Spring Weather Bomb - Gales and Snow - 26th - 29th September
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Re: Spring Weather Bomb - Gales and Snow - 26th - 29th September
Good gust front visible marching up the plans from burnham
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Re: Spring Weather Bomb - Gales and Snow - 26th - 29th September
It snowed to the point of settling a bit on the ground at first in Cromwell, but the sun came out and melted the snow just before midday. There have been a one or two passing rain showers with a bit of hail mixed in with one of them in the pm interspersed with clear patches.
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Re: Spring Weather Bomb - Gales and Snow - 26th - 29th September
Interestingly the aforementioned strong SW in town has eased right back again. Wind has shifted significantly in direction several times today, a sign of the volatility further afield I'm suremelja wrote: Mon 28/09/2020 15:39 Good gust front visible marching up the plans from burnham
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Can see the gust front from here
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Re: Spring Weather Bomb - Gales and Snow - 26th - 29th September
Yeah, looking at them in the distance, directly South for me, big line,don't seem to be heading onshore.

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Re: Spring Weather Bomb - Gales and Snow - 26th - 29th September
Nice gust front going by radar. Leaving work from town now. Hopefully ill find a wide open area to take a pic of it coming in. Coastal though
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Re: Spring Weather Bomb - Gales and Snow - 26th - 29th September
Yeah! It seems to of spawned something, look's a bit ominous from my direction.Razor wrote: Mon 28/09/2020 16:08Interestingly the aforementioned strong SW in town has eased right back again. Wind has shifted significantly in direction several times today, a sign of the volatility further afield I'm suremelja wrote: Mon 28/09/2020 15:39 Good gust front visible marching up the plans from burnham
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Re: Spring Weather Bomb - Gales and Snow - 26th - 29th September
Just starting to turn Westerly here. Quite Gusty.
Seems to be coming onshore ,not sure where though,looks nasty
Seems to be coming onshore ,not sure where though,looks nasty
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Re: Spring Weather Bomb - Gales and Snow - 26th - 29th September
There is some serferics on radio so im wondering if there might be some lightning in it.
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Re: Spring Weather Bomb - Gales and Snow - 26th - 29th September
A weak gust front went through here around 4pm.
Black clouds behind it but no sferics, so a bit of a fizzer.
Black clouds behind it but no sferics, so a bit of a fizzer.
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Re: Spring Weather Bomb - Gales and Snow - 26th - 29th September
it looks likes it building from here,hell of a rate as well.NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote: Mon 28/09/2020 16:46 A weak gust front went through here around 4pm.
Black clouds behind it but no sferics, so a bit of a fizzer.
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Re: Spring Weather Bomb - Gales and Snow - 26th - 29th September
Looks fairly weak from here
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Re: Spring Weather Bomb - Gales and Snow - 26th - 29th September
Thunderstorms in coastal Southand this arvo
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Re: Spring Weather Bomb - Gales and Snow - 26th - 29th September
Yeah, bit of a gust front but fizzled out once it got inland.
Pity. It looked pretty impressive at one point.

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Re: Spring Weather Bomb - Gales and Snow - 26th - 29th September
Some shots from down here.
The black stuff underneath moved out to sea with some lightning strikes way out to sea.
The black stuff underneath moved out to sea with some lightning strikes way out to sea.
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Re: Spring Weather Bomb - Gales and Snow - 26th - 29th September
Intense squalls came through Porirua and north to Kapiti this arvo, blew a pot plant out of the corner of mums balcony and took out the glass panel with it... and heard a report of a trampoline in the air
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Re: Spring Weather Bomb - Gales and Snow - 26th - 29th September
A reasonable view was had from Coopers Knob on Banks Peninsula.
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Re: Spring Weather Bomb - Gales and Snow - 26th - 29th September
Very, very windy on the highway driving back to Chch just now, some serious gusts indicative of a strong southerly. Front looked really good, but yep out to sea. Just read 8C in town, sun is out but it's chilly.
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Re: Spring Weather Bomb - Gales and Snow - 26th - 29th September
According to the news tonight, there was a waterspout observed t'wixt the coast and Kapiti Island.Rogue wrote: Mon 28/09/2020 17:54 Intense squalls came through Porirua and north to Kapiti this arvo, blew a pot plant out of the corner of mums balcony and took out the glass panel with it... and heard a report of a trampoline in the air

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Re: Spring Weather Bomb - Gales and Snow - 26th - 29th September
Moisture pluming in the mid levels around a short wave trough fanning from the centre of the low. Could be an active Southland radar early tomorrow morning and plenty of white on the ground.
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Re: Spring Weather Bomb - Gales and Snow - 26th - 29th September
I am Whanganui currently...thunder rumbling 

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Re: Spring Weather Bomb - Gales and Snow - 26th - 29th September
Think they said the waterspout was between Titahi Bay (Porirua) and Mana Island.NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote: Mon 28/09/2020 18:45According to the news tonight, there was a waterspout observed t'wixt the coast and Kapiti Island.Rogue wrote: Mon 28/09/2020 17:54 Intense squalls came through Porirua and north to Kapiti this arvo, blew a pot plant out of the corner of mums balcony and took out the glass panel with it... and heard a report of a trampoline in the air![]()

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Re: Spring Weather Bomb - Gales and Snow - 26th - 29th September
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=you ... axaC3sEYJs fair bit of localized damage, haven't seen footage of a tornado though
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Re: Spring Weather Bomb - Gales and Snow - 26th - 29th September
Snow showers getting more frequent and heavier in the past hour or so, a good covering on the ground now as well after all the earlier snow had melted.
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Re: Spring Weather Bomb - Gales and Snow - 26th - 29th September
All over bar the shouting as far as I'm concerned. Moved over too quickly for anything happening here.
Got the frost cloths out tonight and possibly tomorrow because of frosting.
Calm and clear at the moment.
Got the frost cloths out tonight and possibly tomorrow because of frosting.
Calm and clear at the moment.
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Re: Spring Weather Bomb - Gales and Snow - 26th - 29th September
Some beautiful clouds passing over the peninsula now, dimly illuminated by the moonlight. I don't mind not seeing much action overhead when you get the views we've been able to see the past few days. It's getting chilly though, tomorrow won't be that warm!