Funnel cloud this morning, went right over our house

Manukau heads obs · Mon 19/09/2005 15:53

thought i would create a new thread
fizzled just before it got to us
I was down the road, at BigBay, but photographed it from there
Pictures from the webcam on the roof of the house, 1 minute apart

spike_01 · Unread post by **spike_01** » Mon 19/09/2005 16:08

Cool pics... Send some weather down here...

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Mon 19/09/2005 19:20

Vaguely looks like a funnel in the photos but I guess you had a much better view of it from where you were. Any signs of rotation?

Manukau heads obs · Mon 19/09/2005 19:27

yes there was a bit
the key is, there is no rain where it is, i.e its a updraft area (Bob McDavitt gives it a thumbs up)

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Mon 19/09/2005 19:57

That was the same cloud that brought a brief thunderstorm to Auckland about 11.30am. Looked very dark and active as it approached and gave heavy hail for a few minutes.

Manukau heads obs · Mon 19/09/2005 20:08

yes, although this particular one was the first in the series of squall lines, and was accompanied by a temperature drop from 12.5 to 8.5oC

I could see lightning streaking across the sky over auckland way in the next big CB, which gave us hail enough to pile up against things