-breeze boundary, as behind them towards the coast, the sky was clear.

My wife, who also works in Feilding said that there had been some thunder and lightning just prior to the time the funnel cloud was spotted.

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Thanks for the report Gregg.

TV1 weather mentioned your funnel cloud sighting.
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I am in Levin... It was getting real black by then... Never saw it though... 8)
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Sounds like a weak Landspout, Good stuff to hear! :)
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10:42 pm and it it really persisting down now... 1st rain in over a month... 8)
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Distant picture of funnel cloud can be seen at the following web address:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/manawatust ... 02,00.html
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GreggWard wrote:Distant picture of funnel cloud can be seen at the following web address:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/manawatust ... 02,00.html
Cool...I wonder if there's a bigger version of this available.
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Not the first time a funnel has been in this area this year!

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Actually I couldn't see the funnel in that photo. Maybe the dark base is a wall cloud but the photo is very vague.
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Thanks Gregg.

Yes NZstorm, looks like some type of wall cloud. I can't really see it either but the cloud looks suportive of one!

Would like to see a larger version also.

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There was a larger version in the Manawatu Standard last night. It didn't really show the funnel, but you could see a small lowering below a wall cloud.
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